Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 29, Decatur, Adams County, 20 September 1906 — Page 1

ALLTHE NEWS SALL THE TIME

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MRS. DRESHER IS INJURED x/ Just Before Leaving for Home— Went Through Here Last Evening—To be Granted Divorce. rr • Dr. J. N. Dresher, alleged physician, wrecker of women’s lives, bigamist and.-embezzler, is a free man. As stated Monday attorneys for the smooth doctor secured a compromise with his deserted wife from CaHfornai and by paying her back the SIBOO which he had stolen from her and allowing her a divorce, he was this morning released from the Toledo prison, where he has been held for two weeks past. He is a lucky ' man and certainly owes due credit to those who saved him from a long term in prison. . . Mrs. Drseher, number two,, passed through this city last evening, en I ■route home, her money secure in her j pocket. While en route from the court house to her hotel last evening she was struck by a number of heavy "boxes, which fell from a dray. She received a broken arm, several severe bruises and was unconscious for ! some tihie, hut finally rallied to take ] the first train for home. She display- i •ed wonderful nerve. She is a well ! educated lady of fifty years and feels Ireenly the disgrace heaped upon her by the unprincipled Dresher. Whether the doctor will visit Decatur or mot is not known. His business instead of medicine seems to be the defrauding of women.- We are reliably informed that thirty" years ago Dr. Dresher lived at New Corydon, Jay county, that he married a young | woman, secured her money and left her destitute. A copy of the San Jose Herald tells the story of hislat- | -est matrimonial investment. He was •married at Los Angeles June 29th And deserted his wife August 29th. He had located in San Jose and was * practicing medicine. He advsied his '* wife that the * laws of California L made it necessary for him to appear * before a medical convention and se--7 cure a license.. He induced his wife y 4»-«flow him the possession of all * her cash, SIBSO, and then went to "Stockton to attend the convention. From here he wrote his wife that he had met an old college chum and they had decided to locate in Australia, from where he would send for her in about three months. He sent his wife S2O and advised her to go home to her mother, who lives in Los Angeles. Mrs. Dresher went to Stockton |T immediately and reported her case to the police. It was found that Dresher had been there and registered at the Sherman house as H. H. Fleischer. The Australia story was belieted to be a hoax and the police ; -of Ohio and Indiana were notified to be on the lookout. The arrest of Dresher, through Marshal Green of z iJKis and the progress of the case since then is well known to our readers. Dr. Dresher, you’re a lucky man. F ' ' —: o | A SUNDAY EVENING WEDDING Mail Clerk Everett Delivers a Letter and Wins a Bride. ■ * * Mr. George W. Everett and Mrs. I Grace Liby were united in marriage Sunday evening, the happy event occurring at the bride’s home on I .Eleventh street. Only the immediate relatives and a few friends witnessI ed the ceremony, which was performP ed by Rev. Payne at five o’clock, a wedding supper following* The groom L- is the clever and popular mail clerk k at the postoffice, while the bride is ft a daughter of V. D. Bell. Their B , marriage is the result of a courtship 1 •of but few weeks, Mr. Everett first j becoming acquainted with Mrs. Liby 81, 'when he delivered a special delivery ■ letter to her. After -that first trip B be seemed to have frequent errands Bk' to the west part of the city and the | Sunday evening wedding is the re|l suit. They will reside in the south I part of the city, where a comfortable borne awaits them. I — o Bri Mrs. Joseph L. Myers, who underfl j went an operation Saturday in the Bl St. Joseph hospital at frort Wayne, B is reported to be in a very critical K| Condition today. She is very weak H she was suffering from cancer of the ■ll bowels. The entire growth could not fl|l be removed, but a portion of it was ■ 1 taken away in hopes of prolonging * A ber life-—Bluffton News.

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GREAT MANY WERE PRESENT A Largely Attended and an Enthusiatic Meeting Held at the Headquarters. An enthusiastic committee meeting including all the candidates on the | "tqi/nty ticket as well as many mDemocrats, was held at Democratic headquarters in the Meibers block this forenoon. It was a meeting, largely attended at ] which plans for the campaign were ‘discussed and agreed upon. The committee of thirty-one' membersj were nearly all'present, thus showing an unusual interest. They report a. perfect organization and l a good interest in the local politics of the I county. Judge R. K. Erwin,' a candi- ! date on the state ticket for judge of the supreme court, was present for a short time, leaving before the meeting adjourned in order to take a train fol Huntington, where a similar mleeting to that here, is being ' held this afternoon. There is much .] ;Sksiv|ty among the Dmocrats over | the state and a vigorous campaign j will be pushed throughout Indiana. I Adams county Democrats will soon be in the thick of the fight, and when they lay off their coats there is something doing. The southern part of the county was Well represented by '.mmbers o's the committee and others interested in the success of their party; Calls are coming from all corners the county for Hon. J. A. M. Adair to speak in their locality. For the benefit of those making these calls and others as well, we will say that Mr. Adair will be in the county several times before the election, and will make many speeches before the campaign closes. He is making an aggressive campaign in Randolph county. Enthusiastic crowds are I greeting him every place he goes, t o— j — MORNING f ' I II ■■ j Went to Steele’s Park at Pour O’clock This Morning-A Happy Sort'd Evnet. A breakfast picnic is the latest fad in society circles, so we are informed by the Boston Store clerks. At least, this crowd is endeavoring to make ,it so and Tuesday a. m. at four o’- . clock, started in to make the event a i reality. The crowd, including Misses Louisa Holbrock, Edna Crawford, Letta Lange, Nettie Smith, Jessie McLean and Celia Smith, arose at , three thirty o ’clock and arranging , their brakfast picnic baskets they all climbed into a rig and were driven to Steele’s park. The repast was spread on a nice grassy plot and the girls enjoyed a real picnic in the woods at four o ’clock in the morning. The dishes were then cleared and stored in the basket and they then amused themselves for four hours, wading in the lake and boat riding, arriving at the store at eight o’clock much refreshed by their early morn- ' mg exercise. The girls say they ex'pect to make this early trip every Tuesday morning andure endeavoring to inter-it more gnls to ‘join ucitt. I o - TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE SAT. Preliminary to the Year's Work—i Very Important. The preliminary institute for the teachers of the north half of Adams county'Will be held in this city next Saturday,j Prof. Opliger will be in ' c M ar and all teachers, trustees! ; alnd other school officers should arL 1 range to attend. One week later at Berne a similar institute will be held for the south half of the county. At these sessions the organization of the . school work for the year is completed, township institutes arrange tor and it is very important that all at- ( tend who can. A program as an- • nounced in the teachers ’ outline will , be given. ; ' ■« — Jack Meibers and- D. W. Beery were at Fort. Wayne this morning attending the races. -*• • ••

DECATUB, INDIANA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. 1906.

SPECIALTIES ARE SPLENDID Shows are New and the Big Tent Should be Crowded for Tonight’s Performance. We thought the Cook Majestic i Stock company was good when first came here to play, but this, engagement, the band, and orchestra, the play and the players are all much improved, and the vaudeville features entirely new and of a higher order. The audience was not a large one that saw Lost Paradise, last i night, but a more thoroughly pleased crowd never left a place of . amusement. Oscar and Carl Cook were seen to good advantage in the parts of Warner afid Standish, and they played the parts well. . Blanche Swigart Cook played Margarette Knowlton in a sweet and effective manner. She is one of the new and valued additions to the company. The entire supporting cast was excellent The vaudeville attractions headed by Mr. Charles Arnaldo are the beist ever seen here. Mr. Arnaldo made a decided impression with his clever impersonations and completely astounded them in his juggling act, when he concluded hy halancirg a two-horse plow upon his chin. The Quinlin Twins, a very clever juvenile singing and dancing team were well ' receive'’ d responhl to numerous encores. F:r tonight “Sin and Its. s Sorows” is announced wiih an entire change of specialties. Mr. Cook promises new plays each night unless a request is made for some of the old ones. Curtain riss promptly at 8:10 tonight, so get seats early. —j o— THE JEWISH NEW YEARS DAY Occurs Thursday of This Week— The Year 5967. This Thursday, according to the Jewish calendar, will be New Year’s Day, it being the flrst day of the month of Tishri and the first day of the year 5967. The day is one of the holy days in the Jewish religion and " is observed by the orthodox by prayer and abstenance from all work i except of an absolutely necessary character. In the synagogues impressive and lengthy services are held, an entire bodk being required to contain the ritual for the observance of the event. Where there is a large congregation and a good choir the serv- ■ ice is very beautiful and impressive. 1 As all Jewish days begin and end at s sundown, two days are included in the observance, Thursday and Friday.! In this city Jews will exchange J cards and good wishes as that is also ’ an established custom connected with a the day. The Jews date time from the i creation and next Thursday is the I beginning of the 5,967 year since the I beginning of the world. The Chris- I tian date is recorded from the birth 1 of Christ, but the Jewish goes back to the dawn of history. Ten days < after New Year’s Day, or Septem- i ber 29, comes the Day of Atonement, t —o ( TAFT ARRIVES AT HAVANA i ' j Has Consultation with President Palma Today. HAVANA, Sept. 19. —American cruiser Des Moines with Taft an' 1 Bacon aboard, arrived here at 7:30 this morning. They received the • Cuban secretary of state on board < and later all three came ashore and went immediately to the palace, ’ where tjiey called on President Palma at ten o’clock. Just what ! course the negotiations will take i? • a question yet to be decided. There 1 have been no further reports of fighting. I ——— . ( WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. —Orders have been cabled to General Barry, ' assistant chief of staff and Brigadier i Duvolt, in command of the depart- ’ ment of the gulf, both of whom are i in Germany attending maneuvers, 1 to return to Washington forthwith. The purpose of order is to have these officers close at hand in case their services are required in Cuba. o A number of Decatur people took in the fair at Fort Wayne today,

FOUR HUNDRED ARE DEAD Mostly Americans and Europeans— Many Vessels Destroyed— Property Loss Enormous. Scripps-Mcßae Special. MANILA, P. L, Sept. 18.—Without the slightest warning of disaster, 1 Hong Kong was visited today by a 1 terrible typhoon which 'swept across the island on which that city is 1 situated and wrought great damage. , This news was received here this ! morning in cable dispatches from the ! stricken city. The enormous property loss cannot be estimated at this hour, i Scores of vessels foundered and ! many were driven ashore. It is be- i lieved the greatest loss is in the har- 1 i bors, where the loss of life among the > I crews is known to* be very heavy. ! It is reported that in many cases not a man escaped from the ships. Heroic work was done by several crews on vessels in port, but with little effect. Standing bravely by their vessels, they were driven ashore and hundreds of sailors lost their lives. German steamer Johan, steamers San Chung, Fustian and others went down with all on board. Steamer Montenegro of the Canadian-Pa-cific lines is ashore. Business is at a standstill and all hands are turned to rescuing some who are still in .peril and -to perparing hundreds of .dead' for burial. The death dealing typhoon came at ten o’clock this morning and lasted two hours. LATER—Between .300 and 400 lives were lost in the typhoon, but as yet it is impossible, to get the names or nationalities. They are nearly all American and Europeans, however. oCIGAR BOX LAW UNCHANGED Revenue Department . Says Article Was a Hoax. 1.-..-The “destroy your cigar boxes”) article that has been going the I rounds of the state press has been proved a hoax by the investigation of a local merchant, who sent the arI ticle to the United States revenue 1 department and asked for information about it. He received a reply to the effect that the article is a 1 hoax and that there is “no new” law on the subject at all, but that digar dealers' may do with boxes j just as they please after they are empty and the stamp has been destroyed according to law. The article probably originated in the fertile brain of some 'cigar box manufacturer, who would naturally i want boxes destroyed so he can sell 1 more. About once a year such an 1 1 article is started out and it is no trouble to get it in every paper in j ( the country for the simple reason j that that is a paper’s business, to t warn people of any law violation. 1 Cigar dealers have no objection to I destroying empty boxes. They are i not used for cigars again, but they I are kept for the convenience of customers who often want an empty box i for some use around the house. t O 8 AN ORPHANAGE MAY BE BUILT i r t Methodists Hold Conference Con- I <3 ceming Same. a I s V/ARREN, Ind., Sept. 19.—Rev. L. J. Naftzger of Muncie, presiding el- 2 der of the Muncie district: Rev. H.! u N. Herrick of Kokomo, presiding t elder of the Logansport district; I E. ti.'Semams of Wabash, Js siding elder of this district; Rev. T. ji i. Johnson .'of. Muncie, secretary of a the Preachers’ Aid Society of Nor- r thern Indiana conference: Miss An- t gie Goodwin of Indianapolis, deaconess, h'dld a conference with Unde J William and Aunt Ruth Chopson at their home concerning the ment of hn ofiphanage and home for] the aged at this place. It is impossi- I ble for any official and final action th i be taken prior to the meeting of the i annual conference next April. < It tnaayt be, //stated, however, that i those present were favorably im- 1 pressed and that the outlook is quite s encouraging for something of a sub- 1 stantial nature to be done within the i next year. ’ <

TRANSFER LINE IS SOLD ] Byron Ault the New Owner—Missionary Convention Today—Harry Ehrsman to Return to Decatur. GENEVA, Sept. 18.—George Hart- , man, one of the progressive Geneva i merchants, has purchased the building occupied by the Wells Bros., ( furniture dealers and expects to make some marked improvements on ■ the same. The building was owned iby the German Loan & Trust Co. It j has been used by Wells Bros, for many years, but on . account of lack iof space, they were contemplating j moving into larger quarters. Mr. ! Hartman, however, will build an ex- ; tensive addition to the building, extending it to the alley in the rear j and Wells Bros, will always be i found at their old stand. Byron Ault has purchased the dray and transfer line of Van Emmons and took possession of the same today.! Mr. Van Emmons has been in the business for a long time and it will be some time before the people become used to cussin’ some one else because the railroad failed to deliver their freight. Mr. Van Emmons has not decided as to what his future work will be, but sor 1 the present he will reside in Geneva. Mr. Ault needs no introduction to the people, as he has been in business here for years and he can break freight to smithereens or handle it as a baby just as you order. Harry Ehrsman, the popular bellhop, day clerk, head waiter and general directory of the Shamrock Hotel, has resigned his job—his position—and will go to Decatur, where he has accepted work—employment in a bun factory. Mr. Ehrsman—that’s Harry—became very popular while here and last evening there 1 were between ninety-nine and one I hundred of Geneva’s young ladies and gentlemen—conservatives ya,ti' mate the crowd at nmg"ty-eigfrt»r-gathered in the grill room (that’s the I dining room in the day time) partak- | ing of a farewell supper and it was farewell to supper, too) given in Harry’s honor. Geneva will miss him, the hotel company will miss him, all will miss him, but our loss will be Decatur’s gain. (Tears.) -————o- — THEY CAN USE AUTOMOBILES But Rural Carriers Must Provide Their Own. While the postoffice department will permit rural carriers to use automobiles in serving their routes in those sections where the topograhpy of the country and the character and condition of the roads render the use ] practicable at all seasons of the year, . the department does not intend to furnish automobiles to rural carriel’s , but carriers who desire to use auto- , mobiles in serving their routes may provide them at their own expense, j In connection with the recent tests j made by authority of the department ( to demonstrate the adaptability of < automobiles for the use of rural ear- 1 riers in serving their routes, state- ] ments have appears 1 in newspapers to the effect that the postoffice de- ] partmeni has had constructed a machine "specially adap-e l to this work and that, if the experimental car proves successftJ, it will supply them as fast as possible to all carriers. Upon inquiry at the department regarding the .matt§r, the statement is made that the automobile used in the tests was not constructed by the de- r partment, nor at its instance nor suggestion, but the an to mobiles used in the tests were cars furnished by ( a company which manufactures the j machines and upon whose request , the tests were authorized. , . —O JOHN R. PEARSON IS DEAD f 1 < INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 19. —John . R. Pearson, one of the best known ] men in Indianapolis and for years j vice president and general manager ) of the Indianapolis Gas company, - was found dead in the lavatory of ; his home on North Pennsylvania street, this morning. He had been j threatened with oppoplexy for several months and it is believed this caused his deaths G. «

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• PARTIES LIVE AT GENEVA A Partition Case Filed—Probate Business Transacted— Other Court News. J. Alvin O ’Donnell, a new attorney at Geneva, filed his first case in fke Adams Circuit court this morning. It is a slander suit for Nelson Bricker being the plaintiff and Soloman and Caroline Habegger the defendants. The plaintiff alleges that during the past year since November fifth last, the defendants have frequently accused him of writing them obscene letters, accused him of throwing stones through their residence window, also said that he had threatened to burn their home and that he was not of good moral character and not fit to associate with respectable people, all of which is false. Wherefore, said Bricker say» his good name has been damaged, he can no longer secure employment and he is damaged to the extent of SSOOO. Attorney Jacob Butcher has filed a new case entitled Catharine Lewis vs. Lulu Johnson et al., partition of real estate. The court appointed L N. Steiner and L. L. Baumgartner commissioners to meet Thursday morning at Geneva and make partition of land. In the Henry Scherry, Jr., et al., ” petition for drain/ an extension of time until October 2nd, was granted the commissioners to make their report. In probate court John F. Felty, administrator of the William C. Felestate filed an inventory. Catharine Lewis, administrator of the Henry Chrisman estate, filed a report of sale of personal property, which ' Was approved. John B. Dutcher, adf&inistrator of the Samuel L. Dutcher Ustate, filed his final report. I. N. Veeley, executor of the George W. Rockwood state, filed final report and notice ordered, - .. "j,.Marriage licenses have been issued to Jacob J. Yoder of Wabash township, and Katie Moser, French township; Nora Henderson and Albert Baker of Wabash township; George W. Jjverett /and Grace M. Liby of Decatur. o John Woy returned yesterday from Ashley, where he was visiting with relatives. o A MACADAM ROAD BOND SALE. * The Old Adams County Bank the Successful Bidder. Treasurer Lackot officiated at a bond sale Tuesday, the Old Adams County Bank being the best bidder. They got the North St. Marys extension one bonds for a premium of $20.80, the bonds calling for $2,180. They were also given the bonds for the Louis Worthman road in Preble township, giving a premium of $40.65, the face of the bonds being $4,360. McDonald, McCoy & Co. were also bidders for this issue of bonds. o HE REFUSES TO ACCEPT Abraham Boegley Declines Republican Nomination for Surveyor. Berne, Ind., Sept. 18, 1906. To the voters of Adams county, Indiana: I, the undersigned, hereby want to denounce -the actions of the Republican County Convention of Adams county, as I will not accept the nomination by any means. I want( to say right here that 1 am a Democrat, first, last and all the time, and do not propose for any one to use my name for that purpose without my jeonsent, and then only by my party, and will further say that I will and can heartily support, the Democratic candidate for surveyor ih the November election of 1906. Again I want to say that k will mot be a candidate on the Ire- < publican ticket. » Very Respectfully submitted, I am yours for Democratic success, ABRAHAM BO9GLEY.

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