Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 24 January 1907 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT ■VKRYTHUBBDAYMORNING BY LEW G ELLINGHAM, PUBLISHED B.OOPBR YEAR IN ADVANCE. Catered at the postoffice at Decatur.lndlana as second-class mail natter. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY THE STATE’S FINANCIAL DtLEMNA. In his message to the legislature Governor Hanly said that ‘the state’s finances are especially satisfactory.” A little further along in the message, after doing some figuring, he discovered that the state’s finances are not as “satisfactory” as he had thought for he declared that $2,000,000 must be the limit of specific appropriations for the coming biennial period if we are to keep within the revenues of the state." This statement is an admission that the state is hard up. Just how hard up it is, in view of the demands up it, is shown by the fact that the various public institutions want specific appropriations to the amount of $3,753,239. This Is nearly double the xaraffiable re venue, as. estimated by, Governor Hanly. Theise specific appropriations are wholly outside of'the-cost of maintaining the institutions, whieh - will likely foot up as much more. The “wise business management" of the state’s affairs is nowhere in evidence. Every effort has been and Is being made to swell the general fund by transferring to it every other ... possible fund and by getting advances from the county treasurers, but it is only about half big enough to meet the demand. Will the “business managers” cut down , expenses, increase taxes or issue bonds? One or the other of these things cannot be avoided and ftls due to the extravagance which has marked the administration of state affairs. ?

The fact that a man may be an able professional man;’ a valuable public official and ,a useful member of society, and yet jack , financial ability to manage business has again been exemplified ih the recent bankrupt proceedings against Josiah Quincy, former mayor of. Boston. He was one of the best mayoih that city ever had, is an eminent lawyer and an honorable man, ’ private business .ventures has.been a failure. The younger Pitt of England, whose friends had to furnish funds to bury him, was another eminent example. So.' also was Daniel Webster. ’ These Examples show that money-making is not essential to honor and-reputation. But this does not mean that men should not endeavor to acquire . a competence. Every individual ought to do that, if for no other reason than not to become an object charity when old age Shall have; come; upon him.—South Bend Times, nr ;

‘ Perhaps nd ope : doubts that the Indiana insurance laws can be amended with good; results ail around. is a vital defect, it should be corrected. Wherever additional policyholdyided, But the people of Indiana are | not demanding thsil indUaa Insurance Companies, doing an honest and legitimate business, shall be destroyed, driven out cf business or unnecessarily handicapped merely that big outside companies can obtain a monopoly of policy writing. Whatever is done id the way of insurance legislation, if anything, should, be with an eye single to fairness and honest deal-

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Ing, to the end that no reputable home company shall be discredited and that policyholders shall get their due; According to figures presented by 1 Amos W. Butler, secretary of the state board of charities, Indiana has room for improvement in her system 'of aring for depriiu*rt r- ld.«n Coin- ’ rared with Minnesota. Wise;* is'n and pared with Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, she has 110 children supported by the public for every 100,000 inhabitants, while those states have, respectively, 62, 57 and 65. Indiana’s annual expense is $320,000, while the others are less than $130,000 each. Indiana methods encourage pauperism, the others develop inde-pendence.—Sc-uth Bend Times. Distirct Attorney Jerome has solicited the aid of the clergy and their churches in his fight to secure an ade- , quate law against gambling In New ‘ York state. He says that with one thousand preachers working behind him the legislature will not dare to defeat proposal for such a law as will I wipe out gambling, including that I which rests on turf events The average legislature, he declares, is (“scared of a preacher,” and he believes that wtih courageous support over the. state he can get the law that is needed to extirpate gambling.—Ft. Wayne Sentinel. The Republican editors of the state gave the sacred tariff a gingerly jab at their meeting Friday afternoon. They resolved in favor of modifying the tariff. What the boys should have done is to have kicked a few slats out of the paper pulp and Mergenthaler machine schedules. It wouldn’t have injured any great interest and would have gone right to the spot where the tariff hurts not only the newspaper men but the entire printing and publishing trade of the country. But it’s something to see a Republican editorial association take a few pokes at the tariff. —Anderson News. Thursday while we were in Decatur we had a few moments to spare, and we invaded the county court room in a call upon Judge Richard K. Erwin. Judge Erwin had evidently cleared the docket, for there was nary a thing doing, and his urbane highness and his callers were the only persons present or "in sight We Imagine when Judge Erwin is chosen to succeed Governor Hanly the executive offices at Indianapolis will be as easily and pleasantly invaded by the common Decatur during the regime of Judge “Dick” Erwin.—Willshire Herald.

President Roosevelt has proved very , conclusively that, in time of peace, at least, the negro is absolutely unfit j for a soldier. The murderous action , of the black soldiers at Brownsville and the subsequent riotous conduct at Fort Leavenworth and Fort Sheridan and the cold-blooded assasina- : tlon of Capt. Calvert by a non-com- ; missioned negro officer in the Philip- < pines make it doubtful whether negroes should be allowed to enter the army at all. '“J! In his Jackson aay speech, Col. Charles L. Jewett said that the Democratic party never had such an opportunity for success as that which is now before it. And then he declared that “we must stand united, md the Republican party must be ox& one enemy.” Col. Jewett, like other houghtful Democrats, realizes that unity is essential to success. Without harmony, and purposeful action opportunity is a mere “barren ideality.” It is a good time to remember this fact. When it* comes to anti-lobby legislation, there is every reason why the sneaking, disreputable and criminal lobbyist should be put out of business. But there is no reason at all why any honest citizen, with an honest purpose should be classed as a lobbyist and be prevented from expressing his opinions upon contemplated legislation to representatives and senators, either in or out of the state house. There Is a well marked line between real reform and hysterical imbecility. The new attorney general, James Bingham, declares positively that he will notr'give legal opinions to any persohs except the state officials. County, township and other officers, ■ who have been in the habit of getting advice from the attorney general, will have to look else.vhere. Mr. Bingiisin changes, the practice which has prevailed for a generation and will be able to draw his salary for less work than any of his predecessors’ The value cf farm products for the year 1900 are of -such proportions as. to stagger one. Try, if you please, to comprehend the sum total, six thousand, seven hundred and ninety-

four millions of dollars! An increase [of 44 per cent since 1899. At this I ratio what will be the result in ten years hence? Corn leads all, with a value of one thousand, one hundred million dollars. Cotton comes next but only makes a fair second. Some newspaper could have a lot of fun by starting a guessing contest to 'determine as to who will be the next Republican nominee for Congress from the Eighth district. A prize might be given to the person coming nearest to the correct guess, and a life membership in the local “Down 'and Out” Cub might be awarded the •man that makes the worst guess.— Muncie Press. The Indiana retail merchants’ association, recently in session at Evansville, showed conclusively that its members are against the trusts and monopolies and them exterminated. Now, if they will all vote accordingly, they will make real progress toward the accomplishment of their desire. The appointment of Steward S. Watson as postmaster at Winchester,' was certainly a reward justly earned, and Congressman Cromer is to be congratulated. In season and out of season the Winchester Herald has faithfully and loyally stood by Mr. Cromer, and long ago earned the reward that comes with this appointment.

Mr. Harry Daniel, formerly editor of the Decatur Journal, but for several years past financial editor of the Chicago Inter Ocean, has been made managing editor of that great newspaper. Mr. Daniel is still a young man but he has already achieved distinction in metropolitan journalism.—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. In the row between President Roosevelt and Senator Foraker over the negro soldiers, where does the Hon. Charles Warren Fairbanks stand? But then, where does the Hon. Charles Warren Fairbanks stand on any question v.ith an A. I». time ma-saving and exc« , ting t’s presidential ambition? Former Senator Walter L. Ball of Muncie is being accused of harboring aspirations to be the next Republican congressman from the Eighth' 1 district and-undoubtedly he-would -be glad to • be “it” if he could land the nomination. But the chances are 'that the Cromer men would fight him —Muncie Star. . . ■■■..- ■' •*» • ■ m~~ iii'i ili n I~ ' i wlfr? Judge Erwin is gaining- ground every day and his chances for the Democratic nomination for governor in 1908 are very good.—Bluffton Banner. .’■■■- The Ossian News has increased its size to six columns, the change greatly Improving the appearance of this well edited and interesting local newspaper. FILED PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY William Doehrman, Former Proprietor of People’s Restaurant. William Doehrman, a Pennsylvania shopman who was formerly in the grocery and confectionery business'at Decatur, filed a petition in bankruptcy with Deputy Clerk Logan. His liabilities are listed’ at $1,686.81, of which only SIOO consist of secured claims, and the assets, $421.34, are all jlaimed as exempt. The Eckert Packing company, 'Fisher Brothers, Heit-Ml’lqr-Latt* company, and the National Lirciiit company of Fort Wayne, are creditors for small amounts, and the other debts are owing to Decatur, Toledo, Marion and Indianapolis firms. Blttenger & Houk are Doehrman’s at- ' torneys.—Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette. 1 c . Mrs. D. E. Studabaker, who has been seriously ill for some time, is reported considerably improved and will be able to be cut soon.—Bluffton News.

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THE CAUBEB OF HYDROPHOBIA Statistics Shown by Report From the Chicago Institute. Dr. J. M. Miller as county health officer has received a letter from a Chicago institution treating hydrophobia, which Contains some very interesting statistics as well as some information not generally known. This institution says it has treated during the period from July 2, 1890, to December 1, 1906, 2,775 patients. Several hundred have sought treatment when it. was not needed as the animals which’had bitten them were not rabid. Ninetyfour of these cases were from Indiana, this number being small in proportion to the number in other states. Illinois had 1,177. A mest interesting feature is the fact that many of these, bites were not by dogs but by mules, rats, coyotes and other animals; 2,474 persons were bitten by dogs, eighty-four by cats, 100 by horses, twenty-three by skunks, six by wolves, twenty-nine by cows, nine by calves, two by burros, four, hy. CQyotps, five by pigs, one by thirty-one were infected by hydrophobia human beings. One thousand four hundred and six persons were bitten on the hands and wrists, 388 on the head and face, 359 on the arms, 584 on the legs and thighs and forty-two on the trunk. And despite the large number infected the institute claims as a record for. Itself that only seven of those affected have died. This amounts to about % of 1 per cen* of the total number. — — . NOAH HELLER BURIED TODAY Former Resident of This County, Dies at Parents’ Home. After a long and lingering illness covering a period of about two years,! Noah Silvester Heller departed this ( life at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Heller, Sunday morning, aged 41 years, 4 months and 10 days. j Mr. Heller has been a resident of Cleveland, 0., for a number of years and has spent about eighteen years traveling for some of the largest whole sale grocery houses in Cleveland. It was about two years ago that he showed signs of breaking down in health and about eighteen months ago he had to quit the road entirely. During this time the best physicians in Cleveland as well as some in New York and different sanitariums have been consulted but with no avail. About nine weeks ago his father went to Cleveland and assisted in caring for him and three weeks ago last Friday, they brought him to his parental home. There was no decided change , in his condition until last Friday when ihe began to grow worse and sank rai pidly until the end came Sunday morn- : ing. His trouble was pronounced pal resis. I He leaves to mourn his departure a wife and a daughter about two years' old, his aged parents/ three sisters, one brother, and a large number of friends. An infant child, two brothers and one sister preceded him to the spirit world. The funeral will be held at the Evangelical church at 11:30 today. The remains will be taken back to Cleveland, leaving on the 1:41 train. Rev. Frank -Hartman will officiate.—Berne Witness. - . —■— u Croup can positively be stopped in 20 minutes. No vomiting—nothing to sickn or distress your child. A sweet, pleasant and safe Syrup, called Dr. Shoop’s Cough Cure, does the work and does it quickly. - does not claim to cure a dozen ailments. It's for Croup, that’s all. Sold by W. H. .NACHTRIEB. _ v

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BRYAN IS A BURE NOMINEE Roosevelt Can Nominate Himself If He Wants to—Taft or Hughes Not Strong. Washington, Jan. 22. —Washington, of course, is full of the discussion of the next presidency. Nobody doubts Mr. Bryan’s nomination.’ What the Republicans will do is still a matter of doubt. Mr. Roosevelt can nominate himself if he so desires. Any president can nominate himself That was shown when Harrison did in 1892. But it is easier to getv the nomination than to get the electidL That also was shown when Harriskn did it. Mr. Roosevelt, with a rather* strong antagonism to himself in the Republican party, and with the added burden of a third-term nomination, would not make '■a strong candidate. He planned to have Mr. Taft succeed him, but Taft, who was the originator of government by injunction and who has practically his whole state of Ohio against him, seems not strong. They talk of Hughes, but it is too soon to judge what Hughes, governor of New York, may dp. It is not too sooon, however, .ta note that when Mr.

was the investigator of the Insurance companies whose fraudulent and robbing- procedurese he exposed, he failed to’ call as a witness George B. Cortelyou, then postmaster general, and,now to be Secretary, of the Treasury of the United States. Hughes does as governor, that action will always be a blot on his it is known of all men thatj.next to Mark Hanna, Cortelyou was., { the most efficient collector of from the trusts, the protected corporations, the railroad interests, and,.Jo put it all in a phrase, the predatory rich, that American politics has ever known. It was accidentally found,“ not by any effort of Hughes, that Cortelyou had taken $148,090 out of the insurance companies then under investigation. Nobody doubts that, he received many times as much as this from other corporations. Yet Mr. flughes, now the reform governor of New' York, failed to ’depiand from him a statement, and when the reI - porters asked of the then postmaster, general what he had to say about it, he said that it was “beneath his dignity to answer questions of that sort.”' The Republican party was never in such hard straits to find a candidate. When the election of 1908 comes on. it will be even In harder stratis tojustify its candidate. / ■■—o—* i . ' ANOTHER BILL ON HIGHWAYSWork all to be Done by Supervisorsand Paid for by Taxation. Abolition of the present method of working township roads, mid the substitution of direct taxation are provided by; Senator Clamor Pelzer’s, bill to amend the highway laws, which he introduced Monday. Road supervisors are to be elected biennially, under the bill, and officers at such elections are to .receive $1 a day for their services. Supervisors may receive $2: a day from April 1 to October 1, and $1.50 a day for the remaining months, and the bill provides that supervisors shall not be paid for more than eighty days in any one year. Trustees are authorized to divide their townships into not more than eight nor less than three districts, as nearly equal in road mileage as is possible, and no district to contain more than fifty miles. Trusteees are also authorized to appoint supervisors until successsors are elected. f • — o_ — The Right Name. Mr. August Sherpe, .the popular overseer of the poor, at Ft. Madison, la., says: “Dr. King’s New Life Pills are rightly named; they act more agreeably, do more godo and make one feel better than any other laxative.” Guaranteed to cure biliousness and constipation. 25 cents at Blackburn’s Place.