Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 28 February 1907 — Page 1

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ME CAME HERE TO MARRY But Finds His Sweetheart Wedded— Sent Her Money to Buy Her Wedding Dress. William M. Lang, a handsome, welldressed young man from Racine, Wisconsin came here Tuesday expecting to marry Miss Stella Reynolds, to whom lie has been engaged for a year past, only to find that she had married John S. Cramer of this city, two weeks ago today. The young man seemed greatly affected by the fickleness of his sweetheart and freed his pent up feelings, while talking to us, In away that would have melted the heart of any of the fair sex. He would not have felt nearly so badly, were it not for the fact that he had sent Stella a ten dollar bill with which to purchase her wedding dress ,a sample of which goods she sent him in her last letter ot February 2nd. Something over a year ago Stella advertised for a husband through a Chicago matrimonial agency and Lang answered. Pictures were exchanged and ah engagement resulted. Last spring Stella agreed to join her fiance at Racine if he would furnish transporta. tion. William sent her >1,2.00 in cold cash, but she failed to appear. Instead she . wrote him that she got as far as Chicago, but was callhdMback Here on account /of the serious illness of her aged grandmother. Bhe promised to marry him later but the date was deferred from time to time until today When William afrived and found a sort of Enoch Arden « affair, his wife the happy bride of another man. He was unable to find Stella today, though he. searched several .hours, hoping for an opportunity to tell her a few of his thoughts. He will leave this evening for Bradford, Pa., where he may Reside in the,fuHe had prepared a home for his feride fa. Racine and thiraght )Ms future happiness would soon, be complete. He hjA earns from dye to dollars a day. He W entirely disgusted with ma,trijnonlal agates. ■ it *«eweri M’ out ■ -- X- ; y A?.- ■ .New ■ ■ ‘i ■ ’M' ; 4 .-V 4 ; J-.' ’ ' ,4' -.Lh»s«<rIt may cause sighs of regret ibrt ' it is a fact nevertheless that no fresh beer can be obtained by a trip ‘to the Ibrwery as has been the custom eype since breweries have been In existHeretofore when a person had acquaintance with the manager or other employes of a brewery ,and called there either on business or to pas/* < .away the time it has been customary to have a faucet key passed over and a trip to a certain place in the brewery would find a keg on tap. No one watched how many beers were taken, no account was kept and the practice got to be a snap for many persons who had gall enough to make the visits frequent and their I thirst hard to satisfy. 1 Now all is changed. With the taking effect of the “blind tiger” bill the keg was removed and never more will that key be passed out If you want a beer now, go and buy it. ' _ -o FUNERAL FOR MRS.. MALLONEE M • Held Yesterday Afternoon—Remains Taken to Michigan. The funeral services for Mrs. Anna Mallonee were held Monday afternoon at three o’clock from the residence of William Darwachter, where her death occurred on Saturday. This morning the remains, accompanied by the son, were shipped to Ovid, Michigan, where her body will be laid |o rest by the side of her husband, Ezra Mallonee, who died a few years ago. The services yesterday were conducted by Rev. Fowler and attended by a large number of friends. The ' Presbyterian choir sang several songs. - Mrs. Mallonee was a faithful mem. Y. her of the Presbyterian church for many year? and when her health permitted her was a constant attendant at the services. She was a noble and Bgood woman, beloved by the many who knew her.

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ABE HUMMEL IN COURT But Not Allowed to Testify—Famous Case Will Progress More Rapidly Now. (Scrlpps-Mcßae Special.) New York, Feb. 26. —Abe Hummql, described by Evelyn Thaw as an ugly little. Jew with warts ?all ever—hia - face, appeared today as the friend of Jerome in the Thaw cae, and in the same place where a year ago, Jerome had Hummel disbarred. Hummel, however was not allowed to testify because the judge held that Jerome could not attack the creditability of Evelyn while she was only temporary excused and for the sole purpose of breaking down her testimony. Abraham Snydecker, one of Hummel’s assistants, testified that Evelyn sign, ed the paper in his presence on the night of October 27, 1903. Evelyn was recalled and her cross-examina-tion continued. Jerome finished * with the witness at 12:40 and she was excused. It developed that the letters from Thaw to Evelyn, which Banker Lyons' of Pittsburg sent to court, had thb seal broken contrary to ■ the re. quest of Lyon. Jerome said the seal was broken in his office by mistake. ■ *J’ Q . ■ ■ i ■* AN EXPERIMENT OF INTEREST Purdue Station Testing Butter MakIng Process An experiment of much interest and great value to the dairymen and farmers of the state has Just been completed at Purdue agricultural experiment Nation. Tests have been made , of the different processes of making butter and separating the butter fat from milk. In a bnlletla just issued by the station the■ results of the different oiseparating are,. as i' foftbws: , . Mutteriost in sW milk [, hand separator, loss , of butter, 1.2 lbs.; deep setting sys. . tem, loss of butter, 10.1 lbs.; shallow pan, loss of butter, 26-2 lbs.; water dilution system, lose of bptter, 40.5 lbs. The use ot the tiidd separator in the place of the gravity system of creaming, will effect a ijaving of. >3.30 to >7 worth of butter'fWt from one ' cow in ..one year. ; ; , . the hand kepdratot -i -richer . cream better quality of cream anij jjkim mflkicah be pj-tfduced than ; tO tHd 1 gpiqg .figures, were 'conducted Sbientifii the greatest care and > surely Reseat the . possible argument In favor of use -otithenhaud sbfratator• in . butter making, v er < < . ■ ’ -- '•'o ■ ’ l THIS IS MEANT FOR YOU r .'■« i » If You Don’t Like the Town and Can’t Boost, Move Out. ! 1 ; - /.a ■■ i There is no reasonable excuse for i any man to live in a town if he does- ' n’t like it. If you have no word of commendation to say for your town, - .its institutions or people, migrate. > You won’t stop the town clock hy s going away. The church bejls will i have the same musical ring, the Ifttle dogs will play just as well and the pure air, bright sunshine and spark. I ling water will have the same healthgiving properties. Speak a good word for youj neighbors, if you can; if you i cannot, don’t everlastingly enlarge on their faults. If you have become thoroughly disgruntled move away; somewhere where things will suit you. i o_ —— . MACADAM ROAD BOND SALE k i The macadam road bond sales pc, I curred at ten o'clock, the Old Adams , County Bank getting the entire issue I of >12,400, paying a premium on the , Hockemeyer road of >3O, Preble & i Magley road >2O, and Btfushwood i College No 1 >35. One othef bid was . opened, that of J. F. Wild & Co. • - The county assessor is busy making out a list of real estate mortgages and these lists will,be furnished thetownship assessors when they begin their travels on -Friday. The ment of real estate this year makes the duties of the assessors heavier than they would otherwise be?'- * - ' ' s

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, February, 28, KMI7.

WAS OF UNSOUND MIND And Had Been 111 For a Year —Re- ’ mains Taken to Home of Daughter in. Union Township. Leander Johnson, aged seventy-four and whose mind has been unbalanced i so» a year past, died at an early hour ] *Tuesftay, in his apartment at the* county jail, where he has been con. . fined for three weeks past Sheriff Meyer found his lifeless body at 6:30 ( this morning. He was still warm . and had probably been dead only a , few minutes. Mr. Johnson first show. f ed signs of insanity a year ago, . soon afterward becoming violent and was taken to jail, admission to the asylum being refused, as he was incurable. He was released and seemed better until three weeks ago, when he became violent again and was returned to the jail. Sunday evening he became sick and the physician was summoned and left medicine for him. He- was -able to be about the corridors and eat. his meals, acting about as usual. At ten o’clock last night.. SEerjff' Meyef gave him a dose of medicine and saw that he was made as cpmfortable as possible. He heard him pounding on the wall at two o’clock this morning, but thought s nothing of'it, as this was. a -usual • habit of Johnson.' The remains were ; taken to the home of a daughter, Mrs. Benjamin Manley in Union township* this afternoon. The funeral services will be held Wednesday monilng from the Mentzer Church in Van Wert county, O. The deceased formerly lived near Convoy, 0., moving to this county about ten years ago. He was an ex-soldier and a splendid citizen until disease overtook him. Death Was due to exhaustion and heart and brain troubles. He was the father of fifteen children, eleven of whom sur.' Vive him. - BRIDE FORMERLY t-iVED ' HERe L_„ 5 And is Well Known—Event Occur- ■'* rod at PenrtviHa Methcdijst v I * ' ChUrch Saturday EveAlngF ‘ . x ■ ■*' ! ' .T:-'' ,1s - t The parsonage of‘ this ■ Methodist churcif St, Pennville vhade a very pretty picture ' last Sktdfday evening 1 , when Mis# Sartfh*W6odv?ard whs hnE' ted t in marriage -16 Clarence Zfm. merman by the Rev. The ling - wte.' ‘tfsCd, 'Miss ’ hiaude Taylor and 'Frank ftitii£ate. ot thh bride assd v gM>ffi being the only attendants. ■Mrs.'&hn. mermah- is one of Pennville’s' most reßhefi and accomplisl3sd young’ladles and is the youngest daughter of Mr. and ‘ Mrp. Jesse ■ Woodward, who were residents of this city until a few years ago, and is a sister of Miss Florence Woodward of this city. Mr. Zimmerman is an gnergetic and rising young farmer of near Pennville, and a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Zimmerman of near Hartford City. Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman are spending their honeymoon in Ohio and will be at home to theii- many friends on a faj-m near Pennville. o PUT ON A BUSINESS BASIS Postoffice Department to be Re-Or_ ■ * ganized After Congress Adjourns., The re-organization of the postoffice department with a view of putting it on a modem business basis will begin almost as soon as the present session Os congress adjourns. A commission will be created, under authority of the postoffice appropriation act to take control of the matter. Representative Overstreet of Indana, chairman of the committee on postoffices and postroads, will be a member of the commisssion and because of his enthusiasm and knowledge of the subject he will practically direct the scope of the investigation. Com. mon consent has placed him in charge of the great undertaking even, before the commission is announced. — o ; EXPERTS COMPLETE THEIR WORK Chicago, Feb. 2??—Experts finished the examination of the books at the United States sub-treasury here today, showing the exact amount stol, oq to be >173,000.' The secret service meil have admitted this.

T# BE HELD AT PORTLAND On March 20th—Nearly Two Thousand Delegates Are Expected to Attend. Delegates representing the lodges at Decatur, Berne, Geneva, Roll, Redkey, Montpelier, Ossian, Pe’nnville, Bluffton, Hartford City and Portland met in the Knights of Pythias castle hall at Portland at 10 o’clock Monday morning to arrange the program for the district meeting to be held in that city on Wednesday, March 20th. The meeting lasted until 2 o’clock and a complete program was arranged, which will be ready for publication in a few days. The representatives of the various lodges reported much interest in the coming meeting and assured Portland that it would be called upon to entertain from 1,500 to 1,800 visiting knights. Every lodge in the district, save three, Dunkirk, Tocsin and Uniondale, w«re represented at Monday’s meeting. Tfiose there were O. L. Vance, Decatur; H. S. Michaud, Berne; J. A. Palmer, Roll; Austin H. Williamson, Redkey; Ira P. Nelson, Montpplier; Wil_ son 4- Osaina; Hi/W. Mc. Ginnet Geneva; W. C. Waltz Pennville Gi 4- jHquck, Bluffton; S. B. Borden, City, add-- f .Clarenlqe,‘ Waltz, Portland. Deputy -Grand' Chancellor O. C- Fink of Geneva, was also among the visitors and assisted in the prep. arution of the program. The meeting will be held in the Portland opera house, where the degree work will be given on the stage. Tfie Van Wert team will give the dramatised first' rank work, while the thfe-d. rank work - will be given by a team composed of one man from every lodge in, the district. TD CELEBRATE GOLDEN JUBILEE * ******’ ft| »■ nln| ?dr Great Event. : . The golden jubilee of the organization of thejFort of the Catholic cfturch will be celebrated some time next fall and alre&dy~prep_ arations for* the pygnt are belftg made by the local clefgy. AleßiiHg Js noyv pf the diofleee to pnWUhed atJiiie UTO .jf tfie Clergy froßfcaH the expected-Vo be •present during, the observgtlon urf the tr The lecture delivered , r by. Bishop Aierdtagbefore, the JLqigh|s.qfc Columbus last ev6h^ Early History of th® Fort : was fn the nature of n. preparation fcw-lhe anniversary. The bishop hopes by his lectures to stir up considerable interest, in Fort Wayne’s early history and thus induce his parishioners to take an active part in making the coming celebration one long to be remembered. Last evening, the speaker devoted a large portion of his address to the work accomplished by the early missionaries in the seventeenth century and so led his audience up to the splendid achievements of the present day. The talk will be followed by others, all tending to. increase interest in the golden jubilee. It was in the fall of the year 1857 that the diocese of Fort Wayne was organized. At that time the whole state ot Indiana was contained in one diocese with the episcopal see at Vincennes. The increase of population and the wide stretch of territory made it impossible for the work of the district to be successfully conducted from Vincennes and consequently the state was divided into the northern and the southern dioceses. The northern section was called : the diocese of Fort Wayne and the episcopal see was located in this city. The Rt. Rev. J. "H. Luers, who had charge of the St. Josephus Church in Cincinnati, was appointed bishop and he arrived in Fort Wayne in the early part of-1858 to assume charge of the diocese. Since then . there have been numerous chairgls in the state, but the episcopal see of the Fort Wayne diocese has remained in this city continuously since that time. —Ft. Wayne News. 0 ; On Monday Amos Steiner sold his half interest in the People’s restaurant to Eprhqim Baumgartner And son, l&enas. Mr. Steiner had been in it*'seems > was ttm restaurair. bwsiness did not agree with him. He is as yet undecided what he will do next. — Berne News.

PROBATE BUSINESS TRANSACTED Maurer Case Comes up Friday—Several Important Cases to be Tried Next Week. In probate court Daniel N. Erwin, guardian for Benjamin and Clarence Hoagland, reported a deed for real estate as ordered and same was approved. Samuel Stahl, guardian for Henry B. Stahl, filed his current report which was duly allowed by the court. John Meyer, administrator of the Charles Bixler estate, filed an inventory and a showing of settlement with the Chicago & Erie railroad company. Bixler was killed in the Lima yards several months ago. The settlement calls for >175 and >64.52 back pay. The only case set for tral this week is the claim of George Maurer against the Samuel Maurer estate, of >350, which comes up Friday. Several cases are set down for next* week whlph. promises to be quite busy. The Linker vs. Runyon paternity case comes up Monday. Andrew Miller v». the G. R. & I. railway company, damages, and Ninde vs. Klein, damage?, are set for Wednesday. William Pyle et al., vs. Town of Geneva, to set. aside an ordinance for the. annexation of territory, Js set for Thursday. Julius Haugk vs. J. W. Place company, suit on contract, >250, Frday. A marriage license was issued tb David D. Habegger, aged twenty-five/ and Miss Fannie Huser, aged twentythree, both'of Monroe township. Joseph E. Russel has been granted a license to purchase jimk from house to Aouse In Adams county. i -D- •-< '.Q L./ MEXICANS FROZE TO DEATH Ruse Harraff T.el.ls ,Hpw a Cold Snap Efforts ths’THpios, A letter from Russ Harruff of the Oaxaca ’ Hertld, tn Mexico; ' tdltfl or a colfi snap which atruck that etnuftp’, causing the warm-blooded Mexicans to turn up their, toes, though pe6sfe ’of ' Indiana would scarcely thought an overcoat necessary. He otaloses’ ah Associated Press dispatch' which said: r r “The unusqally severe storm which? held the Vallfey of Mexico in its grip from Sunday,, night to this afternoon claimed four-vicyms-among the poorer class of residents of the Federal district. Four deaths from exposure, all men, were reported to Guillermo Landa y Escandon, governor of the federal this morning. All were cold and stiff when found and to all appearance had been frozen to death, despite the fact that Mexico City is in the tropics. “That there were no more deaths is without doubt due to the prompt and philanthropic action taken by the government. Every police station in the city recefVed strict orders from the governor of the district yesterday afternoon to personally superintend the alleviation of suffering among all the poorer people of the city and last night fires were built in all the plazas in the poorer sections of. the city. Big pots of steaming tea were kept boiling all night and every poor person applying was given draughts of the warming fluid as often as he wanted it. Besides this there were a number of blankets provided. This afternoon when the sun came out it was evident that the worst of the storm was over' and that the eternal spring of the Valley of Mexico would soon again be in evidence.” ' —— O ; MRS. MARGARET SARGENT DIES Mrs. Margaret Sargent, wife of Nes. bit G. -Sargent who resides near, Steele’s Pa?k, died yesterday after. ( noon at three o’clock Tuesday after.; of several weeks, death resulting from inflammation o fthe bowels. She was sixty.flve years of age and was well known in our city. The funeral, services will be held Thursday moth-j • A-p’-c’- ‘’'a h— Rev. John C. Yviii.j c < —j xiJ inter-1 ment will be made in the Mt. Tabor ( cemetery. She leaves a husband and < several children to mourn their loss. !

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EXACT SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED Each Stop is For Twenty. Minutes—* The Program as Carried Out and the Men in Charge. The first seed corn special under the supervision of Purdue was run yesterday. The trips will continue until March 13th, and the train will reach this locality on March 7th. It will arrive at Geneva at 12:25 p. m. on that date, leave at 12:55; arrive at Berne 1:10, leave 1:40; arrive at Monroe 1:55, leave 2:25; arrive at Decatur 2:45, leave at 3:15; arrive at Hoagland 3:40, leave 4:10. Preparations have been under way for months for running this seed com special. Under the directions of Professor G. I. Christie, associate agriculturist of Purdue university, thousands of circulars and pamphlets have been printed and large charts have been drawn, dealing with com growing and seeding in all its phases. The data in the circulars is the’’result of years of experiment by the Purdue* Agrciultural station at Lafayette, Indiana. It was found that the ordinary method of disseminating this matter by mail was not as satisfactory' as cpuld be desired and being anxious to get in personal touch with the farthers, Professor Christie arranged with the Pennsylvania, rails traverse nearly every section of the state, to rufl, train free of any cost to the 'university. This train” will be made up of four coaches, a special car, on which the .members of pretessor Christie’s party, numbering ten or more, will be accommodated, ,two day passenger cars, which will be fitted up as sphool rooms wi wheels, atyi a baggage car to parry the posters, charts and literature which will ,b 0 ,distrib--1 uted to the growers. A regular srtirtL 1 ule for the train has been prepared by t|ie railroad, and.circulated ttiixiughout the territory / wfrieffi. it Wilf yisit..*Bte--1 sides this, in each station the line, notices have been pfiaow of the date and time of arrival of fte tfaiif, i so that farmery frpm the neighborhood can be on hand to meet it.’’ On arriving at tKe station, tie -ati-’ dience coaches will be thrown open .^/arw^w Jitlw aeau, 1 Inttruc&r ii} give a* ■ on seed selection apd com growing. : Arrangement hav.e alto been made I tcthhng along the sides rt i cart; and Afierflow meetings will, jbe hrtd whefi 1 tffe capacity is Art’ f sufficient. ? f bVer the possibilities of the. trip. Asserts that at no time in the history 1 of the state ha? the seed corn been in a" more serious condition. He believes that if a little care is exercised at this time, the average yield will not only be maintained but materially increased. There are something more than four million acres of land in Indiana devoted to the growing of corfi. During the last ten years the average crop has not exceeded thirty-five bushels an*acre. Professor Christie defclares that this is very low, and that land properly planted, with the right variety, under good car is capable of producing from sixty to eighty bushels per acre. He hopes by this campaign to increase the yield not less than five bushels an acre, raising the crop more than twenty million bushels, and at the same time putting million of dollars in the pockets of the farmers. Besides all this he is confident that the effect of the tour will be to improve the entire crop to the* benefit of both grower and buyer. With the members of the agrciultural faculty of the university on the train will be: D. F. Maish, president' of the Indiana Corn Growers association; T. A. Coleman, vice president Os the Indiana Corn Growers’ association; C .B. Benjamin member of the state board of agriculture; J. *P. Davis, corn expert and practical farmer, and J. P. Prigg, one of the largest corn growers in the state. Grain men and newspaper men will join the train along the route, to study the work that is being done and to I give the matter of the selection, ; preservation and preparation of seed icorn the widest publicity. Oscar Biersdorfer of Geneva, who pitched for tfle Portland Reds during the ball season of 1906, was in this city Monday calling on friends. “Bidey” has signed with the Dallas, Texas, League team for this year and' expects to leave March sth, to join his new team mates. —Portland Sim.

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