Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 21 March 1907 — Page 3

ED TOUHEY WAI BENT TO MIL Plead Guilty to Assaulting Elisa Evane—Given Fine and Thirty Daye in County Jail. Catharine Young has filed suit for divorce from her husband, John Young, L. C. De Voss appearing for the plaintiff. The couple were married several years ago and lived together until September 11, 1904, when they separated. They lived in Toledo where the husband drank continually, starved and abused his family and then driving her back to her parents’ home. The plaintiff is better known here as Polly Lord. Marriage licenses have been issued to Noah Neuenschwander of Kirkland township and Cora Limenstoll of Monroe township, and to James M. Stevenson of Daleville, Ind., and Lillie C. Brandyberry of Monroe township. Effie V. Johnson vs. Robert M. Johnson, divorce, proof of publication of notice of non-residence, default of defendant, rule against prosecutor to answer.

Among the grand jury indictments was one against Ed Touhey for assault and battery, with Intent to commit a rape on one Eliza Evans, which was just made public this morning. Touhey has just been arrested, having been absent from the city, working in Pittsburg. He came home Saturday and was promptly arrested and taken before Judge Erwin. The intent part was dismissed and Touhey plead guilty to assault and battery, the court fining him twenty-five dollars and costs and sent him to jail for thirty days. Touhey wanted to take the three o’clock car Saturday to return to his work, but after hearing the court’s verdict, decided to postpone his trip and his address for the present is “care of Eli Meyers, sher iff.” * » o~ VISITED AT FORT WAYNE Senator Tyndall Is Thanked For Hie Good Work. The Sunday Fort Wayne JournalGazette said: “The Hon. John W. Tyndall of Decatur, joint senator for . Allen and Adams counties, was in the city yesterday the guest of Senator William F. Ranke. He also called upon Mayor Hosey and the members of the board of public works, who thanked him -warmly for his good work in having the track elevation bill passed. Much of the credit of that victory is due to Mr. Tyndall, who as a member of the committee on railroads and on the floor of the house supported the measure with signal ability and zeal. “ ‘I learned after the bill came from the house that there was a plan to send it to the committee on cities and towns, and the chairman of that committee, Will Wood, of Lafayette, would pigeonhole it, so we made a counterplan to refer it to the railroads committee, where I could see that the bill wouldn’t die a-borning. We succeeded and fought it to a successful issue.’ “Senator Tyndall returned to Decatur last evening.” o— — A rumor which lacks confirmation is afloat in downtown business circles regarding another hotel project. The rumor says that eastern men who have looked into conditions in Fort Wayne with a view to erecting a modern hostelry here are seeking to procure options upon property on East Main street, between Calhoun and Clinton. The rumor further has it that these men are of the opinion that the new traction terminal, when built, will occupy the site where the Bank block stands and that the proper place for a hotel is near the station. They argue that opposite the Bank block is a fine site for a hotel and it is said that they have their eye, so to speak, upon that location.— Journal-Gazette. — o— Bluffton has, according to her newspapers, completed her team for the comln gseason and expects to open on May 15 at home, of course. The men signed will be taken on a training trip to Murray, Ind., where they will be given their preliminary work out and will 1 be tested and tried., Thl is done so that the boys will not be bothered wit hthe noise that now x surrounds Bluffton owing to the erection of her piano factory. Bluffton will have a winner as usual, so sayeth the fans. '■ - Dr. J. S. Coverdale is quite sick with bronchial asthma, and is confined to his home. His son. Dr. E. G. Coverdale, who has been taking a special course at Chicago, arrived home yesterday and will take care of business for a week or ten days, in which time his father will recuperate.

NEW FLATS ARE PRESENTED Clayton Dorwin to Succeed W. E. Fulk Mayor Coffee May Veto Three Resolutions. . The city council met in special session Saturday evening at the council chamber, Mayor Coffee presiding and every councilman being present, and after the calling of the roll the council at once proceeded to get down to business. F. M. Schlrmeyer, who is acting as trustee in the coming lot sale, presented the respective plats of the different sections of property to be sold and asked the council to adopt the same, so that every minor detail could be closed before the sale. The adoption was done by resolution, every councilman voting for the same. The contract between the city of Decatur and John Sprague in relation to the sweeping of the various brick streets, was read and states that Sprague is to sweep the streets three times a week, either late at night or very early in the morning, and that he is to purchase his own sweeper and to commence work April first, his contract to run for three years, and he to receive sixty dollars per month. The contract was approved and ordered spread of rcord. J. F. Snow then appeared in behalf of Fred Scheiman in relation to platting his land In the south part of the city, which was adopted at one time and then the action of the council rescinded, owing to an irregularity in the proceedings. Mr. Snow refiled the plat with the corrections made and the same was adopted by resolution. Upon motion by Burns, the purchasing committee was instruced to buy a new ordinance book for the city clerk. A resolution declaring the office of water works superintendent, formerly held by W. E. Fulk, vacant, was read and discussed, the resolution stating that Fulk had been requested to resign and had refused and that his salary should cease after March 16th. The yea and nay vote on the passage was ordered and resulted as follows: Burns, Christen, Martin and Van Camp voting yea, and Chronister nay. A resolution asking that the vacancy made by the former resolution be filled by the council hiring C. U. Dorwin at $65 per month, was read and was passed by the same vote as on the former resolution. A resolution asking that the council approve the settlement as made by the finance committee in the McKean case, was read and upon motion was adopted. The yea and nay vote was ordered In its passage and resulted as follows: Burns, Christen, Martin and Van Camp, yea and Chronister nay. The mayor then informed the council that he would take the resolution under advisement for ten days, the law granting him this privilege, and he Intimated that he would veto the same and give reasons at that time. In case the resolutions are vetoed the council has the privilege afid right of passing the same over the mayor’s veto, and they then become in full force and effect. No other business coming before the council they adjurned until Tuesday evening. ’ o GAVE BIRTHDAY PARTY Miss Gallmeir Hostess at Delightful Affair. Miss Mary Gallmeier entertained thirty-five of her friends last evening. The guests were Miss Clara Gallmeier of Fort Wayne, Rev. Jauss and family, Martin Gerke and family, Della and Olga Droege, Clara Bultemeier, Emma Heckman, Ida and Annie Bultemeier, Louise Berning, Marie Schelmann, Lydia Bultemeier, Sophia and Tina Berning, Mathilda Schelmann, Messrs. Henry Anmann, Theo Droege, Martin Lawrence and Henoch Heckman, Geo. Berning, Otto Schelmann, Will Getting, Gustav and Herman Fuhrman, Albert Scheiman, Charles Berning and Henry Wteifleldt. The occasion was Miss Gallmeier’s twenty-third birthday anniversary and proved a most delightful event for every guest

The Antique Quilting Club was entertained last Thursday by the Misses Ada and Eva Stewart, living just east of the State line. To say the crowd was a merry one would be expressing it mildly. The club consists of twenty members and each entertains the club. The day was spent in quilting and social conversation, interspersed with music. The club adjourned at four o’clock to meet with Mrs. W. W. Stewart on Tuesday of next week. Those present were: Mesdames Adaline Johnson, C. S. Snyder, E. W. Jackson, P. Workinger, W. W. Stewart, Traster, B. Workinger, J. Wolf, 8. Lichtenberger, Woods, L. Gaunt and the Misses Minnie Johnson and Bessie Jackson. The invited guets were Mrs. Win Dudley and Mrs. Melvin Tope.

THE PUBLIC IB SPECULATING Will Treasury Funds be Used or Will Deposit oney be Drawn From the Various Banks? Wifchington D C., March 18 — About >113,000,000 U. S. bonds mature July Ist and there is much speculation as to whether they will be paid off with funds now in the treasury or whether the government funds now on deposit with banks (about $150,000,000) will be thus used, or whether the payment will be made in part each way. One other method is also suggested: to refund all or part of these maturing bonds into 2 per cent bonds. While there is now a large surplus in the treasury, it would be helpful if a stringency arises and a large sum will be required to build the Panama canal. The bonds of our government now bear a lower rate of interest than 4hose of any other country in the world. Considerable interest attaches to the unannounced policy of George B. Cortelyou, now secretary of the treasury, in reference to these maturing bonds. A few of the largest banks are paying 2 per cent per annum for the use of U. S. bonds besides the interest paid by the government. The American National bank which occupies the old postoffice building at Indianapolis is one of these. The American National has the largest capital and surplus of any bank in Indiana. Considerable amounts of U. S. bonds, sometimes a few hundred dollars at a time, sometimes several thousand dollars, are being deposited with this institution on these terms. It uses them in its transactions with the treasury department. Such a plan . obviously gives the owner of the bonds an excellent return. Other principal banks that use U. S. bonfls largely in this way are the National City Bank, Hanover and First National of New York; First National of Cincinnati, and First National of Chicago.

G. A. R. VETERANS ARE ANGRY

Feel Affronted by Governor Hanly’s ' Actions. Indianapolis, March 18. —The Grand Army of the Republic of Indiana may ignore the exerclfees attending the unveiling of the General Lawton monument here on Memorial day, as it was learned tonight that thousands are indignant at what they regarded as an affront from Governor Hanly. A delegation of veterans, headed by Capt. William Allison of Indianapolis, called on Governor Hanly shortly after the date for the exercises was announced. He was too busy to see them and sent word out that the date had been fixed and would not be changed. Since then veterans have been organizing to go ahead with the regular Decoration day program and to ignore the Lawton affair, which was to have been a military event, as President Roosevelt will be present. At a meeting of the George H. cuapman post Governor Hanly was bitterly denounced by Captain Allison as an enemy to the old soldiers. It was learned that scores of private letters have' been sent to the veterans throughout the state explaining the Situation here. Word was received from Fort Wayne post that it will not attend the unveiling, although Fort Wayne was Genera] Lawton’s home. —o- — BONDS FOR FIVE NEW ROADS Will be Disposed of on That Date— Rosda Will be Built During the Coming Summer. On Tuesday, March 26th, County Treasurer John F. Lachot will conduct a bond sale at hls office when he will dispose of the bonds for the construction of five macadam roads, aggregating $30,000. The roads to be constructed by the sale and the amount called for in each are as follows: Root and Preble extension No. 1, $4,180; Root and Preble extension No. 2, $4,880; Brushwood College extension No. 2, $6,820; Reiter and Buhlman, extension, $8,540; French Township No. 2, $5,560. The total on each road is divided into twenty bonds, dated March 15, 1907, first bonds due November 15, 1907. These roads will be built during the coming summer, the contracts having already been let. This means more work and more good roads for old Adams county, already known the country over for having more miles of macadam road than any county In the state of Indiana.

THE GAB ENGINE PLANT Col. Mayvin E. Hall and C. H. Rittenhouse Were In Decatur Today. Col. Marvin E. Hall of Detroit, and C. H. Rittenhouse of Jackson, Mich., were here several hours today, and during that time were closeted with the factory committee of the Commercial Club. Conditions were agreed to and in a few days an optional contract will be signed, covering every detail, the said optional contract to be replaced with a contract without any strings to it, on or before April 20. Both Mr. Hall and Mr. Rittenhouse seemed pleased with Decatur, and especially so with the progress made with the proposed fifty thousand dollar factory fund. They expressed delight at having cast their lot, even temporarily, with such enterprising people. The location of their factory means the permanent location here of Mr. Rittenhouse, and for a time at least, Mr. Hall also. Both are Rustling business men and worth, hav- ✓ Ing in any community. Their pattern engine which has been under construction for some time, is reaching the completing stage. After Its approval, then business will move rapidly. They expect to begin upon their buildings by June 1. This work will be pushed as will also their installation of machinery, and before the first of January at least one-fourth of their capacity will be In working order. As we have said before their factory will be the greatest of its kind, and before three years elapses at least four hundred employes will be drawing the wages of skilled labor. We can not afford to miss this opportunity. o DETECTIVE ASSOCIATION MEETS Meeting Held Satu-day Was One of the Best Ever.

The Adams County Detective Association held their regular quarterly meeting on Friday evening, March 15, 1907, at the law office of Fruchte & Litterer, at which time only the most pressing business was transacted. The meeting then adjourned to meet the next morning at the Grand Army hall at 10 o’clock a. m. The meeting at the Grand Army hall was‘one of the best meetings ever witnessed by this association, not only in having the largest number of members present at any one meeting, but also by nearly every member present taking an active part in the discussion of the many propositions that were brought before the meeting. An arrangement committee for future meetings was named by the president of the association, Mr. Baumgartner, and we would ask that all members of the association keep an eye on the paper for the next special meeting will be called in about a month from now. — ■ to JIM STROUD IS UNDER ARREST An Interurban Conductor Io Taken to Gibson County. Sheriff Witing of Gibson county, Ind., was here Saturday evening and assisted by Sheriff Meyer, arrested James Stroub, a young man who, for several weeks, has been employed as a conductor on the Fort Wayne & Springfield railroad. He Is wanted at Princeton, on a charge of paternity filed by a young lady of that city. Stroud will fight the case and expects to return here and resume his work. He is a gentlemanly young fellow and his employers here speak very highly of him. He denies the charge and says he will be able to prove his innocence, a* he has been away from Princeton for more than eighteen months.

Me BMe a Vtatatw. Into a Broadway ear stepped a maa and a woman, both young, well groomed and good looking. There were only two vacant seats, and they were on opposite sides of the ear, so, instead of sitting side by side, they were divided. Presently the man at the girl’s right hand gallantly arose and stumbled over to the unfortunate young man. “I will exchange seats with you, sir,” he Mid. The young man hesitated, blushed, but accepted the offer. Everybody was Interested and expected to see the young couple strike up a conversation without delay. But they did not speak, and when the conductor came around the man dived down into his pocket for a nickel, and the woman dug around In her purse and brought up another, and they paid their fares independently. An audible sigh went up from the rest of the passengers. The man with the chivalric spirit felt worse than anybody else, unless It was the young people themselves, both of whom understood the situation and blushed furiously. “Well, I don’t care,” growled the gallant man finally. “I did my duty anyhow, and he has had the pleasure of sitting beside her even if be doesn’t know her.”—New York Mall. Romance of Stocking Knitter. Romance may certainly figure in many of the knitted waistcoats and gorgeous stockings worn by onr undergraduates today, but these have not so romantic an origin as the first of these articles produced in England, for tradition has it that William Lee, who in the sixteenth century Invented the knitting frame on which both stockings and waistcoats were produced mechanically, was driven to this piece of Ingenuity by the cruel flouting of the lady he loved, who happened to be a stocking knitter. Enraged at his failure to make 'an Impression on her heart, he sought to make it on her purse by killing her means of livelihood, and one Is glad to read that all stocking makers combined to frustrate his cruel purpose, with the result that he fled with his Invention to France, where he finally died of a broken heart, whether for love of his lady or of his spoiled Invention tradition does not say.—London Chronicle. What *YF BpeHs. A gentleman once received a letter in which were these words: “Not finding Brown at hornet I delivered your message to hls yf.” The gentleman, finding It bad spelling, and therefore not being very intelligible, eaUed bls lady to help him read it Between them they picked oat the meaning of all but the “yf,” which they could not understand. The lady proposed calling her chambermaid, because Betty, says she, has the best knack at reading bad spelling -hf any one I know. Betty came, and was surprised that neither sir nor madam could tell what “yf” was. "Why,” saytf she, “yf spells wife. What else can It spell?” And Indeed it Is a mudh better as well as shorter method of 'spelling wife than doubleyou, 1, es, e, which In reality spell doubleyifey.—From a Letter by Benjamin Franklin. Birds Evolved From Reptiles. It may be a shock to some persons to learn that the birds of the present day are descendants of reptiles. This fact has been conclusively proved by the fossil remains of creatures that form the intermediate stages between the birds of today and the reptiles of prehistoric ages. In fact, many of the birds have not yet completed their evolution, as in the case of the penguin, whose wings are merely rudimentary, absolutely inadequate for flying purposes and useful only as a means of propelling these awkward creatures through the water. Teo Much For Him. “Andrew,” said a devoted wife to her husband, “I want $100.” “A hundred what?” exclaimed the husband. “Dollars,” she replied calmly. "What for?” “Oh, a whole lot of things.” “Um—um,” he hesitated. "I guess I shall have to check your extravagance, my dear.” “Do,” she smiled, “and make it payable to my order, please.” He collapsed then and there. Ruekin and Chrysanthemums. Mr. Ruskin was asked If he did not admire chrysanthemums. Now, he liked nothing abnormal or artificial, and he regarded the production of chrysanthemums as an unhallowed attempt to grow flowers at a season when nature meant that there should be no flowers, and so the startling answer came, "I hate chrysanthemums.”—Westminster Gasette. Friendly Advlee. Goal Dealer—l want to Insure my stock of ooal. How much will I have to pay yearly on 150,000 francs' worth? Insurance Agent—ls it the same as you sent me the other day? Goal Dealer—Exactly. L A.—Then take my advice and do not insure at all. Nothing could possibly make that coal burn.— Caricaturists. Cheerfulness. Cheerfulness is a sign of sanity. It Is the person who has no laughter, no fun In hls nature, the person who becomes morose and melancholy, who 4s In danger of losing his balance.—Success. Strenger Than Hie hraeme. Jack—Old fellow, what a fragile creature your fiancee Is! She rqally*locto as if she might break. Tom—lndeed, I expect rhe'll break me first—New lock Herald.

A Fatal Omelet. ignorance of cooking is not often the direct cause of a man’s death, but such an Instance is related in "The Story of Two Salons.” In the time of the French revolution one M. Condorcet, upon whose bead as an aristocrat a price was set, sought refuge with a friend, M. Suard, who bade him return at nightfall, when means of escape would be provided. Unhappily Condorcet, being unable to exist without tobacco, went into a tavern to' buy some. Still prostrate from fatigue, he thought he would take advantage of this opportunity to get some dinner and ordered an omelet “How many eggs do you wish to be used?” Inquired the landlord, who had been eying him suspiciously. The innocent Condorcet was at his wits’ end. He reflected on the size of the ordinary omelet “Twelve,” he boldly replied. Hls fate was sealed. None but an aristocrat could be so ignorant or so extravagant He was arrested and led away to prison, from which he never emerged. • Mountains. There used to be held in accordance with Murchison’s well known geological views the general theory that mountains were mainly due to cracks which took place in the surface of the earth In remote periods, but this idea Is no longer entertained by scientific men. As to the form of mountains, that which is known as table mountain finds the best example, curiously enough, at the Cape of Good Hope, a mountain, It is believed, due not to any action or phenomenofa of upheaval, but to the sinking of the surrounding districts or territory. Why these peculiarly defined areas did not sink was owing, It Is thought, to the probable fact that the ground under them cooled before the rest of the section, and thus the table mountain had the earlier foundation and has long retained its place. There would always be denudation, however, though proportionate with its surroundings, and therefore, owing to this fact of being higher at the start, It still keeps to its approximate elevation. Distinguished Paper Hangers. The paper hanger was not so much of a necessity in the old days as now, writes Miss Kate Sanborn in her book, “Old Time Wall Papers.” The family often joined in the task of making the paste, cutting the paper and placing it on the walls. This was not beneath the dignity of George Washington, who, with the assistance of Lafayette, hung on the walls at Mount Vernon paper which he bud purchased abroad. The story goes that the good Martha lamented in the presence of Lafayette that she would be unable to get the new paper bung in the banquet room in time for the morrow's ball in honor of the young marquis. There were no men to be found for such work. Lafayette at once pointed out to Mrs. Washington that she had three ablebodied men at her ServiceGeneral Washington, Lafayette himself and hls aid-de-camp—whereupon the company fell immediately to work, and the paper was hung in time for the ball.

Artful Autograph Fiend. “One of the most Interesting collections of autographs is owned by a man who cultivated the art of kicking in order to secure them,” said an autograph expert. “Every signature in the collection was appended to a letter written by some prominent person in reply to a complaint made by the indefatigable kicker. He complained about everything under the sun, to railroad presidents about delays on the road, to public officials about abuses in their systems of managing public interests, to literary men and artists about shortcomings in their work, to actors and singers about some defects in a favorite role, and always his complaints were couched in such virile language as to win consideration and a reply, not from some secretary, but from the celebrity whose autograph he coveted.”—Milwaukee Sentinel. To Find the Horsepower. A rule for finding horsepower of a pulley is to multiply the circumference of the pulley in feet by the revolutions per minute, and the product thus obtained by the width of the belt in Inches, and divide the result by 600. The quotient will be the horsepower which the pulley is capable of transmitting. This rule is founded on the fact that good, ordinary single leather belting, with a tension of fifty-five pounds per inch wide, will require fifty square feet of belt surface passing over the pulley per ■ minute for one horsepower. Fifty square feet per minute are equal to a belt one inch wide running 000 feet per minute. A Prerogative es the PiriplL Dr. Bacon, a New England clergyman of long ago, was reproached by a Mend with some pronunciation which was not “according to Webster.” Webster lived in hls pariah, and the doughty old divine was not disposed to be snubbed with the dictionary. "What right has Webster to dictate my pronunciation?” he demanded haughtily. "He is one of my parishioners and ought to get hls pronunciation from me and not I from him.” . v 1 ~ S Smashup. “What did the girl do when her father discovered them eloping?” “She burst into tears.” "What did the young man do?" “Oh, he went all to pieces." "What did the old man doF “He? Why, he exploded with rage and blew them both up.” Mtenees and pride tax with a hear ler hand than kings and parllameotakFranklin.