Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 25 April 1907 — Page 2

The people of Elkhart will endeavor to raise SIOO,OOO to be invested in stock of' the Sidney Mercantile company, which employes 350 people and wishes to increase its capital stock to >400,000. - Harry Blanchard, of Waterloo, seventeen years of age, fractured his skull Wednesday night in a fall which followed his attempt to board a moving freignht train. His condition is critical. The oldest minister in attendance at the North Indiana Methodist Episcopal conference at Logansport, is Rev. Milton -Mahin, who entered the conference in 1841, and is now nearing his ninetieth year. Hazel C. Andrews arrived this morning from Arkansas and will visit for several weeks with relatives. Hazel says the people of the south are now blessed with plenty of sunshine and that the crops are maturing fast. Ha certainly noticed the change when he hit Indiana. Without doubt and beyond all question “Ole,Olson” has proven itself to be the greatest Swedish dialect comedy ever presented, the play has the stamp of approval for fourteen years, therefore must possess considerable merit. Exceedingly bright specialties are presented by several of the characters. No action was taken in the case of the two McConnehey boys who were arrested Monday for stealing chickens by the city officials, the prosecutor asking that the grand jury be permitted to bring an indistment against them, thus insuring their appearance in the circuit court. Seventy-six women, keepers and inmates of Immoral resorts in Fort Wayne, were taken before the police court of that town Saturday and were assessed fines and costs aggregating $1,200. Eighteen keepers of resorts were fined $lO and costs amounting to S2O each and the fifty-eight inmates were fined $5 and costs amounting to sls each. Out of the whole amount collected the city receives S3BO. The time has expired allowed by the commissioners for the payment of assessments for the dredging of the Salamonia river, before the bonds are ordered resold'. When the time was extended, there was still about $29,000 due. Since that time, the auditor has received the sum of $5,870. The sum of $23,130 will be issued in bonds, and placed on the tax duplicate for collection.—Portland Review. George Morris and Charles Meyers, of Decatur, went to Angola this morning on business. Mr. Meyers closed a contract,Saturday night by which terms he becomes the owner of the Beard’s novelty store of that city. J. A. Morris, of this city, will go to Angola next week to invoice the stock. Mr. Meyers is very well known in this city and his friends here wish him success in his new business—Bluffton Banner. Mrs. Sidney Doster and her mother Mrs. John Roberts, of Poneto, were painfully burned Monday when fumes from 'a patent stove polish were ignited by the heat of a stove to which jthe polish was being applied. Mrs. Doster, who was polishing the stove, was badly burned about the arms, face and chest, and her mother who rushed to her rescue, sustained burns about the face and hands. But for the timely appearance of the mother, Mrs. Doster would probably have been burned to death. Monday was the last day for payment of the Salamonia river dredge tax. When the board of commissioners extended the time of payment until April 15th . there was about $29,000 due since which time $5,870 has been paid to Auditor W. Lea Smith, leaving the outstanding .assessments at the present time, $23,130. This sum will be placed on the tax duplicate against those delinquent and five year interest bearin bonds issued .for the total amount, payable in five annual installments—Portland Sun. The Indiana Association of* Science and Mathematics Teachers will hold its annual meeting in Indianapolis Friday and Saturday, April 26 and 27. Several of the most prominent educators of the state, including Leonard Young, of Evansville; O. W. Douglass, of Anderson; E, I. Kiser, of South Bend; J. I. Thompson, of Richmond; D. A. Rothrock, of Bloomington, and others will deliver addresses. Practically all the science and mathematics teachers of the Indiana high schools are members of the association and most of them will attend the meetings. .

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' ■ ■ - Wig WITH AN&THtR DIVORCE CASE Lived Together Until thia Morning— Third Attempt—Usual Charges are Made. Malinda Froneflfeld wants a divorce from her husband, William ;C. Fponefield, also SI,OOO alimony. They were married August 24th, 1896, at Van Wert, and lived together until 5 o’clock Thursday morning when they decided to separate. They came to town together and each seemed particular that this affair be Conducted just right. The defendant is accused of cruel and inhuman treatment towards his wife, of having cursed and struck and beaten her. Mrs. Fronefield also charges her husband with being an habitual drunkard, that he has made no provisions for her support for more than two years, that he has borrowed SI,OOO from her which he refuses to repay, wherefore the plaintiff asks a divorce, judgment for SJ,OOO and that she have her former name of Malinda Zimmerman restored to her. Dore B. Erwin appears as attorney for the plaintiff. If there is anything in the proverbial maxim that the third time is the charm, Mrs. Fronefield should win out as she has filed and dismissed two former similar cases. Both parties are well known here. o OPIUM SMUGGLER CAPTURED Clever Gang Believed to Have Been Broken Up. Spokane, Wash. (> April 18. —United States secret’service men believe they have broken up a band of the cleverest opium smugglers that ever operated along the international boundary in the Pacific Northwest, by the arrest of Thomas Smith, who was caught with several hundred dollars’ worth of contraband drug on a Great Northern train near Blaine, Wash., west of Spokane. The officers say the gang did its work so well it baffled the most skilled men on the service for months, thousands of dollars’ worth of opium being carried into this part of the country for distribution in the middle west and eastern cities. The men who worked in pairs, erected a shack of rough cedar logs on the line between British Columbia and Washington. Taking the drug from the steamers at Vancouver, B. C., they conveyed it to the shack by packing the small cans in holes bored into cord wood, and they dealt it out to the smugglers, dressed as woodsmen, who carried it across the line. One man carried the opium in specially constructed pockets on his vest, and the other watched for secret service men. o TO CONSTRUCT NEW' PIPE LINE Standard Will Build Another Through ■ This County. Next Tuesday will begin the construction of the pipe lines from the site of the new pumping station just south of Bluffton to .Lima, O. A. large force of men will hurry the work through as swiftly as possible and it is the intention to have the line finished before the station is erected and in running order. The forty-acre tract of land which the company bought for the location of-the station was a week ago a dense wood. Now every tree on the land has been chopped down, the stumps burned or blasted and the timber hauled away, and the building of the station will be commenced upon the arrival of the material. In laying a pipe line the Standard employs a system that while it is extremely expensive, gives it a freedom and an independence that is enjoyed .by no other company. Instead of condemning land which it wishes to cross with its lines, as the law provides it is privileged to do, it buys outright what ground is Should it condemn land it would be regarded as a common carrier by law, just as any railroad company, and would be forced to convey any and all oil that it was called upon to send through its line. By buying the land its line is private property and is not a common carrier, giving it the right to refuse to transport the oil of other companies. In laying the line from Casey 111., to Preble, every foot of ground through which it passed was bought, not one condemnation being made. In some places to secure permission to cross farms exorbitant prices were charged. o - Mr. C. G. Egly, of Berne, and Mr. J. O. Grove, of LaGrange, both members of the Berne Grain and Hay company, were in the city yesterday on business connected with a fire in one of the company’s grain elevators at Huntertown. The fire, which occurred Tuesday, was caused by a hot box on one of the grain cleaners. The machinery was damaged to the extefit of S2OO, and two cars of wheat were damaged to the extent of several hundred dollars by water. The elevator was not forced to suspend business, I however.—Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette.

DEFENDS HIS RECENT DECISION Judge Right. At Lebanon Sunday night Judge Samuel R. Artman delivered an address at the Central Christian church under the auspices of the brotherhood" of that denomination on .the subject “The Legal Status of the Saloon Business. The church was filled. The men of the city were given a special invitation to be present. The address was a defense of Judge Artman’s recent decision in the Saltau liquor case. The lecture was first developed the fact that society was organized and civil government established as a means’of enforcing the moral law. This being true, he said, it, of course, follows that the Constitution nnd the common law are bottomed and based upon the principles of the moral law, the eternal and unchangeable principles of right and wrong, hence, the»-underlying princi pies of the Constitution, the common law and the moral law are one and the same. Then it was argued that any busi ness which is necessarily, and inherently destructive of the fundamental purposes of organized society, that la of civil government, is unlawful and is denied a legal existence by the Constitutions (Federal and State) the common law and the moral law. The saloon, being merely the ven dor of dissipation, he said, come:) within the class. Judge Artman argued that the United States Supreme Court and many state supreme courts have held that the Constitutions (Federal and State), the common law and the moral law deny the saloon a legal existence. In view of these conditions, the only possible source of any claim to a legal existence, he said, for the saloon must come from the license statute. NEGOTIATE WITH INTERURBAN Fort Wayne Citizens Try for Cheap Rate for G. A. R. The state department of the G. A. R.' ahd' the Citizens of Ft. Wayne are making good prqgress with their arrangements for the annual encampment to be held at Ft. Wayne May 22, 23 and 24. The program for the encampment has been issued and shows that the veterans will not lack for entertainment. Negotiations with the interurban lines indicate good prospects for cheaper rates to and from the encampment. The steam roads, because of the 2-ceht fare law, have refused to make a reduced rate All of Tuesday, May 21, will be taken up with the arrival of the G. A.‘ R. officers and their reception. Department Commander E. R. Brown of Monticello, and staff and the department president ahd officers of the Woman’s Relief Corps will arrive that day. Headquarters will be opened at 10 o’clock the following morning at the Wayne Hotel. Thursday, May 23, National Commander R. B. Brown and his staff will arrive, after which the department encampment G. A. R. wlli convene for thp transaction of business in tfie Princess 'Tfiie W. R. C. and the ladies of the G. A. R. will at the Princess theater Friday morning at 9 o’clock for the purpose of electing delegates to the national encampment at Saratoga, and for the election and installation of officers for the ensuing year; The W. R. C. and the ladies ot the G. A. R. will assemble for- the same purpose at the same time at their respective meeting places. . ■ ~O— ■ . BOOK AGENTS. ARE NUISANCE According to Resolution of Western Teachers. Spokane, Wash. April 17.—800 k agents were officially declared nuisances at the annual meeting of the Inland Empire Teachers’ Association in session at Lewiston, Ida,, south of Spokane, and it was decided by resolutions, adopted without a dissenting vote by the 1,000 delegates that in the future representatives of houses will not be permitted to display their wares or ply their vocation except in separate rooms to be designated by a special committee. The understanding is that any representative who does not conform to the rules will be boycotted. The foregoing action is the result of the persistency of several agents for eastern publishers in pushing their books upon the delegates. The men followed the teachers' to receptions, musicales and even to their hotels in endeavors to get subscriptions and made themselves so obnoxious in other -ways, that the order declaring them nuisances followed without debate. A - ■ o— '-i— Rev. Charles Dougherty and family, who have been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs; Chris Beers since conference, returned to their home in Hoagland today. Miss Mamie Beers accompanied them. They will immediately move to Orland, where Rev. Dougherty was sent by the conference—Bluffton News.

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HE MAKES A SPEECH He Was Paid Great Honor by the Democrats at the State Capitol —Good Meeting. Congressman Adair was the guest of honor of the Indiana Democratic Club, at Indianapolis last night. In addressing the club, he said in part: The only consolation we have at the present time lies in the fact that the Republican party is almost as hopelessly divided as we are. With Theodore Roosevelt in a quarrel with Harriman and Rockeffel, who, together, with the insurance companies and tariff beneficiaries, contributed the funds which made his election possible in 1904, and his apparent determination to extinguish Foraker in Ohio and nominate his friend Taft for the presidency, in the event the people don’t say, “You first, Teddy;” with the tariff beneficiaries and trust magnates sucking the life blood out of the public treasury; with their hands and arms in the pockets of the producing millions; with another hungry horde demanding a raid on the public treasury and the purse of the people, through the enactment of ship subsidy legislation; with political machines in every state in the union riding rough shod over all opposition; with* all these difficulties in the way of the Republican party, I am not so sure, after all but that our., condition is even better than theirs. “The eyes of the. people are on the Democratic party, for there is no other party from which they can expect relief to come. It is the party whose foundation rests on the solid rock of equal rights. It is eternal as 'justice, as indestructible as truth. It is the party which time and again has been buried under an avalanche of ballots, deposited by men who had been deceived by the glamor of concentrated wealth and the teachings of false prophets. But from the grave it has risen, each time with renewed strength and redoubled energy, to advocate and plead the cause of the common people. o Warsaw is attempting to raise a fund of $20,D00 to be used in securing new manufacturing concerns, and is seeking to get it by two hundred subscriptions of SIOO each. Already about SIB,OOO has been raised in this manner, A large number of farmers and land owners in various parts of the county have just discovered that a law was passed by the legislature of 1905 whereby gravel roads can be constructed at the expense of the entire township, providing the petition therefor, is signed by seventy-five or more property owners. Four petitions of this kind, have already been filed for the consideration of the county commissioners at their May session. Three of these are in Pike township, and the other in Jackson. It is said that there will be several others ready also by the time the board meets. —Portland Commercial-Review.

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LOOKING AFTER SENATOR BORAH Indiana Postmasters to Have a Meeting at Indianapolis on May Fifteenth. Washington, April 17. —Despite the roseate accounts of conditions on the isthmus which members of Speaker Cannon’s party brought back from the canal zone, practically every one of them is nursing a, secret wound received while they were inspecting the work done on the great waterway. While strong in their praise of what has been accomplished they return with, their personal feelings htirt, and although little has been said about the matter, the story has got out, according to a correspondent here of the New York Sun. It is said that they were slighted, ignored, almost insulted, and treated like ordinary non-consequential’ citizens by the officials of the Canal Commission. Thy got no more consideration than if they had been a party of commercial travelers, or ordinary “rubbernecks,” instead of a dignified delegation of the country’s lawmakers. In fact they were treated about as a member of the House is when he goes over to the Senate side of the capital. They were 1 admitted and' allowed to stand around and see things, but no one extended them a welcome'or paid any attention- to them. Washington, April 17. —The Department of Justice has asked for complete details of the indictment of United States Senator W, E. Borah, of Idaho, who, according to the information that has reached the department, is charged with conspiracy to defraud the government in’land transactions. Borah was recently elected Senator, to succeed Fred Dubois. He had been counted an administration man, and is dt this time a special attorney, employed to assist in the prosecution of William I. Haywood, secretary and treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners, sot the murder of former- Governor Steunenberg. Washington, April 17.- —There is to be a meeting of the postmasters of Indiana at Indianapolis May 15, for the purpose of organizing an association. There is to be no politics permitted and the department is encouraging such organizations when only the good of the service is at heart. Many other states have such organizations and Indiana is just getting into line. At this meeting Third Assistant Post-master-General A. L.Lawshe and Chief Postoffice Inspector W. J. Vickery, both of Indiana, will be present and lend any assistance they can. o , The freight car on the interurban was run through the city this morning to test the newline and attracted the attention of every one. The line, line stood the test all right and the O. K. stamp was put on as a result By the later part of this week the cars will be able to run to the new depot without any trouble.

FOR THE'CENSUS DEPARTMENT Spring Collection of Taxes About Half Paid in—Many Road Petitions to Be Presented Next Month. Joseph M. Crooks, of the department of commerce and labor bureau of the census, Washington, D. C, is here arranging divorce statistics covering a period of twenty years. His work rqulres about three weeks’ time and while Mr. Crooks admits that he has discovered some interesting facts and figures here, he is not at liberty to divulge same; this being strictly forbidden by his department. His report will be compiled and given the. public jn due time from the cen- > bus bureau. Treasurer Lochot reports that the spring collection of taxes Is about half paid in, leaving as much more to be paid by May 6y two weeks from ; next Monday. This means that during the next fifteen days there will be lots of business at the county treasurer’s office. Everything paid after : that date will have to be paid with , the six per cent penalty attached. Six or seven macadam road petitions will be .presented to the board of commissioners when they meet 1 May 6. The most o£ them come from Root township, but. several other townships are interested in the building of macadam roads, among them will be the extension of the Geneva, Ceylon and Wabash township road east of Geneva. Bids will be received for coal at the-Mj next session of commissioners court. J A contract will be made for enough to I supply the court house, jail and county 1 infirmary. o—“AN IDYLL OF VERMONT” . -I Musical Rural Comedey Here Monday Evening. “Uncle Rube” or an Idyll of Vermont, is a musical rural comedy that . tells a sweetly simple story of the * love of a penniless artist for the country school ma’am. The plot is well connected and is enlivened by a musical program as good as the best. The cast and chorus are the best talent to be had in our city and wills be assisted by that vaudeville star. 1 Mr. E. Hamilton Kilbourne. The price of tickets are 25c, proceeds for the benefit of Ladles, Aid Society of the Christian church. Remember the , date, April 22d at Bossfe Opera House.) Hear the great whistler, E. Hamil-* ton Kilbourne with “Uncle Rube” Opera House, April 22, benefit Christian church 95-3 t Don’t fail to hear the Milk Maids chorus in “Uncle Rube” at the Bosse x Opera House, April 22nd, benefit of Christian church 95-3 t You “auto” see the automobile Choi 4 us. “Uncle Rube,” Opera House, April 22nd. 95-3 t

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