Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 23 May 1907 — Page 2

Roscoe Clawson, a Marlon boy, is appearing in vaudeville at Sheridan, Ind., in a trick bicycle act and is making good rapidly. He has appeared in a number of the larger cities and his act has always been a drawing card. He opened the season at Frankfort last Saturday and played to a crowded house. Joshua Emerick, charged with operating a “blind tiger" at Almire, a village in the southeastern partion of Lagrange county, was convicted in court in Lagrange and fined in the sum of |IOO and ordered committed to jail for thirty days. The jail sentence • was later remitted, but the stock of liquors found in Emerick’s place was ordered confiscated. Rev. Warren H. Denison, of Troy, Ohio, has accepted the call to the pastorate of the First Christian church of Huntington, and will enter upon his new duties October 1. He succeeds Rev. W. D. Samuel, the present pastor, whose resignation was received several weeks ago, and whose duties will end September 1. A letter received from Clarence Biersdorfer this morning, who is located at Dallas, Texas, playing in the Texas league, says he is getting along fine and is making a successful debut. He has won the majority of his games and ranks foremost among his team mates. He subscribed for the Daily Democrat and will keep in touch with Adams county doings by reading the same. He wishes the Decatur ball fans a successful season. If enumeration statistics of Terre Haute are correct that city is now the third in size in the state, a position heretofore held by FL Wayne. The enumeration this year shows an increase of 3,900, which is equivalent to a population in crease of 15,000. The superintendent of city schools of the three largest cities in the state form the state board, of education and the board will now be made up of the superintendents from Indianapolis, Evansville and Terre Haute, the Ft. Wayne superintendent retiring. Word was received today from Linn Grove announcing the death of Mrs. Fred Meyers, of French township. Death resulting from appendicitis. Mrs. Meyers had been sick but eleven days she being unable to withstand the ravages of the disease. An operation was to have been performed yesterday but as she was in no condition, the doctors refused to perform the same. She was a well known lady, and had a number of friends here who will be grieved to learn of her sudden demise. Owing to the advanced price of wheat in the Chicago and Toledo exchanges, the local merchants are quoting wheat today at 85 cents per bushel. What it will be tomorrow depends solely upon how the price is regulated in the two above markets. The Chicago and Toledo markets closed strong again today, September wheat at one time reaching $1.00%, which is remarkable. All local merchants, however, are firm in their belief that it will go higher yet. How would you like to own several thousand bushels right now. In completing his annual inspection Os the factories of Marion, state inspector Williamson finds that there are over 1,000 more employes in the Marion factories than when the last inspection was made a year ago and he also finds that the men employed are working under the best of sanitary conditions and appliances. John Walters, 70 years of age and a pioneer resident of Huntington county, died Tuesday morning at his home west of Warren as the result of injuries sustained Sunday afternoon, when he was kicked by a horse. The people of Bluffton are evidently content to let the Roosevelt special train go whizzing past this station just as though we were a flag stop. This was made evident when not a single person responded to a call for volunteers to meet last night and arrange the preliminary plans of a stop over. It had been expected that the president’s train could be stopped long enough to give the people here a chance to see him. However, as the train will not likely go through Bluffton till somewhere near 9 or 10 o’clock, few cared to wait up and run the chance of not seeing Teddy after all.—Bluffton Banner.

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While evidence in a “blind tiger” liquor case was being heard in the circuit court at Lagrange, William Appleman appeared in court as a spectator in an inebriate condition. He was cited for contempt and was fined |lO and costs. There are no saloons in Lagrange, but those who want liquor appear to be able to get it in some manner. There are 5,000 men now working in building Gary, Lake county’s new steel city, and this number will be doubled within the next two weeks. One-half the time allotted for the construction of the mammoth steel plant is now up, and it is expected within another year the huge furnaces of the plant that will employ 12,000 men can be started. The small boys who are continually jumping on freight trains on the different railroads in the city, are hereby advised to discontinue the same as the railroad officials are watching this very closely and will prosecute any one they catch riding freight trains, besides a big chance is taken of having a leg or arm taken off. The Wemhoff Monumental works is without doubt the busiest place in the city at present A force of men are employed from morning until night in getting their orders shaped for delivery and the harder they work the farther they seem to get behind. They are present working upon some special contract jobs for local contractors.

Judge Heller is busy just now overseeing the remodeling of his home on Fifth street. A new kitchen, dining room, bed room, bath and electric lights are among the changes, and together with a Decatur furnace will make it one of the most modem and convenient of Decatur’s many pretty homes. Ray Teeple, a former employee of this office, has successfully passed the examination at Cleveland, 0., and Huntington, Ind., and is now what is termed as a full fledged telegraph operator. Ray has been studying hard for a number of months and has nowreached the heigth of his ambition. He has the promise of the superintendent of the Chicago & Erie to secure the first position open on the line. Complaints are being registered daily against the practice of playing base ball in the streets and if it does not cease arrests and prosecutions will follow. The city officials have given the boys ample notice, and warning and they still persist in playing, and consequently if caught will have to pay the penalty. The practice is a dangerous one not only to the players, but also to pedestrians, and it is this manner that much damage to property is done in the way of broken windows. Boys, if you are wise you will cut it out. All doubts about Frankfort having a semi-professional baseball team in the field again this year were removed by the work of the committee on the last day when the total amount of money subscribed for the support of the team made it certain that Frankfort will again be a contender for the championship of the state in the semi-professional ranks. The lovers of the game came forward like true fans and the work of getting the team together will begin at once. —Frankfort Crescent. The local barbers are thinking very seriously of going into the union, and should they do this will raise the prices of all kinds of barbering to comply with the prices of the union. This means ten cents a shave, five cents for neck shave, hair cut twentyfive cents, massage thirty-five cents and all other work in comparison. It will be definitely decided by Monday of next week, and the price and schedule will then be announced. If the union goes through with a representative of the union will be here and institute the same. Uncle John Studabaker is again able to be at his office and although he is bordering on ninety years of age, is nearly helpless and almost totally blind his mind is as clear on business matters as at any time in the past twenty years. On coniing to his office yesterday he resumed business where he had left off when he was taken sick, and seemed to know just what to do and how to do it. His mind is still capable of managing his various affairs and he goes at them with a vim that is surprising in a man of his age.— Bluffton News. The Hon. W. P. Breen, Dr. E. J. McOscar, Dr. H. O. Bruggeman and Mr. Thomas McLaughlin have returned from Evansville, where they attended the meeting of the state council of the Knights of Columbus. Mr. Breen was re-elected to the position of state deputy, the highest office in the gift of the council, and one which hfe has held for two years. The delegates to the national council, at Newark, N. | J., elected by the state counci' are Mi. Breen, John C. Ewing, formerly I a professor at Notre Dame; the Hon. I George B. Clarke, of South Bend, and Mr. E. T. Fox, of Indianapolis. Mr. Thomas J. McLaughlin, of this city, was elected an alternate.—Ft. Wayne ’Journal-Gazette.

A baby girl made its appearance Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dyonis Schmitt on First street and Dyouis is so tickled that he is giving over weight with every pound of meat he sells. Both mother and babe doing well. I J. L. Crouse, a special Inspector of the Westinghouse Electrical works at Pittsburg, was in our city today making a special examination of the machinery recently installed by the interurban railway. Mr. Crouse goes to Chicago from here. The case of the State vs. Frank Cotton, perjury, has been set for trial in the Jay circuit court on June 21st. . The prosecuting attorney was in Portland yesterday making arrangements for the hearing of the case. At the present time, Cotton is out under bond. Mrs. Theodore Kennedy received a card dated May 16th, which reads: “The stork alighted at our bouse this morning and it’s a boy, eight and a half pounds; came by usual route; arrived on schedule time. Everybody doing well. E. J. Beardsley, grandfather, Alexandria, Indiana. According to the diagnosis made by Dr. W. D. Schwartz, the attending physician. Miss Pearl Hiatt, who fell unconscious at the United Brethren church in this city while attending a revival Tuesday evening, the unfortunate young lady is suffering from spinal fever instead of being in a trance resulting from religious conviction as was supposed at the time. She is now at the home of her mother, Mrs. Rhoda Hiatt, west Race street, and is in a serious condition. —Portland Sun. The stockriders of the Marion, Bluffton & Eastern Traction company, held a meeting at Bluffton Wednesday for the purpose of holding the annual election of directors. The board for this company consists of seven members and the old board was re-elected. The directors are 11. C. Arnold, James W. Sale, W. W. Edwards, of Leipsic, Ohio; G. Max Hofmann, of Fort Wayne; L. C. Davenport, R. F. Cummins and W. A. Kunkel. Prospects for good wheat and fruit crops in Indiana this year are very gloomy, according to the annual crop report compiled by Sam B. Sweet, general freight agent for the Lake Erie and Western Railroad company, which is regarded as one of the most comprehensive and accurate reports of its kind prepared. The prospects for oats are more encouraging. In this county he gives the outlook as being poor. The new orchestra is progressing in nice shape and are now in a position and ready to accept any proposition that present itself. The boys are playing all up to date stuff and when they appear before a local audience will no doubt make a decided hit. Decatur has needed a musical organization of this kind for years, and now that they have a good one, let them push the good cause along by securing their services when needed. The Cathblic priests of the Ft. Wayne deanery held their periodical conference yesterday at the episcopal residence, about twenty clergymen being present. The Rt. Rev. J. H. Oechtering moderator, presided, and papers were read by the Rev. A. E. LaFontaine, diocesan school examiner, and the Rev. Father Miller, of Huntington. Those present were the Rt. Rev. Mgr. J. H. Oechterlng, moderator; the Rev. William Sullivan, secretary, and Fathers Johfi R. Juinlan and W. C. Miller, of Huntington; J. H. Bathe and B. Abbink, of Avilla; Theodore Wilken and George Angermeier, Decatur; J. Schmitz, Auburn; J. Keller, Kendallville; H. Kappel, Arcola; H. A. Hellhake, Sheldon; M. Benzinger, Hesse Cassel; Thomas M. Conroy, Monroeville;, J. 6iedermann, Nix settlement; Francis Faust, Ege; B. Wiedau, New Haven; M. Watz, Rome City; Charles Dhe, Besancon.—Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette.

Thursday afternoon at three o’clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Schroeder.who reside nine miles north of the city, occurred one of the most noted social events held in that portion of the country, when Miss Mary, their fair daughter, became the bride of Mr. William Kruckenberger, a hustling young farmer. The services were simple and impressive, Rev. Franke officiating. The bride wore an elaborate princess effect of white net over silk. She carried a pretty bunch of yellow roses. The bride was attended by the Misses Lena Schroeder and Hannah Kruckenberger, who wore very becoming gowns of white, and they carried pink carnations,. The groom was attended by the Messrs, j Martin Kruckenberger and Henry Schroeder. The entire house was a ■ pleasing sight to behold, with its dec- ' orations of pink and white carnations. At six o’clock over two hundred guests i were seated at two large tables in the dining room. Here they were served a sumptuous dinner that pen cannot describe. Immediately following this the guests gathered in the spacious barn and held an old-fashioned barn dance. The young couple will make their home on a farm in Union township.

ARRANGE TRIP TO MIDDLE WEST Leave* Washington the Afternoon of May 29—Obtaining Endowment for George Washington University. Washington, May 18. —There is still plenty of gossip afloat about the grounding of the wire which was supposed to connect the White House with the office of Governor Hughes, of New York. While the political situation in New York state is not as spectacular-as that presented by Ohio it has its interesting points. Just now there seems to be what might be called a “deadlock of silence.” The White House is not proclaiming its plans for future activity in the state and Governor Hughes is not “sayin’ nothin’ to nobody." It is noteworthy too, that Archie B. Sanders, the Rochester collector, whose resignation was demanded nearly a month ago is still in office, and from the best information obtainable here it seems probable that he will continue in office indefinitely. The Sanders incident goes to show how a little thing sometimes works wonders in the politics of this country. If the president had not called for Sander’s resignation for the purpose of “upholding the hands of Governor Hughes” there might not have been any grounding of the White House-Albany wire. That one line statement that the president had dismissed a federal officeholder with a good record for the purpose of “upholding the hands of the governor” did all the work.

Washington, May 18. —Secretary Loeb will occupy his time while the president is resting down in Virginia in closing up the details of the arrangements for the chief executive’s trip to the middle west. Only a few minor details are yet to be attended to. The president will not have a special train out of here. His private car will be attached to the regular train on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad leaving here at 4:15 on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 29. Cincinnati will be reached between 7 and 8 o’clock on the following morning and the car will be picked up by the Big Four railroad train which reaches Indianapolis at 11 a. m. Cincinnati is asking the president <o make a stop of thirty minutes there, but the request will not be granted. Washington, May 18. —The trustees of George Washington university, who are trying to obtain an endowment, which will transform the school from one of local renown to one of international Influence, are much pleased with a letter they have received from Vice-President Fairbanks, indorsing the movement. o WAS A WELL KNOWN CITIZEN I — Spent His Entire Life in This County —Funeral Service to be Held Tuesday Afternoon. Fred W. Christianer, one of the best known citizens of Root township died Saturday morning at 11 o’clock at his home three and one-half miles north'of this city, after suffering for a little over a year with lung trouble and other complications, litr. Christlaher wks a practical farmer. He was born and reared in Root township and continued tb make that his home until his demise. He was well known throughout fhb northern part of the county and had a host of friends here who will be grieved to learn of his death. The funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at the St. Peters’ Lutheran church, Rev. Domsief officiating, the funeral cortege leaving the house at one o’clock sun time, and interemnt will be made in the Fuelling cemetery. He leaves a wife, two sons and a daughter to mourn their loss; also two brothers, a sister and his aged father. He was fifty-three years of age, a properous and highly respected citizen whose death will be most sincerely mourned. o The work of getting out the gravel to ballast the interurban line is progressing nicely and by the middle of next week the work of conveying the gravel along the line will be started. Two steam engines have been secured from Huntington, Indiana, and will arrive here some time Monday to be used in hauling the gravel cars. Al Garard, of this city, has charge of the steam at the plant and is doing his work in a proficient manner.

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A CLEAN AND CHRISTIAN PLACE A Few Reasons That Make it a Good Community in 'Which to l Live. Ft. Branch, Ind., May 18. —If you look at this town from the car window you do not see much—and what you do see gives little idea of what Ft Branch really is. In sight are a few stores peeping from behind the Evansville & Terre Haute railway star tion; across the street is a hotel,where the Evansville trac'.lon cars stop, and opposite- that is the postoffice and a barber shop, a meat market and a few other buildings. Ont of the view of the railroad passenger are five handsome churched, two big schoolhouses, an electric light plant, a number of handsome residences, some of them erected at a cost of |4,000. All over town are nicely bricked sidewalks and todpy the town board began putting all the streets in order by cleaning them and leveling them. » Ft. Branch has a population of about 1,200 and is increasing all the time in size. Last year thirty-five handsome , houses and a business block or two I were built; it has a newspaper, a bank, a telephone exchange and telegraph station. It has one of those old-fashioned hotels where all you have to eat is placed before you at once; where you help yourself as far as you can reach, no waiter standing behind your chair expecting a tip; where you get real fresh eggs, country ham and the kind of bread and cake mother used to make —all home cooking. There are many things about Ft. Branch that the occasional visitor does not see. He does not know that this is one of the few towns in which the curfew law is strictly enforced; where chickens are not allowed to run at large; where there is not a saloon; where thp stores all close ajt six o’clock in the evening and only open for two hours on Sunday; where there is no gambling or evil characters; where a colored man is not permitted to stop; where there is no law violations to speak of and where stealing is a lost art. Another feature of the town is that it is the home of Lige Lincoln, halfbrother of Abraham Lincoln. Lige has been written up in every paper in the country at least half a dozen times in each paper, and is willing to stand for more. And the “big noise” in this town is Colbert Griffin, . town marshal and street commissioner. Colbert is a tall man with broad, square shoulders, a drooping mustache and bright eyes, somewhat loquacious ,but afraid of nothing. He is the man who enforces the chicken ordinance, makes the dog owners put tags on . the animals, and sees that the boys and girls go home when the curfew whistle blows. There was a time when FL Branch had two saloons, and there used to be a rough house about once a week. By means of the Moore law these saloons were closed up. There are no “blind tigers” here and when a drunken man is seen about Ft. Branch it is safe to wager that he got his liquor somewhere else. The marshal does not waste time wj£h drunks. The town has a new lockup and into go the drunks as fast as they come to town.

Sunday in FL Branch is the ideal Sabbath. All is peace and quiet and rest. The five churches all have large congregations and the attendance embraces nearly the entire population of the town. ■ „o AN EDITOR IN SERIOUS TROUBLE Must Answer In Federal Court Next Week. 5| * Cal Sinninger, editor of the Fowlerton Index, who still adheres to the crude plan of pioneer journalism and raps every head that peeps up if it doesn’t look good to him, will have to answer in the federal court the charge of misusing the mails. In Slnninger’s town there is a man named Royal who has not comported himself to suit Sinninger. Sinninger has been voicing his discontent in his weekly wall with such vigor as to lacerate Royall’s feelings. Royall sought revenge by filing affidavits against Sinninger charging misuse of the mails, basing his charge on language contaned in Slnninger’s paper. Sinninger was arrested by a deputy United States marshal and placed under |3,000 bond for his appearance in court'May 21. The bond was readily given, and Sinninger declares he will < win out when the case comes to trial.

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Rev. Fowler, pastor at the Presbyterian church presents to the public a sure cure for dandelions that he says cannot be excelled. Take a sharp knife, cut the plant off close to the ground and put just a few drops of coal oil on the same and the flower will quit breathing. Rev. Fowler vouches for this cure, as he has tried it and the Presbyterian lawn surrounding the church certainly shows the result of his work.

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