Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 25 July 1907 — Page 1

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GRIM REAPER CLAIMED BRIDE > ■ Couple Were Married at Mission Hall B a turday Night—Groom Awoke Sunday Morning, Found Wife Dying. Saturday night at ten o’clock, Mrs. Samuel Schlegel and Mr. Frank Lutz ■were married at the Mission Hall, after the usual religious services, which the band of mission workers have been conducting nightly for the past year, the cermony being per- ! formed by Square J. H. Smith, as the leader of the mission was unable to perform the ceremony, as he was endowed with no statutory rights. Mrs. Schlegel and Mr. Lutz had been earnest attendants at the mission hall for the past year, and both had become affiliated with this sect, and -there is no doubt but that their acquaintance there grew into love with the above results. However, their honeymoon was destined to be one of short duration, as the grim reaper claimed the bride of only ten hours as his own and carried her away to her last resting place, where she will know nd more sorrow or hardships. Immediately after the ceremony the ' 'happy couple repaired to their home f, oh south Seventh street. Sunday I morning early Mr. Lutz was aroused | ‘by his wife’s moaning, and before he I could secure the service of, a doctor, I death resulted, and the groom’s hon- | eymoon was turned into sorrow. The I coroner was Immediately summoned B and Sunday afternoon a post mortem | examination was held by Drs. Grand■vStaff, Beavers and Thomas, which H* showed that several clots of blood had || :formed on the heart, which undoubtedly caused her death, otherwise her 3 condition physically was found to be I in a perfect state. The funeral ser- | vices were held Monday at two I o’clock at the Mission Hall, and inI terment was made in the Decatur | cemetery. She leaves a husband and "five children to mourn their loss. _o FOR SALE OF TRACTION LINE Officials of Ft. Wayne and Springfield Know Nothing of Rumor Published at Ft. Wayne. Two rumors of sales are afloat in local traction circles but both lack ' confirmation. One Jtiasit that the Ft. Wayne and Sprtagfitfld road, operating between Ft. Wayne and Decatur and with a line projected from Decathr to Celina, 0., is to be I sold to the Toledo and Chicago road, operating between Ft. Wayne and Garrett, Kendallville and Auburn and with a line I 'building to Waterloo. 1 The other rumor says that the Toledo and Chicago lines are to be sold to a syndicate of eastern men and that the deal has been practiclly closed. Neither of the two companies has offices here add efforts to ■; reach officials last night failed. Both lines have been completed for some time and are doing a prosperous business, both in passenger and '■freight traffic.—Ft. Wayne JournalGazette. • ‘ ' The above caused some surprise here and is not generally believed. The local company have had several opportunities to sell, but their line is not on the market. President Fledderjohann is out of the city, and could not. be interviewed today. Auditor Kelley stated that he knew nothing of any such a deal even pending, and credited it to some reporter’s fancy. The Ft. Wayne and Springfield is good property just now and i» getting better every day, but it is not for sale. — o—; —» LIFE IN ANDERSONVILLE PRISON William Craig Tell* of the Torture* of » Ten Month* There. - - j William Craig was interesting a large number of people in front of the city offices Monday afternoon explain<<ing many things about the Andersonville military prison that was located at Camp Sumter, Georgia, in 1864. At that time there were 35,000 prisoners confined within the walls of • that prison, Mr. Craig being among thie captives. He had a large picture of the prison before him this afternoon that belongs to the G. A. R. post and he described it to the crowd that assembled in an interesting manner. Mr. Craig was a prisoner there for ten months and he says that the life was very strenuous, especially when the rations were short.

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MAY SEEK. REDRESS IN COURT j f Arrived from Wisconsin Sunday Night —Has Been Held In Asylums For Five Years. Patrick J. Bobo, arrived home Sunday night from Peshtigo, Wisconsin, Monday morning was taken in charge by Marshal Ed Green, acting upon orders from Superintendent Smith, of the Marinetta Insane Asylum, who ten days ago sent a message here that Bobo had escaped and would probably come here. A representative of this paper interviewed Pat and during a half hour conversation, failed to discover any signs of insanity. He informed us that he had employed attorneys and would fight the case out in the courts. He left Peshtigo two weeks ago Saturday, telling the superintendent that he was going home and without a cent of money, worked his way to this city. Six years ago he went to Marinetta and accepted a position in a printing office. He is a clever newspaper man and a ehilled printer and succeeded. After working a year, he was induced to go to 1 a sanitarium to recuperate, the hard work having caused his health to de- ■ cline. He was instead sent to an in- “■ sane asylum, kept there as'-long as ■ the law permitted, then shifted some- ' where else, and then sent to the in- ! stltution in the county from where 1 sent He talks intelligently of the hardships he has passed through, with- ' out any chance to secure freedom, 1 and he believes he has grounds for 1 damages from Marinetta county and ’ the state of Wisconsin for his false imprisonment, and that this is one rea--1 son why they are so anxious for his ' return- Habeaus corpus proceedings * will be instituted at once to secure ' his release and if theWlsconsin authorities make dny defense the case will 1 be fought out here, where Pat has friends enough to insure him a square deal. As this is vacation time for I court, it will be necessary to bring the proceedings in one of the surrounding counties. 1 Mr. Bobo lived I here many .years, being a son of exJudge Bobo. He published the first daily newspaper ever printed in Decatur, and has many friends here who will help him get on his feet after five years of hardship and privation. . - » —o Ij ■ : SEVEN THOUSAND MILES TO WED i Twe Ladies /Travel From Wats* to .Spokane to Find Lovers. .." - i Spokane, Wash., Jsly 22—Travel--1 Ing more than 7,000 miles from Wales to wed lovers of, the girlhood days, and married less than an hour after . their arrival in Spokane, was the ex- ; perience of Lucy Jones and Grace i Thomas, formerly of Cornwall. Miss Jones became the wife of David Parry, j and Miss Thomas linked heart and fortune with Griffith Hughes, farmers in the Big Bend wheat belt, west of . Spokane. The double ceremony was ; performed by Rev. David H. Hughes, of Almira, Wash., in Westminster . Congregational church. The grooms have been in this country sevqn years , and are prosperous. They visited Wales a year ago and while there were made happy by«.receiving promises , their sweethearts would come to the Northwest this simmer. The couples have known each other since child- . hood and will be neighbors in their homes near Almira, where they will go after a stay of several days in Spokane. : ■ o THE ORDINANCE IS AN OLD ONE Providing Against Hitching of Horses to the Pole* Along Street. The farmers of the locality are mak- ' ing quite a howl about the revival of ’ the brdinance to prevent the hitching ( of horses to telegraph and telephone - and think Decatur business men 1 should provide a place for them to i hitch when in the city a short time, i The ordinance was not enforced yes- 1 terday as announced it would be. The ] law is an old one, the ordinance hav- < Ing been adopted ten years ago, and t not by the present administration, as < many seem to believe, but the city i police officials have been asked to j enforce it in a/way, if possible that t will cause no particular harm or dam- c age to any ohe. The poles along t£e j street are owned by the telephone, g telegraph and traction companies, who s have the same right to protect their t property As any one else, i

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AND THUB ESCAPED ARREST The Jess Smith Joint on Monroe Street Was Pulled Sund a y Night— Hi* Nephew Squealed. Monday night at 7:30 o’clock a great deal of excitement was caused by Sheriff Meyer and his deputy, Dallas Butler, making a raid on the poker joint conducted above the Ceazer saloon on Monroe street by Jesse Smith. The cause of the raid was that Ed Whitright, a young married man of this city entered the poker room and offered the proprietor a dollar for some checks, with which he intended to play, when Mr. Smith informed him that his money was no good with him. The young man left with the remark “My money was good last winter with you,” and at once notified Sheriff Meyers of the game and he hastened to the scenej. Before the sheriff arrived, however, the participants in the game mdde their es cape through windows, but we are informed that their names are known and no doubt Several arrears will follow. The novel part of the affair is that the proprietor of the poker joint is a near relative to the young man who belched the affair to the officers, and these men were only kept from engagihg in a fight by bystanders interfering- The above named poker den was broken up several months ago by Marshal .Green, but -since that it has been conducted by a new man, who decided to take the chances that must be assumed in conducting a place of that kind. Smith was immediately arraigned before Squire J. H. Smith, where he plead guilty and was assessed a fine of five dollars and costs, which he paid. It is said three of the players who leaped the gap were from Ft. Wayne, and they have, probably escaped the strong arm of the law. IN CHICAGO TRIBUNE CONTEST Unselfishly Wants to Help a Comrade and Hl* Effort Gains the Necessary Recognition, ■ Each Sunday the Chicago Tribune, print's an offer of five dollars to the child which writes the letter giving a reason for receiving same and telling how it is to be spent As a result the various letters received by them are most novel and interesting and some are very pathetic. Among the many letters so far published in this column none have been more expressive of real feelings than was the one of V. V. Mitchell, a little Monroeville lad, whose letter got him the coveted five dollars, due to the unselfish spirit in his anxiety to help a poor little comrade. His letter was as follows: Monroeville, going on our Sunday school excursion to the lake to play the team there. George Meeks, our shortstop, can’t go because his mother washes clothes. He hasq’t any glove, but he can stop them bare handed better than anybody else. If I had $5 I would buy him a glove and we could take our whole team. I am 10 years old. V. V. Mitchell. —o AT THE BIG FAIR, GROUNDS Every Decatur Business Man Should Arrange for a Booth for this Year’s Show. s The Great Northern Fair association will hold a meeting at the fair grounds next Monday when arrangements for the big show to be given August 27, 28, 29 and 30. Nothing will be left undone to make this the biggest and best fair ever given in Adams county or in Indiana for that matter. At this meeting the advertising matter will be distributed, various committees named, police officials and ticket sellers appointed and all the many i minor details planned for the big ; week. At this time we wish to impres upon every business man in Decatur that it is your duty to arrange a booth at the fair. You all want a county fair. The association is giv- 1 ing you a good one and they deserve 1 your support Lay aside petty griev- 1 ance, if you have any, forget the excuses you have prepared to offer and 1 get ready to display your line of ' goods. The crowds this year will break all records, the attractions, will be better than ever and you want to be 1 represented. 1

A GREAT HEALTH RESORT The Mineral Springs Afford Beneficial Treatment to Thousands Each Year. For three days last week and over Sunday the center of attraction was at the French Lick Springs Hotel, the famous health resort of Hon. Thomas Taggart Upon this occasion the Democratic editors of Indiana, with their wives, sons and daughters met in annual mid-summer conclave. The meeting was one of the best eVer held by this association, and this is saying much, as the association has reached its majority and has to its credit many pleasant social occasions and profitable ones as well. The first business session occurred on Friday morning at which time good papers were read and interesting discussions made. We dare say that every newspaper publisher was benefiited in more ways than one, and finds the time thus spent a profitable investment. On Friday night occurred the banquet, at /which four hundred plates Were lai£l President Crampton, of the Delphi Times-Citizen, fnade a stirring address, and he was followed by B. F. Louthain, of the Logansport Pharos, who talked politics and laid down a platform headed by tariff reform tor 1908. Both addresses were sound, substantial and well received. A flag was given the congressional 1 district that supplied for this meeting, the largest quota ot its editorial members. The great and only eighth district took the flag. > The French Lick Springs Hotel is ope of the most modern and beautiful j . and substantial buildings in the country, and affords accommodations for seven hundred guests. Every sleeping room is an outside room, the din- , ing room is spacious and complete and the service the best the market affords. Two hundred or more guests, besides the editorial party, were com- ' fortably housed there during this the dull season of the year, and at many times the hotel is crowded. T 4 t _ ...■' - . . . There are three mineral springs at , French Lick —Pluto, Proserpine and ■ Bowles. They contain largely the same element, although in varying . strength, and have qualities for the beneficial treatment of many of the ills of mankind. The hotel and springs are surrounded by 1,200 acres of natural park?all of which is picturesque and as beautiful as nature could paint it. The genial host and owner of this magnificent hotel is Hon. Thomas Taggart. He has had many successes in business, as well as in politics, but none of them equal that already attained by the French Lick Springs Hotel. —o TO HOLD A GOLDEN JUBILEE. Catholics of this Diocese to Celebrate Fiftieth Anniversary. — The golden jubilee of the formation of the FL Wayne diocese will be celebrated on September 22, and the Catholics df the entire diocese will make the day a notable one. Special services will be held in every church in the morning, and in the evening there will be '‘ appropriate exercises in every parish which has facilities for a meeting. In Ft. Wayne ail the congregations of the city will unite in a mass meeting at Library hall, at which addresses will be delivered by some of the leading clerics and laymen. On the evening of, Wednesday, September 25, the Knights of Columbus will give a banquet in honor of the anniversary, and a large dumber of the knights from other cities in the diocese will be present. Bishop Alerdlng has completed his history of the diocese, which is now in the hands of the printer.—Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette. — o E. E. Meredith, press agent of the Hagenbeck and Wallace combined shows was in our city yesterday afternoon looking after matters relative to the show. This show is at Bluffton in the very near future and a , number of Decatur people will no ( doubt attend. ( o_ — Miss Martha Fuller arrived home < from Ft. Wayne enroute to her home : at Pleasant Mills. y 1

CAUSES ARREST OF F. L. MONROE A Smooth Chicagoan Who Defrauded Him Out of $5,000 —Other Cases Against the ManF. L. Monroe, who lives at Rfver Forest and has offices at ITO7 and 1108 Great Northern building, was arrested yesterday on a charge of obtaining $5,000 from Richard Townsend, Peoria, 111., by means of a confidence game. Townsend said Monroe advertised for sale a large amount of stock in the Marinette Gas Engine company, . of Chicago Heights. Townsend an- : swered the advertisement, and he al- . leged that Monroe promised to make him manager of a branch office of the company if he would purchase $5,000 worth of stock. According to the complaint, Townsend attempted to sell his stock back to the company, as an agreement of that kind was included in the coni tract, but the company refused to buy . the stock. The Marinette company was put into the hands of a receiver in February, 1906. Frank H. Jones, of the i American Trust and Savings company ' is said to 4>e the receiver. Immediately after his arrest Monroe was released on bond. He will be arraigned at the Harrison street : court this morning. It is said six other complaints of a similar kind i will be filed against him.—Chicago Tribune (Tuesday). The above refers to Col. Dick Townsend, of this city. His friends knew • of his being defrauded out of the $5,000 and have been expecting some . action in the matter. Today’s Rec-ord-Herald says in reference to the matter: F. L. Monroe, who has offices in the Great Nortehrn building, was ar- , rested yesterday on complaint of . Vance M. Millermon of Atlanta, Ga, . who claims he was defrauded on a , $5,000 purchase of stock in the Mari inette Gas Engine company, made . from Monroe. Another warrant had already been served on Monroe charg- ' ing him with a like transaction in the , case of Richard Townsend of Peoria, 111. Judge Fake continued the matter to July 30- — - ORDER OF THE COURT Ij —• Cause Continued Until First Day o' September Court—Plaintiff Placed In Charge of HJi Mbther. Patrick J. Bobo, the well known newspaper man, who has been in various insane asylums of the state of Wisconsin for five years past, was given a hearing before Judge John F. LaFolJette in the court room here at nine o’clock, a petition for a writ of habeas corpus having been filed. Mr. Bobo was represented by Attorneys A. P. Beatty and D. D. Heller and Son. The marinette institution was not legally represented, but Peterson and Moran appeared for Sheriff Meyer and Marshal Green Mr. Peterson stated that the only interest they had in the case being the legal protection of the officers. The entry upon the docket was as follows: “The ent judge of this court being put of the state of Indiana, John F. LaFollette, judge of the 58th judicial circuit now assumes jurisdiction of this cause and the defendants each now file a seperate return in one paragraph each and the plaintiff is now granted time until the first day of the next term of this court or until this cause is called for hearing to file his exceptions to such return. It is now ordered that the hearing of this cause be continued until the first day of the next term of this court or until such time before said first day of said next term that the court or judge thereof in vacation may determined upon for such hearing and it is now further ordered that the petition herein be placed in the custody of Almira C. Bobo, his mother, until such hearing can be made or until the farther order of the court or judge there- < of in vacation. ~—oThe Clover Leaf railroad will have business galore 10, and on that day, will send a passenger train ' of twelve coaches through Frankfort every hour for twelve hours. The ’ Clover Leaf has secured the Niagara Falls business out of St. Louis and expects to handle between 8,000 and 10,000 passengers on that'day.—Frank- < fort Crescent. 1

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• A STATE AND FEDERAL CLASH 1 The Situation in North Carolina is Being Closely Watched by Many People. r Washington, July 24.—-Policies of 3 government suggested by President 1 Rosevelt and which will, if enacted in--5 to statutory law, eventually be tested as to their constitutionality by federal • Judges, include among others the following propositions: 1 1. The control of all railways or > other methods of transportation within the Individual state limitations as coming under the constitutional pro3 vision retaining governmental control 3 over post roads. 2. The control of all trusts transgressing federal laws through receivers to be appointed by federal 1 judges. f 3. The control of all Indivdual fortunes by the imposition of an income f tax. 4. The control of mcies en1 ploying labor in so , the liability of the employe” ncerned by the 5 elimination o* tea of contributory r negligence 5. Th .rol of all coal deposits new / reservations to be 1 dev- under license from Wash- *• ink c 6. she control of child labor. 17. The control of all railroads en- ’ gaged •in interstate comerce by means of governmental regulation of ' rates. T ' Washington, July 24. —The federal ' authorities are intensely interested in s the situation in Nortl? Carolina, where a clash is believed to be imminent j between the state and federal judiciary over the question raised by the f Southern Railway Company as to the constitutionality of the state law pre ’ scribing a rate of 2% cents h mile for passenger traffic. It is believed here that Judge Pritchard’s decision will ' precipitate a crisis that may be serious in its consequences, s Federal officials are of the opinion that it will again bring to the front ’ as a political issue the old question of state rights, and while no one here apprehends any such discussion of the , subject as preceded the oivll war period, the difficulty in North Carolina is not underestimated. The Roosevelt administration is watching the trend of events in North Carolina. * Peter G. Pritchard has been prominent in the Republican politics of North Carolina for many years, He was United States senator from the state for six years, and OH the ekL piration of his term was appointed a . federal district judge by President , Roosevelt. Later he was promotedto the circuit court. While he has 1 held aloof from politics since he has' been on the bench, Judge .Pritchard > has kept in touch with political affairs, state and national. He is a personal friend of President Roosevelt. o . —- THE EMERINE-McCLURE WEDDING Popular Young People Were Wedded Last Evening. • ► _ — A pretty wedding was solemnized last evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Smith McClure, who reside on Eleventh streeL when their beautiful daughter, Miss Rose, became the wife of William Emerine, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs, Benjamin Emerine. The event took place at eight (/clock sharp and in the presence of the 1m- |' mediate relatives and a few invited j friends of the contracting parties., Rev. Kessinger, of the United Brethren church officiating. The young co.uple are well known in our city coil- ’ ing from most respected families and have a host of friends who wish them much joy and happiness- They will make their future home in this city. o — — Creamery butter has taken another jump in price owing to scarcity of cream. This commodity now wholesales at twenty-five cents a pound and the consumer must pay twentyseven cents in the local market. Manufecturers are paying twenty-three cents for sweet butter fat cream and the supply is hard to get at that price. Cattle are unable to feed owing to the 2 hot weather and fly pestilence; and farm hands are working over time in other departments of farm labor at this season of the year. Dog days possibly is a factor in the decrease of the supply, too. o A balky horse caused considerable excitement and amusement on south Winchester street today.

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