Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 23, Decatur, Adams County, 8 August 1907 — Page 7

inmates,, are there. ■ Sam* Interesting Information About j’ * the Thirteen State Institutions I —A Bulletin. I The maintenance expenses of the ■ thirteen state institutions for the first ■.-six months of the present year ■figures published in the current bul■amounted to >899,249.31, according to ■tfetin of the board of state charities. I For, the corresponding period of 1906, ■th same items amounted to >856,664.I The increased cost of maintenance ■s to be accounted for largely, though ■not entirely, by the increase of the ■population of these institutions. In ■the first six months of 1906, the daily ■average number present was 9,842, an ■increase of 107. Taking the instituBtions individually, it is found that in neven the daily average attendance ■was greater in the first six months of M 1907, .the state prison at Michigan ■City leading with an increase of ■eighty-four. The reformatory at Jef■fersonvllle comes next with an in■crease of forty-nine in its average attendance. Six of the institutions show ■a lower average attendance, the Central hospital for the insane at Indian■ipolis leading with decrease of forty■four. i The Increase in the number of in- ■ mates made necessary the employ■ment of additional help. In 1906 the ■average number of person employed ■n all these institutions was 1.530, and ■n 1907, 1.561, an Increase of twenty■are 159 trustees and officers, seventy ■ndustrial teachers, 489 attendants, 674 ■iomestics and laborers and eighty Kuards. ■ The ratio of employes to Inmates ■raries in the different institutions, defending upon the character of the in■natps. In the schools for the blind ■md deaf the average is 2.52 and 3.67 ■jmployes, respectively,, to each in■mate; in the hospitals for the insane ■t is 5.35. In the Soldiers’ Home and ■n the Sollders’ and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home the average is practically the ■tame, 5.35 in the former and 5.36 in ■the latter. At the school for Feeble- ■ Minded Youth there is an average of ■6.41 inmates to each person on salary. Kn the correctional institutions the I’Faverage is naturally much higher, 113.27—varying from 8.66. in the InIdustrlal School for Girls and Women’s ■Prison to 18.02 in the state prison, o " -" I A Certain Cure for Aching Feet. I Shake into your shoes Allen’s Foot- ■ Ease, a powder. It cures Tired, Achjlng, Callous, Sweating, Swollen feet. ' lAt all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. ■Sample FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmfcted, Le Roy, N. Y. 12-4 t |' o ■ A daylight burglary on a small scale U JUok place in town Sunday forenoon at I (about 10:30 o’clock when one or two Iboys broke into David Augsburger’s ■repair shop through a back window land went through several drawers and ■how cases belonging to David Augsfcurger and Aaron A. Augsburger, the ■eweler who occupies the front part of ■the shop. Neither one of them misses & lanything particulary, nevertheless jthe boys may have carried off several ■terns, like knives and boxes of cartridges and such like, of which the proprietors - had no accurate account.— * K&rne Witness.

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•IB,NEY /WALTERS IS HOME Most of the Time He was Part and Parcel of the Famous Tennessee Battleship. Sidney Walters, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Walters, who reside near Pleasant Mills, returned home yesterday afternoon from Newport News, where he had been mustered out of Uncle Sam’s service, after spending five years in the navy, during which time he made several long cruises and learned the life of a United States marine. Mr. Walters spent the first two months of his time at Newport, R. 1., where he was placed in a training school and was taught the fundamental principals of the service and where he learned many things concerning marine service that he never knew existed. He was then transferred to the battleship Tennessee, and on this fatuous ship he made many cruises in the Atlantic and Pacific waters and saw much of the country. During the latter part of his service he was Installed on the torpedo boat Stringham and also did several months duty on the gunboat Castrine. Mr. Walters was on the battleship Tennessee when President Roosevelt made his famous trip to. inspect the Panama canal and states that he enjoyed that trip more than any other he made while in the service, and since making that trip is a great admirer of the president. Mr. Walters is more than pleased with the time he spent in the service and says that it was the best education he ever received. Although the officers are very strict, they do nothing more than . their duty calls for and as long as a private performs his duty he has , nothing to complain of. Mr. Walters is as yet undecided as to what he will do and for the present at least will make a short visit with his parents • and other relatives and thus make up for the many good times he lost , while in the service of his country. I o NOTHING DOING THIS YEAR. L No Indiana-Ohio Old Settlers' Excursion this Year. !' There will be no Ohio-Indiana an- ( nual old settlers’ excursion this fall. W. W. Welsell, Sr., who has helped ’ get up every excursion between Lanj caster, Ohio, and Bluffton and Huntington, Ind., each year, stated this morning that he had written officials of the C. & E. regarding the excursion, who stated that they would ■ operate no more Ohio-Indiana excur- • slons. There nas 1 been some talk of • having another excursion this year . but Mr. Weisell says that there is ■ undoubtedly nothing in it. No -ext cursion was operated last year. Had an excursion been operated this year i it would have been operated from t Ohio to Indiana. —Bluffton News. > —-o s The temptation to be other than a r mere preacher comes to a minister I not only from within his own mind, - from reading and observation, but the i people of his parish and his neighbort hood thrust other suggestions upon j him. One parishioner wants his opinj ion On the Sunday closing law, anI other wants a book reviewed, another - likes to see his- clergyman quoted in - the local newspapers, the local papers - like to get the ministers to discuss public questions.

MAKING A COMPLETE RECORD Outstanding Orders and the City's Indebtedness Being Figured Out by City Treasurer. City Treasurer Archbold is at present very busily engaged in compiling for the benefit of the finance committee, a list of the outstanding orders against the city, and also making a complete record of just what the exact indebtedness of the city is at the present time. The job is no mean task, and takes considerable of his time and requires him to dig up several of the old records to make his report complete and accurate. The finance committee requested Mr. Archbold to do this work in order that they might know the exact financial condition of the city, and so that they might be able to know just how many outstanding orders were out and who was holding them, it being the intention of the committee to try and concentrate the entire indebtedness in the way of outstanding orders to this city. They are in negotiation with the local banks at this time and if matters can be so arranged, they will have the banks take up these orders and the indebtedness in this way will be confined to this city, and when the city desires to make payments they will not thus be forced to wait until the orders come in. The outstanding orders are those dating in the years 1903, 1904 and 1905, which was under former administrations, for during the term of the present officers every order has been redeemed as soon as issued. Mr. Archbold expects to have his report ready for the council on next Tuesday evening, when they meet in regular session and some conclusion will be reached at that time as to what disposition will be made of the outstanding indebtedness. —: o OVER GOVERNOR VARDAMAN Mississippi Has Witnessed a Great Polltlcal Warfare for a Seat In the United States Senate. Jackson, Miss., August 2. —Retsms today bear out the indications that John Sharp Williams has been nominated for United States Senator by from 10,000 to 15,000 majority, although the suporters of Governor Vardaman say that his majority will be less than 10,000 and may not go much above 5,000. Governor Vardaman later issued a statement in jwhich he said he was not willing to concede defeat, and. that he believs that he will yet be a winner by a small majority. Returns have been very slow, due to the effort to tabulate full county returns before sending in reports. Vardaman lost his home county of Laflore by a small majority. Noel, of Holmes county, and Scott, of Bolivar county, will go before the second primary for governor. Never in its history has anything so disturbed the placid trend of events in Mississippi as the Williams-Varda-man senatorial contest. The Mississippians are a proud race. With memories of Prentiss, Robert J. Walker, Jefferson Davis, Lamar Z. George ever fresh in their minds, many of them felt that Williams has inherited and exemplifies all the traditions that made her great statesmen and orators distinguished, and is their natural successor. The first man In two decades to lift the reputation of her public men above mediocrity and representing the old-fashioned conservatism of Laffiar and Walthall and George, he occupied a dashing place in the hot fight that has been waged for the senatorship. — : o - -———— TO DRAIN KANKAKEE SWAMPB Congress to be Asked to Th*w Out for the Improvement. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 3. —Accord-' Ing to the members of the state board of tax commissioners, efforts will be made at the next session of congress to secure an appropriation of several hundred thousand dollars with which to assist the state of Indiana in opening the Kankakee river sb that an outlet may be provided for the water in the Kankakee swamps and other lands in that part of the state. ’“The (proposition is entirely too big for the state to tackle single*'handed,” said John McCardle, member of the state board, “and if is to be carried through it will be necessary to get some assistance from the government. The state board of tax commissioners is having a great deal of difficulty in arriving at an equalization of real estate values in the country that is affected by this lack of drainage. —o Mrs. George Shaffer and children of Decatur, visited over night Tuesday in Ft. Recovery, Ohio, with relatives, leaving Wednesday for Rose Hill, Ohio, summoned there by the sickness of her cousin, Ortan Ream who is very low with consumption. —Portland Review. ) ——

AFFIDAVITS AGAINST SALOONS A Cleaning Up of Sabbath Violators Seems Imminent—A Busy Day. Prosecutor Henry B. Heller has started a regular house cleaning for Decatur, and from all appearances expects to wipe out all crime in our city, and those who have been guilty of any misdemeanor or offense of Sunday violations may look out for the ax is going to fall. Prosecutor Heller was quartered Monday at Squire Smith’s office, while the constable was busily engaged in looking up various people who had seen violations and they were shown the affidavit which they were asked to sign, and the case was thus made against the violator. The charges that are being made are practically against the saloon keepers, and from all appearances every saloon man in the city is going to taste the bitter pill of the law. Prosecutor Heller has been hounded to death by various citizens and on they accompanied the prosecutor and showed him where practically every saloon was open, and where every one of them were violating the law, and at each place they visited names were taken of the people whom they saw enter and today each man whose name was taken was called into Squire Smith’s office, the affidavit read to him and he was duly asked to sign the same. Under these circumstances and under these conditions affidavits were secured against fifteen saloon keepers, who will no doubt be given their hearing some time tomorrow, when they will be permitted to either fight their case or plead guilty. From what Prosecutor Heller says, he has sufficient evidence to secure a conviction in each and every case, as in some instances they secured as high as five and six names of parties whom they saw admitted to the back doors of the saloon, and in some of these same cases they have witnesses who will testify that they purchased drinks while in the saloon. The cleaning has started on in earnest, and from all appearances it now looks as if Decatur was bound to be a dry town on Sunday, as prosecutions will follow each and every offense- The law is very strict in this respect, and states that all blinds and screens must be so thrown back that a person walking along the street may be able to distinguish every object in the place of business. Some of the affidavits are in relation to this offense and those guilty of this charge are as guilty as those who permitted persons to frequent their place of business or those who purchased drinks. The Sunday base ball will undoubtedly be the next offense on the calendar and from all appearances evidence in this particular line should not be lacking, as they could use any one of the thousand people who attended the. game yesterday. While nothing definite has been done in this line, it is generally expected that since the crusade has started against the Sunday saloon business, that all other offenses will be taken up in rotation and disposed of. As we go to press the court of inquiry was still in session and numerous witnesses were being interviewed by the prosecutor and his assistants. ——O THE COMMUNITY SHOCKED , 1 i The Funeral Wat Held Sunday at Ten O’Ciock from the Pleasant Dale Church. Mrs. Peter Fulk, one of the best known and most respected women of Kirkland township, died Friday at her country home at eleven-thirty o’clock after an illness dating back several months, death resulting from a comI plication of diseases. Mrs. Fulk, although ailing for some time past, had not been considered in a dangerous condition until two weeks ago, when she took a sudden turn for the worse, and was confined to her home and bed. From that time on her decline was rapid, death relieving her from all suffering at noon Friday. She was a member of the Pleasant Dale church, and was a devoted worker in its behalf, and a conscientious Christian. Her many kind acts and deeds of charity will be sadly missed by those who came in close touch and contact with her. The entire community was shocked to learn of her untimely death, and her grief stricken husband iias their heartfelt sympathy. The funeral services were held Sunday morning at the Pleasant Dale church at ten o’clock, standard time, and interment was made in the Pleasant Dale cemetery. She leaves a husband, four children and a host of relatives and friends to mourn their loss. The deceased was an aunt of W. E. Fulk of this city. O— A—— The Decatur Collegians lowered the colors of the mighty Bramboughs, from Portland, Sunday, and again aided Richmond in keeping the top round. —Richmond Palladium.

A-GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION Dailey, Simmons and Dailey Will Defend the Slayer of Mrs. Florence Besancon at Bluffton. There waa any amount of badly disappointed people Friday afternoon as it was announced that Mrs. Ella LaPointe, the slayer of Mrs. Florence Besancon, would not have a preliminary hearing at 2 o’clock a tthe council chambers and hence there would be no opportunity of seeing the dusky murderess as she crossed from the jail to the city building. This morning Frank Dailey, who is handling her defense for the firm of Simmons, and Dailey, apeared before Mayor A W. Hamilton and entered a plea of not guilty for his client, waiving the preliminary hearing. Neither the mayor, before whom the hearing was to have been held or Deputy Prosecutor Chas. Dailey objected to this course, and Prosecutor Emshwiller was telephoned of the decision in time to prevent him from coming over to appear for the state. Nearly a thousand people have visited the jail and seen the murderess in her cell, but a good view of her cannot be obtained there and the more curious were counting on feasting their eyes on the entirely unusual looking little woman this afternoon. The mayor bound her over to the grand jury who will investigate the evidence against her and return the Indictment upon which she will be tried in the circuit court. The grand jury will be called the first week of the September term of court. —Bluffton Banner. BEEN ILL SEVERAL YEARS The Funeral Will Occur Sunday Afternoon from toe Evangelical Church. * Ashley Mann, of the oldest and most respected citizens of our city, died Friday night at his home in the north part of the city after an illness dating back several years, death resulting from a complication of diseases. Mr. Mann was seventy-eight years of age, and during the most of that time he spent in Decatur, where he followed the trade of plasterer. However, several years ago he was stricken with a complication of diseases that seemed to baffle his physicians, and it was then that he came near dying, as all hope for his recovery had been given up. He rallied and after being bedfast for several months, was again able to get up and around, but practically since that time he had been unable to do any work. He was a member of the Evangelical church, and was one of the leading workers in its behalf, and when able, was always in attendance at the services, and his many little deeds in its interest will be sadly missed by those who came in touch with him. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon leaving the house at two-thirty o’clock. Services at the Evangelical church at three, Rev.. A. B. Haist officiating, and interment was made in the Decatur cemetery. o WORK OF FAIRBANKS' MACHINE As Now Stated There is Two Candldate* in County—Politicians Getting Busy. The Fairbanks* state machine is said to be preparing to make Jesse J. M. LaFollette, assistant United States district attorney, a candidate for congress, according to the latest political gossip. Mr. LaFollette’s home is in Portland, Jay county, in the Eighth Indiana district The Fairbanks politicians are paying a great deal of attention to the Eighth district just now, as it shows very alarming signs, or at least signs alarming to machine politicians. In the expected selection of Mr. LaFollette as a candidate in the Eighth district, the Fairbanks organization will be deliberately Ignoring the aspirations of a strong man who has at times been a worker in its own ranks, state senator Nathan B. Hawkins, a fellow townsman of the assistant United States district attorney. It is said tha Mr. Hawkins, who is a wealthy ' banker at Portland, has strong political support at his home and that he has given ear to the hum of the congressional bee. Although it is yet j rather earlyfor much talk concerning 1 congressional aspirants, politics are i already seething in the Eighth dis- ’ trict, where some of the republicans j have grown weary of machine influ- , ences from which they say they have , been suffering for a long time* The 1 Fairbanks people have not been slow ' to note this unrest and they are doing ! everything in their power to subdue it* •

WANTS NOMINATION GOVERNOR Will Make Public Announcement In a Few Daye—Politicians Holding Their Breath. Indianapolis, August 2.—Word eeeps up from Rushville, Ind., that James E. Watson, sixth district congressman, is going to make public his announcement to become a candidate for gubernatorial honors at the hands of the republican party within a few days. Some announcement is regarded as certain, and close personal and political friends of Watson who have been here within the past few days, have given out the word that Watson will be a candidate. The word has already slipped along the line, and the politicians are trying to figure out how they stand. Watson will draw strength from the fact that he belongs to the dominant wing of the party in the state, and his fraternal associations will not be without their advantages. He is regarded as an excellent campaigner, a good speaker and a good handshaker, and it is conceded that he will make a very vigorous-campaign. The personal following of Charles W. Miller, the candidate of the other wing of the party in the state, will cut considerable of a figure to Watson’s disadvantage. Miller, during his four years as attorney general, made a host of friends that are for him in his race, whosoever may oppose. Some of the friends are nominally in the camp that trains with Watson, but they will probably stick to Miller and let their old friends go. o— USED ON MACADAM ROAD WORK A Large Traction Engine Will Furnish Power to Move thia Wagon Prdcession. Fourteen large dump wagons that were made at Troy, Ohio, have been delivered to contractor Fred Hoffman and sons, of this city, and they will be used for hauling gravel on the pike roads that Mr. Hoffman has contracted to build in this and Randolph counties. The wagons are heavily and conveniently constructed for the express purpose of being used in this kind of work and by their use the roads can be built more rapidly than with the ordinary wagon, as the driver can dump the load without moving from his seat. Mr. Hoffman has a large twenty-two horse power double cylinder traction engine, with which he will (draw the wagons back and forth as they are loaded 1 and unloaded, and with this outfit he is able to handle large contracts as easily as small ones. Eleven pike roads are contracted to be built by this firm, four of which will be constructed in this county and the remainder seven in Randolph. " 'O' Harry Eichler, who a few days ago announced his intention of leaving the local ranks and going to Piqua, Ohio, to play independent ball, has re-con-sidered taking this step, and after spending a couple of days at his home at Wapakoneta, Ohio, he will return here for the remainder of the season. —Bluffton Banner. Frank Tucker, state pure food inspector, when he was in Logansport Saturday notified local dealers that they should not offer for sale bread, pastry, confectionery, shelled nuts, or any other food so prepared that is ready for consumption, unless such food is properly protected from insects, dust, dirt, and other foreign or unwholesome material, by suitable coverings. ti . •;!?>•<( Mr. Ephraim Vail and Miss Jennie Hatfield, prominent people of Ossian, were united in marriage at 3:50 yesterday afternoon at the home of Miss Anna Donaldson, at 1215 / Harrison street the Rev. William H. Wilson, pastor of Westminster Prebyterian church officiating. Miss Hatfield wore a dainty white French organdy gown and her going away dress was a charming blue tailor made affair. Mr. and Mrs. Vail left the city at once for Petoskey and they will make an extended visit in Missouri, later returning to Ft. Wayne to make their home. Mrs. Vail is one of the leaders in social circles in Ossian and her husband is a well known business man. He is interested in a number of timber leases in Missouri. —JournalGazette. —o NEIGHBORS GOT FOOLED. “I was literally coughing myself to death, and had become too weak to leave my bed; and neighbors predicted that I would never leave it alive; but they got fooled, for thanks be to God, I was induced to try Dr. King’s New Discovery. It took just four one dollar bottles to completely cure the cough and restore me to good sound health,” writes Mrs. Eva Uncapher, of Grovertown, Stark Co., Ind. This King of cough and cold cures, and healer t pf throat and lungs, is guaranteed by Blackburn Pharmacy. 50c- and >I.OO Trial bottle free.