Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 15 August 1907 — Page 1

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['AS NOTICEABLE IN DECATUR I - y iffi. ■ A' • ' I N 0 To led* Market* Obtainable—DisI ■ vper«iors utmanus. I — ■s i*i ■'■ 4f i-f sii’ 3*' || The telegraph operators strike ■gwhich has been on for ten days past ■ is growing in its proportions, and ■ within a few more days will affect the ■ entire United States, In tact it has! •■'■already done so. Today no Toledo were obtainable,, and the ■'strike has almost tied up business in ■ New York, Chicago and other trade ■ centers. The operators in, Decatur I will accept a message, but will not ■ guarantee its delivery. The Associated Press is practically out of com- ■ mission, all'the operators having gone '■'W and the b\g nforning dailies are ■ showing the results. The Decatur ■ correspondents of Cincinnati, Indian- ■ spoils, Chicago and other big city pa- ■ pers have received notice to use the ■ mail service and long distance tele\|,bhone exclusively. The strike has spread to every eap- ■ tern city, about 1,700 operators being ■out, in New Ybrlt alone. ft has also ■ affected the entire south ■ and even Canada. - The board of trade] IX 1 » ■ lief is offered soon, the entire business ■ world will be more or less injured. shf h D ~ k XX., eight hours ■daily, S3O a week, overtime and extra ■at. the rate of .60 pents an hour. ■s3s a week, overtime and extra at the ■ rate of 7Q eents an hour. ■ Vacations to remain as at present. • ■ A proportionate increase for. chief ■and subchief operators. ■<-. — o -r • ■to answer several charges ■peorge Mock Visited Former Home I at Bluffton and M Being Held IE ’ ' There.' L A ' t-J - •- . r* »' K ‘ 'V V • f George Mock, who formerly lived ■ this city, but who is now, employed ■*? a molder in Decatur, came home i ■ > turday night intent on having a ■? Jod'tlme, said the Bluffton Banner. ■ After consuming a few bottles of the ■amber/fluid he remembered an old ■grudge he held against the .sons of. ■Sam Keller, and went around to ■straighten matters up. _ , ■ He walked into the Keller livery ■stable on west Washington -stoebh * ■with several beer bottles for aimiini■tion and would have attacked Mr. Kelthe latter’not picked up a bug■gy pi bp and ordered him out of the Kam. Then George went back to the Kai non and after drinking enough to ■make him brave, started back to the ■table. In the meantime Mr. Keller Rad telephoned for Night Policeman ■Stout. Stout was waiting at the barn ■when Mock came back with several ■empty beer bottles which he intended /■to throw at Keller. The officer imme‘■Wfflately placed him under arrest and ■ started for the jail with him. ■ On the way Mock becamp unman■ageable and Stout had to use his mace ■twice before they got to the jail. Even ■after he was locked up Moek gave the ■Officers trouble, yelling at the top of voice and Pounding on the bars un■a it was Impossible to sleep in the' Building. ■ He was charged with intoxication ■and profanity, and will also have to ■settle a former fine he owes the coUnity and which has been neglected. „ I Y ■ ,-o ...v.. u -... ■*. > I ENDORSE THE PROSECUTOR.'- ■ ’ • • ■Decatur .Democrat: / I The following resolutions were ■adopted without a dissenting voice at ■the morning service of the Christian ■church Sunday: I Believing that the church of Christ ■should be the exponent of the prin■ciples enunciated in the new testa(fttfent, and believing that the desecra■tlcii of the' Lord’s day by engaging In public ball games or any unlawful ■and worldly sports is demoralizing, injftsmuch as it begets a spirit of lawlessness in our citizens, especially ■n the young and Greatest disrespect H’or Christian morality and divine law, ■therefore, be it Resolved, that we Its a church, desire to express our [approval of the firm stand taken-by ft>ur young prosecuting attorney, add ■rust that he will permit nothing to /'■ftsrfere with his official duty along!

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WAS A WELL KNOwA CITIZEN Angal of Death Claims a Widely Loved Man—W a , Eighty-Four Years Old. Thomas H. Andrews, one of the eldest and beat known citizens of Washington township and Adams county, Idled Monday night at 5 o'clock at the I home of his son Marlon Andrews, five land a half miles southeast of this city after an illness of several weeks’ duration, death resulting from old age and other complications. Mr. Andrews was born eighty-four years ago near Port Washington, Ohio, where he resided until about the age of ten years, when he came to this’county with his parents and it was In this county chat he received his early training and education as much as the county afforded at that time. During his lifetime as a citizen of this, county he had been in a position to watch its growth as he came here when the surrounding' country was but a mere wilderness and assisted In his bubble way in making the county’s early progress. He wip a farmer haying followed this vocation practically all hid lifetime .and all but a few years of his career Were spent in this way. He waS a strong Republican, and always was affiliated with this party, and was ah earnest and devoted work er in its teachings and doctrine. The funeral services were held Wednesday morning at ten-thirty o’clock 'if the hopse. Rev. Jones officiated, and lnterment was made 'in the Ray cemetery. He leaves one' so» and three daughters, namely, Marion Andrews, Mrs. George McKean, Mrs. Thomas Baltzell and Mrs. Ed Booth and besides these a host of relatives and friends to mourn their IS EIGHTY-TWO YEARS OLDOldest Mail Carrier In U. S. Service ' Retires. - ' New York.—After being in the employ of the .United States uninterraiptedly for ,|o_years, James Delaney, said to be the oldest letter carrier in the country, has'retired from the service. Acting 'Postmaster Morgan has sent Delaney congratulatory letter fori his spiended record and faithful service. Delaney, though he is 82 years old, is hale and hearty. In speaking of his long service he said: i“At the time of my appointment there were only 35 carriers in the city delivering mail from the Battery.ro Twenty-seventh street. We received no regular pay.-.- Outgoing mail was taxed three cents a letter and of this we received a penny and the government two cents. Incoming letters were two cents. - This money was taken $y the carriers to the superintendent and at the end or a month equally divided among the men.- . “We wore nd uniforms, and instead of a bag we carried our mail in a gingham handkerchief tied together with the four’corners and carried over the arm.” ' “A;-' i WILL OPEN NEW* FUEL YARD • “'i'V - ’ ■’ . : - ——J.’'-.- A Are Building Near Erie Tracks -aipd Expect td Be Ready for Orders O- -a - Within a Short Time. ■ ■... / Girt Reynolds, who quite recently disposed of his interest in the People’s bakery to Mr. Bailey, has again ' launched Into business: He has purchased four lots along the Clover Leaf railroad track, upon - ..which coal sheds are being built for the purpose of containing coal to be sold to consumers. The new firm name will be known aS Girt Reynolds and jCo., coal dealers, and after their buildings are completed, they will have one of the best coal yards in the city. The best « coal, on the market will be handled : at this yard, very best qual- j ity obtainable will be furnished their : patrons. Work on the .sheds is in progress at the present time and as 1 completed, they will be filled with i coal and the proprietor will be ready i to handle all orders. ; 1 ii o— 1 •a : Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Kennedy accompanied by their guest Mrs. J. , A. Harkless, left this mdrning for 3 Albion for a two weeks’ visit with , relatives in that vicinity. | . —, —; o-—c ' < I I

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, August 15, 1907.

A MILE OF CEMENT SIDEWALK Contract Let for New Boiler*—•Mercer Street Ordered Street to be Bricked at Once. -■/ V, , ' i ■ -*■ The council met Tuesday'evening in special session, Charles N*. Christen being selected- to act in the capacity of chairman, owing to the absence of Mayor Coffee, and he at once called the meeting to order. A resolution was then read and adopted ordering the construction of a cement sidewalk along Second and Winchester streets the walk’ to commence on the east side of the street at the K. of P. lot running thence south to Jefferson street, the walk In this territory to be thirteen feet wide and on the same side of .the street between Jefferson and Adams the-walk to be six feet wide and from Adams to the Erie railroad the walk to be five feet wide and built next to the curb stone? On the West side of the street the improvement is to start at the- interurban station and to run south to the Erie railroad and the same is to be completed this fall. A resolution ordering' the. clerk to give notice for’ the receiving of bids on the Chronister sewer was read and adopted and bidg will no doubt be received at the first meeting night in September. The street and sewer committee to whom had been referred the petition of the property owners along Mercer avenue for a bVfck street reported favorable on the proposition and a resolution was immediately adopted ordering the ’ construction of the same. This will In all probability be the last sftep taken this fall as the. council do not favor the undertaking of such a large job of‘paving with winter so close at hand. A petition signed by all the leading property owners along Seventh street between Monroe and Adams streets asking for a brick street to be constructed yet this fall was read, and upon motion was referred to the street -and sewer t»pmmlttee, who immediately filed a favorable report’and a resolution ordering the construction of the same was adopted And. the council set Tuesday] evening, August' 21st. as a time to hear objections on the same: From present indications the street will no doubt be built yet this fall. The fin-, ance committee then filed a report showing that they had received six bids from varibus boiler houses, which report was adopted and upon motion the blds were opened , and read and were as follows, to-wit: ' Sterling. Con. Boiler C 0........ $5,925 Sterling Con. Boiler Co 6.05 C, Sterling Ccyi. Boiler C0.......'. 6,220 Standard Safety Boiler C 0.... 5,950 Atlas Engine Works 5,400 McNaull Water Tube Boiler. 5,163.43 Heine Safety Boiler Co 5,095.00 Franklin fibller W0rk5...... 5,800.00 The council then went into executive session and each of the boiler meß< were granted fifteen minutes in which to tell the good points concerning their machine, and the council thus gleaned many facts they’ never knew. After hearing all the representatives the bids were figured out- and it was found that the Atlas Engine Works was the lowest bidder and they were consequently awarded the contract. By the terms of the bid the boiler is to be in working order by December Ist and they expect to start in immediately on the Construction of the same. No further business. coming beforn the council they adjourned to

meet in regqjar session next -Tuesday. ' - C." i -> ’■> ■■io The" cement walk in front of the •home of James K. Niblick on Second. stsfeet ra beingconstructed and will add materially to the appearance of the* buildings and property. p-7—* — ' _ ’ CLIFF BALES A NAUGHTY BOY. Entered Society Monticello/ But Finally Got Licked. » A correspondent for the Muncie Star at Monticello has the following to say concerning Cliff Bales, the former Bluffton ball player: “Clifford Bales, the base ballplayer in jail at Hartford City for wife desertion, played here during May, June and July. While here society took him up. He was popular among the ladies, some of whom took him -to attdfrom the grounds in carriages. Heleft here in a hurry after being whipped within an inch of his Use by J. H. Randall, a local business matt and manager of the ball team at that time. Randall thrashed the man in the presence ot « wealthy young lady with vhom he had been on quite friendly

TELLS OF HIS MANY MISDEEDS - -u. •T ' '*T w ’• • A '■* ijfr '■ > Bom In Holland >nq Came to thia Country Whan Eighteen Year* of Age. JL , . e "T"**"" **** When Interviewed by a representative of the Democrat today, Gotthard Brobeil alias Gotthard Brown, told the story of his past life in a novel manner. He talked freely and without reserve pf the many unlawful acts he has committed. He stated that his true name is Gotthard Brohdil and he only assumed the name of Brown six years ago, when the people in the vicinity of Berne with whom he was affiliated, found it difficult to pronounce his true name and called him Brown for short. He was bom in Holland and on account of trouble he had with, his stepmother, left home and came to this country when he was eighteen years „of age. He was at Buffalo, N. Y.» for six months after his arrival, and went from there to Chicago and worked on the Rock Island railroad for six months. Then becom- ■ Ing tired of working on the section, he went to St. Louis, where he drove an Ice wagon and hauled coal. He then started off on" a tramp of the country. In some manner he became acquainted with a hobo who told him that there was a German settlement*, at Berne and they would be pickings for him if he could get in with them, 1 Brown at once started for Berne arriving in this vicinity about ten years ago for his first time. After getting acquainted with many-people in the German settlement, he began to steal money. -yclothing and other valuables from them, an<Lhe was arrested, tried and convicted for the same. He spent ■ five years in the Michigan City penitentiary and was released one year ago last February. He then went to to work and according to Statements was a law abiding cit- , but owing to the fact that he had served time unddr the name of Brown and wa# paroled under that name, he says he wanted to come back to his old* stamping grounds and get ’proof ( of his. true name and return to. La- ; sterns th’at v W: lost bf lhe purpose of his trip back to the Amish settlement, and instead of proving anything concerning his name, he relieved some of his German friends of 'some of their money and 'Other valuables, besides satisfying some old grudges by cutting harness, killing trees and breaking window glasses out of houses. Brown is' for-ty-three years old. ~ -— —• ————o CARDINAL GIBBONS INTERVIEW Moral Suasion Alone Will Not Accomplish the Reformation that thfe People Want. ? y. New York, August 14.—Cardinal Gibbons, highest dignitary of the Roman Catholic church in America, who is resting at Southampton, L. 1., has erpressed himself as follows regarding the punishment meted out by the federal court in Chicago to the Standard .Oil company: “The fine of $29,240,000 imposed on the Standard Oil company for violations of the law is ipdeed a large sum of mOnpy, but I am .not prepared to state whether or not it was excessive. If, howevej-, it in inadequate In'fCpm-

, peliing a compliance with? the law, the Incarceration of the z guilty officers with ite attendant disgrace would prove a more effective remedy. ‘Moral suasion alone' will, never accomplish ' the needed reformation in this direction. Many fine "might be , pleached to these men, but they would continue to accumulate millions by the same methods which are n6w being exposed". The disgrace of imprisonment would prove a certain remedy, according to my understanding of its effect upon this class.” Concerning the crime situation in < New York the cardinal made this comment: “As a remedy for the crime wave now sweeping through New York City I would suggest that penalties be imposed that will be 7 commensurate • with the crime. The principal preven- ’ tlve to such sentences being Imposed 1 and carried out lies in the fact that ' able and influential lawyers lend them- ’ selves to the defensive of the criminal 1 and the crime, and through astuteness 3 secure a majority of the cases either ' acquittal or a nominal flue.” 1 '77.. . ' ' . £ O — . Mrs. C. D. Lewton went to Ft. Wayne this morning to upend the day with friends . . a i 1 /

■ J . .. , I GETTING READY FOR I The Entire Will Be Approved and Stamped by a Government Inspector. Within two weeks the Decatur Packt Ing company will be in. readiness to , start their new plant in full t opera- . tion. The plant has a capacity of 600 ■ hogs per week, forty cattle per day, i and they have the equipment and mai chinery. adequate to manufacture five , thousand pounds of sausage each day. ■ Six large storage rooms have been ( completed, two of which are in use i at the present time for pickling and . curing hams and bacon. One of these rooms will be used to freeze the i meats, three will be used to contain , dressed carcasses and one will be j used to fceep miscelaneous meats. I . This plant will be operated in a clean! manner and . all meat that is shipped | from this concern will bear the stamp . of approval of. the government. Within the next |wo weeks a veterinarian and . meat inspector in the employ of the government will be here to inspect the plant, the processes that are used and , everything that bears on the cleanliness and quality of the meat products to be shipped from this plant and when the stamp “U. 8. Inspected and passed on” is found on any container of jpeat food products, dressed carcasses or primal parts f theres, this is an absolute that the contents are wholesome, .sound and fit fpr-human food. . Clemen J. Keller of 'Ft. Wayne, has been engaged by the Packing company lo be the general overseer of the inside Work. Mr. Keller is a man of ability aloAg this line, as he has been- in the business for more than twenty years, six months of Served as an inspector. The proprietors of this concern deserve much credit for the step they are taking to have their plant! Inspected by the government, as it is only necessary for them to , submit I to inspection from 'state inspectors to I do business in the state? —L— ,-Uo. 1— ..'' MANY CA®ES aEn THE DOCKET! .__ j. ■’".•'■'l’'' " ■T' I r • I Final Report of Administrator Filed —I I State Auditor’s Report on County | L -3. I ' Assessments. . The fall session of the Adams cir-j cult court will / convene two weeks I from pext Monday, and will continue! in session almost continuously until! next June. The usual number ‘bfl cases are on the docket, but there is I nothing extraordinarily exciting. < I ■' I George B. Schott, administrator ini the Estate of George W. Schott, filed I his final rbport. Geprgfe W. Schott I disappeared a* numbOT 1 of years ago, I and has not been heard from since. I Recently he was officially declared | dead in court and his estate of $1,083,-1 34 has been divided among his broth-1 era and sisters. • ’ I The new docket for the September L team has been prepared by Deputy] Clerk Baumgartnr. It shows 103 civil! cases and thirty-three criminal cases. ] Os these twenty-six civil sliivs and] twelve of the criminal cases have been]* filed during vacation time. The crim-1 Inal causes, include about everything r on the calendar excepting murder. I

The report of state auditor Billheimer showing the action of,the state board of tax commissioners in increasing or decreasing the assessments as returned by the- county boards has been received at the county, auditor’s office. In fifty-four counties, including Adams,’’ the lands and town and city lots were assessed as returned, while in the other. thirtyeight counties an increase, of from two to twenty per cent was made. The fact speaks well for Assessor Gentls and his assistants of this county. \ , ■ ... 0 .._—_ • IT IS A GOOD BUSINESS. Toledo, Ohio, August 13. —David Robinson, Jr., has been appointed receiver of, ? <he Press Publishing company, publishers of the Toledo Evening Press, of which Hiram P. Crouse, is president and editor. The appointment was made on the application of Edward H. Best, of Boston, on a claim of $189.12 for press blankets. The. total indebtedness,' it is «aid, Will amount to >96,000, of which >10,900 is unsecured. ■.- —-• ■ ■ o——■ ■ ■ • ■» Huber De Voss went to Portland this monUgg to look after business aftalrs.

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I THE ' SITUATION IN INDIANA I Western Union Office in this City l« Open, But Doing Practically ] No Business. strike situation among the tel- • egraphers grows more serious each ■ day, and so far as the wire service I is concerned, the country is in a stare of stagnation.’ Agent Patterson, of • the Western Union is keping the office i here, but is recivlng or sending no . messages. Yesterday one grain telegram was received, but today there i were none. The result is being watch.led with interest. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 13.-—All In- | diana felt the effect of the telegraph- ] ers’ strike in a most depressing way | today. Not only is there inconvenience in communication with the out- ] side World, but conditions are having ]a decided effect on the commercial ] interests of the smaller towns of the state. I The grain business, probably is the ] most seriously effected. In -some of j the cities of the state elevator men ‘ I have announced that all business will |be suspended within th* next twenty | four hours unless conditions change. ] Grain buyers are at sea and without | market quotations from the great commercial centers, say it would be ] folly to attempt co continue business. | s Superintendent Waliick of the Wes- ] fern Union Telegraph company of the | Indiana district says his company is running business without delay. Regarding the general situation, he read the following message from President |ciowry: | ’’About 50 per cent of our force -in New York went out, but we have ample force to move the business'with|out delay. Less than 25 per cent of the meh went out at Philadelphia, I Washington, Pittsburg and Buffalo. ; IWe are in good shape at these |points.” ■■ | \THE DAUGHERTYB IN EUROPE. |4lrtted sc4» of- Battle at Heidelberg | University. Word has been received from Hugh I Dougherty and family, who are tourling in Europe, to the ieffect that they | viewed the scene of a Horrible and |blody encounter between the sturdents of Heidelberg University, in | Germany, shortly after it had occurred. • They went through the buildings | when they were fairly compelled to jwade through the blood'and absorbent | cotton filled with blood, that covered I the uoor. 'they sav r and talked with ] hundreds of students that carried (bandaged faces and heads, who Were las proud of their wounds as could bq. | The students of Heidelberg observe | the old custom which has been in evi- | dence in the school practically ever since Jt Was founded, of mixing up in sword fights several times a year, and slashing each others faces. The scars from such battles are exhibited;with pride. The sight was an unusual and horrible one to Mr. and Mrs. Dougherty and daughter Beth who arrived on the scene only a few moments late to see the encounter.-—Bluffton News. —’ >8 • . . (j i ——. THEY MAY EXPAND NEXT YEAR The 1.-O. Ball League May Have eight jCtubs.

.. ■ z ,’ ? *• A press dispatch which tells of the success of the Indiana-Ohio league : from the financial standpoint and carries the further infa-mation that next year the league will be absorbed by an organization tp be known as the Indiana Base Ball League, with teams in eight towns of the Hoosier state, has been sent out from Richmond, whence most of Hie official information concerning the present league eminates. The gentlemen who’ are laying .these plans might with propriety remember that-Van Wert has a few rights in the present organization and has been an important factor in making the present season a financial success. Unless all signs fail the Richmond leader Will fail in his plan 16 expel Van Wert from the organize-• don for there are other managers to .deal with. To all appearances the Qther managers are men of integrity and will hardly permit Van Wert to suffer such an Injustice.—Van Wert Bulletin. '. ' ■'-»*>- " . ’■ Dick Christen Is again able to be up and around after an Illness of several dttya duration, during which time he had an attack of summer complaint

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