Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 12 September 1907 — Page 7

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PACIFIC CRITICISED Atlantic Fleet Not Efficient for Battle —lndiana Lakes for Mussel Growing. Washington, September 9. —The navy department is quarreling over the proposed plans for the trip of the sixteen battleship fl'eet to the Pacific. The general board, or at least some members of it, are, it is alleged, quietly throwing obstacles in the way of the trip. Some definite intimation of the real situation came today with the appearance of the Navy, a paper said to be backed by certain members of the general hoard, with an article crlt iclsing severely the Pacific trip program. In the course of a long article this paper says that ‘‘Our boasted Atlantic battle fleet has neither coal, ammunition, fire control appliances, nor, in fact, much of any of the many things that are indispensable to the efficiency of a fleet in battle.” In summing up the publication declares the fleet is as unprepared for a long trip as was Ropestvensky’s. Washington, September 9. —Tba bu. reau of fisheries has ordered* tha* an investigation be conducted for the purpose of ascertaining whether the watera in Lake Maxlnkuckee are adapted to l mussel growing. The rapid decrease in the mussel supply in the rivers of the central west is seriously affecting the pearl button industry and capitalists interested in the manufacture of buttons from mussel shells have asked the government to asceretaln whether the small Interior lakes are adpated to the production of mussels. o 4 very delightful time was held at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Rainear, on south Tenth street at a Sunday dinner, given in honor of Mrs. Sarah Williams, of Indianapolis, and Mrs. C.’W. Hocker, of Elkhart, Ind. The affair was well planned by the friends and relatives of Aunt Sarah, it being the last Sunday she will remain in Decatur before returning to her home. The friends and relatives came with well filled baskets and at the noon hour the guests, to the number of thirty, were ushered into the dining room to sit down to a table laden with the choicest viands of the season and to say the least Aunt Sarah was equal to the occasion, as she could sit at the head of the table and look back over eighty years of her life, the most of that time spent in Adanas county. The affair was a great success and enjoyed by all. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Dibble and family; Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Porter and family; Mr. and Mrs. Forester Aridrews and family; Mrs. Ed Mercy and family; Mrs. Agnes Andrews and family; Mrs. Sarah Williams, of Indianapolis; and Mrs. C. W. Hocker, of Elkhart, Ind. ■ ,—_©.. — ~ ~ O. L. Vance, of Decatur, received ’first prize for having the larg- 1 est and best display of needle work 1 made by any one lady in Adams coun 1 ty at the Great Northern fair associa tion.

HE COULD UNITE ELEMENTS Bryan Will Not Permit the Eastern or Southern Democrats to Eliminate Him. Washington, September 9. —The presidential stock of John A. Johnson, governor of Minnesota, is looking up. Students of the Democratic situation take this view: If William J. Bryan wants the nomination he can have it. If he shall make up his mind eventually not to rUn again, Governor Johnson is the man upon whom the party can, probably, unite. Among some of Bry. an’s close friends here the iinpression is growing that he may decide not to take the nomination. They say he does not desire to lead his party to

another disastrous defeat, and he is not at this time at all certain that he can be elected. His friends here say he may not give his final decision until next spring. He wants to wait and see what comes of the session of congress. He may keep his .party in suspense until a few Weeks before the convention meets. One thing he has determined on, and that is that the coterie of Eastern and Southern Democrats who have-heen busy for several months trying to break his hold on the party shall not eliminate him. He proposes to do the eliminating himself, if any is done, and he wants to be in a position to have an influential part in naming the candidate. The latest move on the part of the eastern and southern representatives of the party, that in favor of Lieutenant Governor Lewis S. Chandler, of New York, is regarded by most persons who know what is going on as* I another 1 effort on the part of the New York conservatives who have been

working with a few southern Demo-. ° gZ , erats to betas out a candidate against WENT THERE LAB ** FRIDAY Bryan. / THEIR ROADS NEED REPAIRING T rom J ‘ 8 1 Falk Bunt#a y —, Summoned Relatives to His , Asks Maintenance Fund of Over $55,- Bedside. 000 folr the Roads—Causes ’ Them to Take Notice. Albine Smith is very seriously sick at Mt. Clemens, and his brother, Ben > How to repaijr the free gravel roads Smith and sister Miss Annetta Smith of Grant county is one of the ques- i e ft Sunday evening for that place, tions that is perplexing the county “Beanie,” accompanied by John. S. E commissioners and county council and pftik and Charles Elzey went io the I t will puzzle officers administrative of Michigan resort for a few days’ rest > county affairs for some time to come. M r. Smlth was feel i ng rat her badly, I There are now in Grant county but bia condition was not considered 552 miles of free gravel roads accept- serlous by means . Sunday aftered by the county and maintained at noon a telegram was received from • the county’s expense. The commis- Mr Falk o£ -Bearne-go lU . ‘ sioners asked this year for their main- nesß . Tbe neWB came a£J & blg gur . tenance SIOO a mile, or $55,200. prlge tbe many friends have been • There are 880 miles of road in the awalting furtber informa . ■ entire county and when all are grav- 4. Tbe message faUed to what . eled it will cost, at this rate, SBB,OOO tbe ailment wag but detallß . to maintain them, this not including ed by tbe relativeß either eyen . ’ the cost of supervis iotf of repairs, lng or tomorrow . Mr Smitb lg & M well known young man having cost to SIOO,OOO a year, which would been in tbe plumbing buglnegg for gey > mean a levy of 18 cents on the SIOO. eral years. One trouble with the maintenance .. of roads is that a good many of them OCCURRED AT NICKEL PLATE were poorly constructed. They were built by the townships, and in some cases but two or three yards of gravel Ti Arpiva| the po|fee to the rod were placed on the road, instead of six. the standard. The a Five Cornered Row Which gravel in many instances was of poor quality .find deteriorates rapidly. Looked Serious.

Even the best of gravel gradually dis. appears. It is ground into! dust and then is carried away by the wind and is at no time substantial. —Marion Chronicle. o NATIONAL CORN EXPOSITION. Chicago Will Entertain Admirers of Corn. At the National Corn Exposition, Chicago, October 5 to 19, the most elaborate decorative scheme ever seen In Chicago will be presented at the Coliseum building and annex, where the show will be held. This decorative work will cost in the neighborhood of $30,000, and corn will be the dominant (in fact, the almost exclusive) decorative material. In addition to a miniature corn farm, in the center of the building, one end will contain an ancient temple dedicated to the goddess of corn, where at certain times of the day the virgins of- the sun will .offer sacrifices of corn. At the opposite end will be a reajidtic farm scene, made up of an actual farm house, windmill, growing corn, etc. On either side will be shields of the different states, done in corn, each showing the -amount of corn grown last year. A large and splendid picture of Minnehaha will adorn one wall. Immense festoons of corn ears will be suspended from the ceiling, and two gigantic pumpkins will demonstrate that corn and pumpkins grow together. The color scheme is exceedingly harmonious, and everything in the building will conform to the general decorative idea. —o DEMOCRAT WANT ADS. PAY.

TO CONTINUE AS UNDERTAKERS Unable to Renew Lease on Their Building and Will Conduct Big Closing Out Sale. Owing to the fact that Gay and Zwick, the proprietors of the mammoth furniture store, are unable to agree with Charles Sether, the owner of the business rooms they now occupy for a continuance of the lease, the former are forced to go out of the furniture business and expect to conduct a closing out sale the same to commence Wednesday, September the 11th. This announcement will no doubt cause considerable surprise, as this firm has been ranked among the leading business firms and have enjoyed a magnificent trade. The mat-

ter of re-leasing the rooms has been hanging fire for several weeks, and on Saturday came to a head when it was seen that no agreement could be reached, and Mr. Sether accordingly served notice on the firm to give possession of the rooms, permitting them however, the privilege of holding their sale and disposing of their goods before they gave up possession. The firm want the public to understand that they will continue in the undertaking business and expect to handle nothing in connection therewith and have already secured a business room which will be fitted up for their express purpose and use. The employees of this firm started in this morning to mark the goods and everything will be in readiness for the opening of the sple Wednesday morning. Ft would be well for our readers to watch the advertising columns for the next , .several weeks to come, as some special announcements will be made by this firm.

1 . .*■■■ 1 A fierce free-for-all fight in which 1 there were five participants, was engaged in at the Nickle Plate saloon Saturday evening at 10:30. Marion Whitright and Jacob R. Miller, the bartender first got into trouble over F a dispute as to the correct amount of change. Blows were exchanged and Ed Whitright started in to help , his brother. Joe Tonnelier, owner of ; the place, and Green Bulkhead then 1 made efforts to stop the battle and 1 as a result, a five cornered scrap was 1 in progress, with blood flowing freely when the police appeared and took charge of affairs. Marshal Green filed against Miller and the Whitright brothers, and they had a hearing before Squire James H. Stone at seven o’clock that evening. During the rumpus, Tonnellier and Green both received severe bruises on the head and in fact every one who took part bore evidence of the fact. Parties who witnessed the affair say that the timely arrival of the officers prevented some one from being seriously and perhaps fatally hurt, for the men were apparently very much in earnest. TEN YEARS IN BED “For ten years I was confined to my bed with disease of my kidneys,’’writes R. A. Gray, J. P. Os Oakville, Ind. “It was so severe that I could not move part of the time. I consulted the very best medical skill available, but could get no relief until Foley’s Kidney Cu -e was recommended to me. It has been a Godsend to me.” —————__ o _________ Said by the Observer. Clever women are always greatly admired, but the silly ones get married.

Indiana has no candidate for nation- j al commander of the G. A. R. to put I < before the national encampment at t ' Saratoga Springs next week. There ■' are three candidates in the field,:; Charles G. Burton, of Missouri; P. :• H. Coney, of Kansas, and Charles Burroughs, of New Jersey. Rev. F. A. 4Heuring. of Gentryville, Ind., is a candidate for national chaplain and was endorsed by the state encampment at Fort Wayne. Indiana will elect a member of the national council and W. H. Armstrong, of Indianapolis, is i mentioned for the place. The temperance people at Lebanon won out in their fight to blanket the second ward. After a session of a! day and a half to determine whether l the remonstrance filed by the Good i Citizens’ League contained a sufficient i number of legal signatures to pre-! ; vail, the board of commissioners de-1 ■ cided in favor of the remonscrators. I ■ The saloon people succeeded in re-

moving enough names from the remonstrance to reduce the majority from 23 to 14 but that was all and the attorneys for the saloon men gave up the fight. Seven of the eight saloons in Lebanon are in the second ward. —Frankfort Crescent. C.Critics of the newspapers often condemn them for not printing all the fagts about things which they profess to know. But if the press became the vehicle or output for every such irresponsible tale that is brought to its notice it would soon, and properly, too, be put out of business by libel suits and damages assessed. The newspaper man’s greatest difficulty is to get some one to stand for the stories that are poured into his ears. Men of all classes will talk with amazing freedom and frankness but refuse absolutely to permit their names to be used. They are anxious to have the stories go into print, but not on their responsibility.

— The coroner’s jury at Melcalfe, has exonerated the Clover Leaf company for blame in the killing of Harry Riggs, of Kokomo. He was killed in attempting to board a fast eastbound freight on the Clover Leaf while the train was in motion. Riggs arms and one leg were crushed and his head was badly hurt. He lived only fifteen minutes after the accident occurred. Riggs and a companion were enroute to Kokomo, when they were compelled to get off a freight train at midnight.—Frankfort Crescent. o— , Some Death Bed Rlmesters. There have been numerous instances of poetical and grammatical deaths. Emperor Adrian made a poetical address to his own soul as death was casting the seal of final silence over his lips, and Margaret of Austria, while almost within the grasp of death, in a terrific storm at sea, calmly sat down and composed her epitaph in verse. The ship weathered the gale, however, and the epitaph was not needed. —The Sunday Magazine.. Honor Among Engineers. It must be, confessed that, with some engineers, things have occasionally not been thought unworthy or Improper which, although not in .themselves dishonest, would be impossible among lawyers or doctors, which ought to be impossible among gentlemen, and which would be impossible, among engineers if their organization were as complete and their etiquette as strict as in the older professions.— Engineering. Some Consolation.

Distinguished Surgeon (to widow whose husband has just died from an operation he had performed)—At least, my dear madam, you have the satisfaction of knowing that your husband didn’t die under the knife of a medical bungler. Flags on English School*. In some parts of England the practice prevails of displaying a flag from ’ a schoolhouse roof when every pupil is present. The children take great pride in this and the rivalry between schools is found to improve the attendance. ' Here is Relief for Women. If you have pains in the back, Urinary, Bladder or Kidney trouble, and ’ want a certain, pleasant, herb -cure j for woman’s ills, try Mother Gray’s 1 Australian Leaf. It is safe and never 1 failing monthly regulator. At Drug- ‘ gists or by mail 50 cents. Sample , package FREE. Address, The Mother 1 Gray Co., Leßoy, N. Y. 1 I

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The Clover Leaf received six new engines from rhe Brooks Locomotive Works Thursday evening. O. p. Washburn was in Toledo Thursday .and brought the new engines to Del;phos last evening/' One of them will be-used as a switch engine here, one will be sent to Frankfort, Ind., and the other four will go to St. Louis, Mo. The new engines are of the same type as the large freight engines being I used by the Clover Leaf.—Delphos Herald. » The International Harvester Com’pany has just plead guilty to a violation of the anti-trust laws in Texas | and paid a fine of $35,000. On top of this the company is perpetually en- ! joined from doing business in Texas, i Were the Texas idea enforced in other ' states, the question is, what would bejcome of the International Harvester [Company? One thing certain, American farmers would not have to piy the fines for violations of the law. —Colum-

bia City Post. Thanksgiving without turkey! This is the situation as it appears to many of the local produce dealers, who say the Thanksgiving bird will be mong the missing when the national holiday arrives. The cold, wet weather of the past spring and early summer made great inroads on the country supply and prices will be almost prohibitive. Advices from different sections of the state confirm all previous news regarding the outlook. However, there will be an abundance of other varieties of poultry. Knowing that the shippers would disregard the rule recently issued to the effect that the tacking of cards, etc., bearing advertising matter on the company’s cars, the Pennsylvnia has now issued orders for the car shop men to placb small sign boards about 2x2 feet in dimension on the side of each car. as it is turned into the shops for repairs. The boards are to be used for the advertis- • ii 11- £ X J XX Xm

ing matter in the future and it is in this manner that the company has hopes of solving a vexing problem. G. D. Milner. George Weaver, Willard Milner and Frdnk Corns have filed suit in Frankfort against the Clover Leaf, the Big Four and the Illinois Central, claiming damages amounting to SSOO. The plaintiffs assert that they shipped a carload of cattle to Chicago using the three roads, the cattle being shipped from Forest on November 20, of last year. The cattle should have been in Chicago ten hours later, but it was two days before they reached there. It is charged that they were neither fed, watered or rested and that they lost in weight, this loss amounting to S3OO, and that the market dropped, causing an additional loss of S2OO. —Delphos Herald. J. Fred Farnce was in Van Wert Ohio, the first of the week where he was called by the serious sickness of his father, who is dangerously ill with cancerous affectation. He is confined to his bed and since Mr. France’s return to this city there has been no improvement in his condition. He is gradually sinking and the end is expected before long.— Huntington Herald. Mr. France for- 1 merly lived in Bluffton and is one of the two charter members of the local K. of P. lodge who is still living and retains his membership in the order. W. D. Mason is the other charter member still affiliated with the order. —Bluffton News.

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