Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 29, Decatur, Adams County, 19 September 1907 — Page 3

caused some excitement ■supposed Attempt to Burglarize the Home of Cashier Li«chty Causes Many Worried Rumors. I Reports of a mysterious attempt to ■ ro b M. S. Liechty of the Monroe State ■bank early Friday morning have been ■circulated and as usual under such ■circumstances, have swelled to pro■portions that led many to believe that ■the occurrence was a mighty bold and ■blood curdling one. Expecting to se■cure a good story of the affair, or at ■least to reach the bottom of the at■tempted burglary, a representative of ■ the Daily Democrat went to Monroe ■ Friday evening and interviewed Mr. ■ Liechty and several other citizens ot ■ the town, with the result that the stor- ■ ies were found to be very much overB drawn. The real facts in the case are ■ that at about one o’clock Friday I morning Mr. Liechty and wife were ■ awakened and heard some one tamI pering with the back door of their res- ■ idence. They were badly frightened I and made some noise, succeeding in ■ driving the intruders away. But a ■ half hour later they returned again I and made another supposed attempt ;■ to enter the house. This time the I screams of Mr. and Mrs. Liechty I brought a dozen or more neighbors I to the house, one or two of whom I claim to have seen a man run from I the premises. Several imagined that I bold burglars were trying to secure ■. I Mr. Liechty’s keys to the bank or I make him accompany them and open I the vault and a sort of panic resulted. I Cooler heads finally inducel quiet and the affair quieted down. Next morning tracks of several men and a rig were discovered and the real purpose of the trespassers has not been fathomed. Mr. Liechty was very nervous I all day yesterday and took extra pre- [ cautions last night to guard away a j further attempt. The opinon generally in Monroe is that it was the work I of petty robbers or jokers, probably the latter, as real burglars would scarcely have acted so strangely bold. I The bank vault is a modern one and the safe practically burglar proof and men of good judgment place no connection between the affair and that institution, but the next midnight visitor who acts strangely about the Liechty premises will receive a different welcome, as the cashier has properly armed himself. o A merchant may issue his check I and you can draw the money. He may i have a span of horses and they will draw his loads. He may have toothache and a bread and milk poultice will do the work. He may also have a pretty daughter and she may draw but when that merchant wants to draw trade he must advertise. A little boy on one of our principal streets this week, was heard calling his grandfather an old fool. His mother heard him and made him go and apologize. The little fellow went up reluctantly, and between sobs said, “Grandpa, I am sorry you are such an old fool.’’ The meanest thing a wife can do is to turn the chickens on that part of the lawn where he husband has been in the habit of washing his feet on the grass.

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PLEAS OF GUILTY ENTERED Action in Oth«r Causes—Several Set for Trial—Three Marriage Licenses Issued. In the injunction suit of Ed Meyers et al vs. David Werling et al, C. J. Lutz entered his appearance for the board of commissioners, D. B. Erwin for surveyor, Baumgartner and Peterson and Moran for contractor Miller. Case No. 7424 Sixby and Grimme Co. vs. Thomas E. Kraner, replevin, was consolidated with No. 7323, the same title and a change of venue granted to Allen county. Isadore Kaiver et al vs. William L. Gunder, suit on warranty,demand $250 motion to require plaintiff to make complaint more specific, overruled; demurrer filed and overruled, answ’er filed, motion for change of judge sustained. Julius Haughk et al vs. E. Fritzinger et al, on street assessment lien, demand $1,000; appearance by Heller and Son and A. P. Beatty for defendants. Cora M. Karmebery vs. William Wittwer et al. account set for trial Monday, October 14. State of Indiana vs. Ira Beard, trespass, plea of guilty, fined $5.00 and costs. State vs. Charles Force, allowing minors to play pool, plea of guilty; fined SIO.OO and costs. State vs. W. H. Lindsey, keeping gaming room, plea of guilty; fined SIO.OO and costs. State vs. Henry Vian, allowing minors to play pool; two cases, set for trial Wednesday morning. State vs. W. H- Lindsey, allowing minors in pool room; plea of guilty; fined $lO and costs. State vs. Louis Wible, keeping gaming room; plea of guilty; fined $15.00 and costs. State vs. Theodore Hendricks, petit larceny; cause continued because of absence of important witness. State, vs. Albert Baker, hunting on Sunday; cause dismissed and defendant discharged. Marriage licenses have been Issued to Harry Fuhrman, aged twenty-four, a carpenter, of Washington township and Bertha Tindall, aged eighteen, of Plesant Mills; Elroy Chrisman, aged twenty-tw’o, a farmer, and Malinda D. Steele, aged sixteen, of Geneva; Jacob J. Stahley, aged thirty-three, a Hartford township farmer, and Martha M. Speicher, aged thirty, a seamstress of Wabash township. oWORKED LIKE A CHARM. Mr. D. N. Walker, editor of that spicy journal, the Enterprise, Louisa, Va., says. “I ran a nail in my foot last week and at once applied Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. No inflammation followed; the salve simply healde the wound.” Heals sores, burns and skin diseases. Guaranteed at Blackburn Pharmacy. 25c.

PRELIMINARY THIS MORNING Had Been Living Together in Little House on Second Street—Gained Entrance Through Window. For several weeks past complaints have been made to night policemen Sam Frank and Joel Reynolds in regard to some man and woman living in adultery in the south part of the little house located just north of the Fashion stables. Neighbors in that locality saw this couple going in and out of the south window, but could not get close enough to ascertain who they were, consequently the police were notified to investigate the affair. The officers have been watching for several nights for the parties, but could not catch them going in or coming out of the house. Last night, however, a resident of that neighborhood informed Poliecman Reynolds that he saw the woman enter the house about nine o’clock. This was the opportunity, and the officers deputized Arthur Beery and a representative of the Democrat to accompany them to the scene so that the house could be surrounded and make escape impossible. After arriving at the house the men were stationed at different places where exits could be made and officer Reynolds knocked on the door and requested the occupants to open same. No answer was forthcoming from the folks inside and he made another demand quite emphatically this time, stating that he would force his way in should they not make an entrance for him. At this the woman shouted back: “Just you dare to break the door in and I will fill you full of holes.” This threat did not have any effect on the officer, who made many more similar demands, but without the desired result. The noise awakened Nick Tonnelier, who lived in the north part of the house and he opened his door to find out what was coming off. Reynolds asked him if there was a door between his rooms and the one in question. His answer was in the affirmative and the officer went in his room and forced an entrance into the south portion of the house, where he found Isaac Zimmerman close to the door. Zimmerman was arrested and placed in the hands of Sam Frank and Mr. Beery, who escorted him to jail. After Zimmerman was safe in the hands of poliecman Frank, Reynolds went back into the room and with the aid of a lantern saw Miss Mary Evans with a hatchet drawn nd threatening to strike him if he advanced, but he arrested her easily, and she was taken to jail to await a hearing. Both were taken before Mayor Coffee, where their lawyer, L. C. DeVoss asked for a continuance of the trial until one week from Wednesday, which was granted. Zimmerman and Miss Evans w r ere placed under a fifty dollar bond, which they furnished, and were released from custody.

THE GOVERNOR EXPLAINS. Says Vincennes University Bonds are Invalid. Governor Hanly in explaining his refusal to sign the bonds authorized by the 1907 General Assembly to give about $120,000 to Vincennes university, said that it was because they were “wholly l invalid,” and contravened a section of the state constitution with reference to the creation of a public debt. Incidentally the governor thinks the supreme court has no authority to mandate him to sign the bonds. “The act creating a bonded indebtedness against the state through the issuance of bonds given to Vincennes university clearly contravenes Section 5 of Article 10 10 of the statfe constitution,” said Governor Hanly. “This section provides as follows: ‘No law shall authorize any debt to be contracted on behalf of the state, except in the following cases: To meet casual deficits in the revenue; to pay the interest on the state debt; to repel invasion, 'suppress insurrection, or, if hostitilies ibe threatened, provide for the public defense.’ ” o Fourten girls gathered at the home of Miss Lily Venis, on Eighth street, Saturday evening to celebrate her sixteenth birthday anniversary by having an old time surprise party. The evening was spent in music and games, while at a late hour light refreshments were served and the girls departed to their homes wishing their hostess more such happy events. A number of beautiful gifts were received by Miss Lily. Those who were present Mtere: Cecil Eady, Goldie Biggs, Frances Butler, Jessie Schrank. Velma Lenhart, Blanche McCorry, Ruth Parrish, Imo Soles, Zella David. Ruth Paterson. Eyangeline V«nis, Ead® Pearl KlcGill, Ruby "Artman. o Miss Stella WamhofT went to Fort Wayne this morning to resume her office work.

IT WOULD MEAN HARMONY This is the Prediction of Some Prognosticators Upon Political Conditions. Chicago, September 15. —A Washington correspondent of the Daily News says: Out of an attempt by eastern and southern Democrats to prevent the nomination of William Jennings Bryan for president next year and out of an equal determination that the men who nominated Alton B. Parker three years ago shall not nominate the next Democratic candidate for the presidency, will come the nomination of Governor John A. Johnson, of Minnesota, and harmony in the Democratic party. This is the prediction of Democratic politicians who have recently been in Washington. They base their claims upon the assumption of some of Mr. Bryan's avowed friends that he will not be a candidate himself next year. These men say Mr. Bryan is not anxious to sustain a third defeat at the polls, but the Nebraskan will not quit under fire and that when the time comes to eliminate him from the presidential race he and not somebody else will do the eliminating. It is predicted by them that Mr. Bryan may not make his position known until a few weeks before the Democratic convention meets next year, at the earliest and that Mr. Bryan will have much to say in naming the candidate who is chosen by the convention. In the estimation of disinterested observers there can be no reunited Democratic party with Bryan as the candidate. Neither can there be a reunited party with a candidate named by the elements that controlled the convention in favor of Parker three years ago. These disinterested observers say it does look as if Johnson offers a compromise that might be satisfactory to everybody. “But what’s the use of speculating as long as Bryan’s to the front,” say these disinterested observers. “An announcement from him that he will not run again would open the way for harmony. It might not bring it, but it cannot come until he does make an announcement of that kind.”

BEST EVER WITNESSED HERE Company Was Strong, the Scenery Beautiful and the Audience Were More than Satisfied. Os all the companies that have attempted to play that famous piece “Monte Crsito,” the one that showed at the Bos»e Opera House Saturday night eclipsed any that has ever been seen in this city. Notwithstanding the fact that the weather was quite warm, the house was fairly well filled and those who attended have nothing but praise for the excellent and interesting manner in which it was produced. Every act was a feature and every character was strong enough to make the show most pleasant to all that were there. The title roles were especially good and were played as only actors of the best ability could handle to a credit, and the same show with the same cast would be welcomed back at any time by the theater going people of Decatur. The special scenery that is carried by this company is elaborate anJ very pretty, especially the representation of ocean waves, where the escape from prison' is made and the man in the leading role is seen standing in the water. • o The auditor of state is sending out notices to different cities warning them of the danger of accepting bonds from certain companies. Under the present law of this state some of the companies which are conducting a bonding business are unfit to do so, as they are not organized with enough capital to do so. The statute requires that each bonding company must have a stated amount of capital before they can issue a bond for an officer or contractor and a number of them in this state are not reliable. Preparations are being made to run another “fruit special” through Indiana this fall for the purpose of educating the horticulturists in the care of trees. Last year a “fruit special” was run over the railroads of central Indiana, the train being manned by professors from the agricultural experiment station at Purdue university. So much good resulted from the lectures and demonstrations that were given on the trip that it was decided to run another train this year, and to extend the time necessary for the trip to two w-eeks instead of one, as of'last year. Mr. and Mrs. Lcfeuel Fisher, of Huntington, delightfully enteretained for Sunday dinner Mr. and Mrs. Horace Butler of this city, and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Chase, of Scheidler, Ind.

Maps of Microscopic Slzs. Maps for military and general field use are produced by Dr. O. H. F. Vollbehr, of Halensee-Berlln, as microscopic transparencies, each about by two Inches in size. These form slides for the microphotoscope, a special instrument having a hand-mirror shaped frame, to which Is attached a slide holder, with a movable ions over it. The lens slides in two directions, about 70 square miles being shown in each position. Best Trolley Wheels. It has now been settled without: Question, says the that the best trolley wheels are those which contain no lead. The constant arching of the wheel and wire burns out the lead and causes the wheel to wear rapidly. If a trolley wheel is found which contains lead it is certain that it will wear out rapidly. It is very difficult to obtain scrap metals on the market which do not contain lead. For this reason trolley wheels must be manufactured from new metals. Coal Under a School. A seam of coal has been found under a portion of the Kirkby-in-Ashfield East Council school, Nottingham, England, and it has been decided by the Notts educational committee, subject to the approval of the board of education, to sell this to the Butterley colliery for £65. The liability for any settlement es the buildings in consequence of the taking of the coal will, it is stated, lie with the company. A Monster Carpet. A notable Axminster carpet has just been completed at the Royal carpet factory, Wilton, England, for a well known London club. It is entirely hand made, and although woven in one piece measures over 62 feet in length and 35 feet in breadth. An immense loom over 40 feet long nad to be especially erected to make it, and 13 workers were continuously engaged for more than four mouths in its manufacture. Use for the Humble Potato. Many persons will be surprised to learn that the potato is used in France in the manufacture of imitation meerschaum pipes and "marble” billiard balls. After the potatoes are peeled they are kept for 36 hours in an eight per cent, solution of sulphuric acid. They are then dried and pressed hard enough for use in making pipes. Under strong pressure they become solid enough to be turned into billiard balls. Women Estimated by Weight. The natives of the Sandwich islands estimate women by their weight. The Chinese require them to have deformed feet and blaek teeth. A girl must be tattooed sky-blue and wear a nose ring to satisfy a South Sea Islander. Certain African princes require their brides to have their teeth filed into the semblance of a saw, Fidelity of Heart. Little faithfulnesses are not only the preparation for great ones, but little faithfulnesses are in themselves the great ones. The essential fidelity of the heart is the same whether it be exercised in the mites or in a royal treasury; the genuine faithfulness of the life is equally beautiful whether It be displayed in governing an empire or in writing an exercise.—F. W. Farrar. Pleased with Mission Work. A prominent leader in the British parliament, R. W. Perks, stated recently that in order to test the efficacy of foreign mission work he placed a report of 20 years ago side by side with one of the present time and compared the figures. As a result of his study he increased his annual gift for this work from SSO to $2,500. Longevity. To achieve longevity one should be an Italian painter. Spinello was nearly 100; Carlo Ctgnana was 91; Michael Angelo, 90; Leonardo da Vinci, 75; Calabresi, 86; Claude Lorraine, 82; Carlo Marattl, 88; Tintoretto, 82; Sebastian Ricci, 78; Francesca Albano, 88; Guido, 68; Guercino, 76; John Baptist Crespi, 76; Giuseppi Crespi, 82; Carlo Dolce, 70; Andrew Sacchl, 74; Zuccharelli, 86; Vernet, 77; Schidoni, 76. Greyhound's Historic Lineage. The Eastern greyhound has been from time immemorial the hunting dog of the Eastern plains, and, making allowances for the artlctic attainments of those early periods, we find representations of him which are almost identical with the dogs of to-day on the monuments and tombs of ancient Egypt. New York's Hebrew Cemetery. New York city had the first Hebrew cemetery in the United States. It was established in 1656, and a part of it yet remains at New Bowery and Oliver street He Seldom. Little Walter was told to write a composition containing the word “seldom.” He puzzled hard over the problem for some time, but at last he found a solution, and thia is what he handed up to the teacher: “My father owned some horses, but last week he seldom.” Fame. “There's three ways,” observed tfce philosopher on the cracker barrel, “for a man to hand his name down to posterity. He’s got to be a great warrior, or a great statesman, or a great rascal; and, by jocks, onee in awhile thMta's a man that's aP three!”

Poelteft Hrnnea. ■kiw, dar’s Brvddar Squallopl* aypercrittcally said old Brother Browabaek. “Dat man don't ’>oar to havo no mo’ sense dan a mueeifal Providence englnerly 'etows on young wheelbarrers! Ho beats his wife —Law-suas! I ain’t sayin’ she don’t need ft, uh-kaso she do! Bat dat ain't de p’int, mJ do blame fool beats her so bad dat he has to hire a doctor for her ’moat every time! What kind o’ flnanclem’ arln dat, I axea you? Yaasah! —what klndf —Puck Accident Restored Volee. The fear of an accident was the means of restoring speech to a dumb man. Mr. J. Moore, of Gosport, England, had been dumb for four years when, on returning home one evening; his blcyele skidded. In his alarm he shouted and was so startled and surprised at hearing his voice that he called out again and again until he was convinced that hrs long-lost voice had come back to him. ~ - Insists on Afternoon Nap. “The afternoon nap euit is growing. - said a mother of six children, "and Cm glad of it. Just look at me. I’m over 50 years old and my complexion is as rosy as any schoolgirl’s. I attribute it all to the afternoon nap. The cook can leave; the stock in which we invest can pay panicky small dividends, the boys may 'flunk* in their ‘exams,’ and still I take my afternoon nap.” Beans and Codfish. Pragmatism in its all-aroundness must consider pluralism. Monism must establish unity, otherwise it is a fall, ure. Pluralism may easily be satisfied with a small number. Pragmatism abjures absolute monism, and also absolute pluralism. Since monism is devoted to one, then pragmatism must be classed with pluralism. —Report of Lecture in Boston Transcript. 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 ot death, in a terrific storm at sea, calmly sat down and composed her epitaph in veree. The ship weathered the gale, however, and the epitaph was not needed. —Tbe Sunday Magazine. Limit to German Cltlzenehlp. The London Mail mentions a fact that even a good many Germans do not know, viz., that the German emigrant keeps his German nationality for only ten years; after that, unless he has registered himself at a German consulate or embassy in the country to which he has emigrated he automatically ceases to belong to the Fatherland. ’ It Was a Nugget. Workmen were digging a drain near the city hall of Bendigo, South Africa, when the pick of one of them rebounded after having struck something hard. “That must be a nugget,” remarked a jocular bystander. "I’ll look.” said the workman, and the next moment he had a lump of quartz thickly studded with gold in his hands. Scheduled All Real Estate. The tax collector of Adelaide, South Australia, officially reports the conscientiousness of a taxpayer who. In getting up a statement of the real estate he owned, for taxation purposes, put down a piece of land of his measuring nine feet by six feet In ” cemetery,” and under that column, "Name of Occupier,” gave that of his departed wife. Woman Expert Trunk Packer. A singular occupation is that of Miss Blanche Minton, of New York. She packs trunks for guests at hotels. The idea came to her as an inspiration and the first day she tried it she made sl7. She often earns as much as $25 a day and has had to take in her younger sister as an assistant. The Coster and the Fizhwife. "Any one who swears,” says the Bishop of Carlisle, "manifests the beggarliness of his vocabulary.” The greatest indignation Is felt in Billingsgate and Covent Garden at this unwarranted slur on the powers of men who seldom, if ever, repeat themselves In a ten minutes’ speech.--London Globe. Happiness and Hunger. “My idea of perfect happiness,” said the seedy philosopher as he made his fourth round trip to the free lunch counter, “Is to be in a position to go into the swellest restaurant, put my hand over the price list of the menu and order what my taste dictates, irrespective of the demurs of a diminished wad.” A Pittsburg Suggestion. Inasmuch as there is a law against carrying concealed weapons, it is up to the gents’ furnishing stores, while the burglar panic is on, to stock up with something neat In the way of gun and “razzah” belts. —Pittsburg Gazette. Seeking the Good. It Is only by thinking about great and good things that we come to love them, and it is only by loving them that we come to long for them, and it is only by longing for them that we are impelled to seek after them, and it is only by seeking after them that they become ours, and we enter into vital experience of their beauty and blessedness. —Henry Van Dyke.