Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 26 March 1908 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT AVfc«rTHL«M>A VBURNING BY ,tW G r LLINGHAM, PUBLISHED ■g-~ —■— 1 y —■ —• lt.Ju PBR T£AR IN ADVANCE. Km >re«l at the posvoffic* at Decatur.lndiana m secoad-clafie mail matter. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS CO. HOW FLEETING How fleeting a thing is popularity is pathetically illustrated in the case of Theodore Roosevelt, president <?f the United States. Scarcely mor e than one year ago he stood on the pinnacle of public favor, lie was the idol of the masses, a regular calcium light hero, the lion of th e hour. And it may have been that Mr. Roosevelt would not have followed in the paths of fallen stars such as Dewey, Chauncey Depew and others, had he not given astounding evidences of an uncertain natality and an imeptuousity to such an extent as to place in the minds of some a fear that the chief executive is a victim of that disease which has now <>me to be known as "paranoia.” The first sign of the president’s decay was noticeable when he turned around and began to use his now famous big stick on the very elements which had contributed to his election, and had been the principal means of putting him in power; when he began to anathematize everybody who dared to dispute his word; when he declared in substance, that he was the only infallible being on earth, and when in public places and before great multitudes Le indulged in undignified tactics similar to those which we commonly attribute to school boy exuberance. These and many other things which time and space do not permit us to mention have contributed to the undisguised disfavor with which the president is now regarded

in circles wherein he was once idolized. The working man. too. whose dinner pail, many people claim, was filled by the martyred McKinley .stands ready and anxious to “throw the harpoon" into the man who has brought about the unsettled conditions in the commercial world which hav e reduced the wages of labor, while the prices of tbe necessities of life have remained at high water mark. Therefore, The Hoosier feels no hesitation in saying again that the nomination of Taft, who unquestionably mirrors Roosevelt, means an easy victory for Democracy into whose hands fate has played — Indiana Hoosier. While there is much talk about Hawkins and Vestal being made the republican congressional nominee in case Cromer thinks it best to stand aside, don’t be alarmed if the doughty George throws the mantle around the manly form of Judge Macy, o's Winchester. They are flirting, it is said, and while Hawkins woul.d greatly outbid the judge for the ehance of run- ’ ning, Cromer also wants some one with a better chance of winning at the election than th e senator. To lose.i yon knows mea ns all this logs on post office appointments. You see George gets about $1,500 out of each countyseat post-office and there are eight, a somewhat similar price for a few others, while the graft is coming in in smaller bunches all over the district and George wants a man that he thinks can go out and get the election. Should it be Judge Macy h e will have the Cromer brand blown in his forehead. —Bluffton Banner. The late James Oliver, of South Bend, left an estat e much larger than he was supposed to possess. Usually the contrary is true, and reputed rich men’s estates fall far short of the general estimate. It is said that the Oliver estate will reach fifty or sixty millions of dollars. It was made in the manufacture of plows. The farmers of this land contributed to this vast fortune by paying a little more than a fair profit for these implements. The estate is to be held intact until the grandchild has attained the age of thirty years. Mr. Oliver evidently did no wish to see his millions scattered by youthful hands, and his will will prevent it. Cromer has them guessing and re

mains as silent as a sphynx about his candidacy. If his henchmen get the Madison county delegation next Monday night it is claimed by some of his intimate friends that, he will announce his candidacy next TuesdayAnderson Bulletin Those members of the Indiana legislature who voted against any and all increase of liquor license are largely responsible for the pronounced anti-saloon sentiment that exists in this state today. The defeat of the liquor I’ceumr proposition did more to arous e public sentiment against the liquor interests than anything that has occurred in Indiana for many years. The general belief is that higher license was defeated by corrupt methods. That being the case, it may easily b e inferred who furnished the money to defeat the popular will. —South Bend Times. Grover Cleveland stands for personal liberty in th e fullest sense, and asserts that there is such a thing as reform run mad. But Grover never got pinched by any of the big trusts*, like the newspaper boys are getting it now. When a fellow is drawing a salary about half Ss big as the president of'the United States f®r looking over the books of an insurance company occasionally to see that t-he funds are not being stolen, be can afford to be in favor of the most lib-' eral kind of personal liberty.—Columbia City Post. The temperance plank that the coming Democratic stat-e convention is to wrestle with is perhaps the most difficult the party has ever had to deal with. If assurances could be had that only men of wisdom and discretion were to be placed on the platform committee, the situation would be less perplexing. —South Bend Times.

Hon. Cyrus Cline captured nearly a solid delegation in Allen county and as a result will likely be the Democratic nominee of congress in the Twelfth district. Mr. Cline hails from Angola, and is a representative citizen and will make the Democrats such a candidate as ■ ill win the confidence and votes of the masses. A woman in a western town complains that her husband came home late seventy-eight nights in succession and had a different excuse each time. That man must be a versatile cuss or else there are more secret societies in his town than there are in Muncie. —Muncie Press. WAS A NOBLE MAN The Masonic Ceremony WasImpressively Performed—- • Many Pay Respect

The last sad r-ites over th e remains of the» late Rev. W. H. Daniels were performed yesterday afternoon at the bee utifin Maplewood cemetery, by a large number ot his brother Masons and the immediate friends and 'relatives. The Masons, forty in number, assembled at the hall and marched to the home of C. C. Schafer at 2:30 o'clock. From there they proceeded to the cemetery, the friends and relatives being conveyed by cabs arriving at the vault at 3 o’clock. The body was removed to the burial plot in the north central part of the cemetery by Masonic pall bearers, where with sad hearts the present ones paid their last tribute to the departed noble man. The ceremony was impressive in its performance, D. E. Smith executing the ritual characteristic to the Masonic lodge and the painful duty of lowering the casket to its final resting place was performed in the midst of sincere tears and the eloquent language of the Masonic ceremony. As solemn as the occasion was the bereaved ones found consolation in the fact that he is safe in the hands of Almighty. No nobler man has trod the streets of Decatur than was Rev. Daniel and his long life of Christian activity has left its traces on the lives of many people with whom he has come in contact. He wag ever doing things for the advancement of th e Christian cause and the results of his untiring efforts for the betterment ot humanity will be much in evidence after his body has many years been in the tomb. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Daniel, of Chicago, were present, beside the widow, Mrs. Daniels, daughter, Mrs. C. C. Schafer and other friends and relatives.

THE SHIP SUBSIDY Scheming to Pass this Graft at this Session of Congress Washington, March 23. —The forthcoming message from the president, giving his views on the amendments he regards as necessary to the Sherman anti-trust law aud repeating his recommendations with regard to other legislation, will go to congress some day this week. The most important part of the message will be that dealing with the anti-trust act, which Mr. Roosevelt believes should be amended at this session of congress, so as to aliow railroads to make traffic agreements that will in no way be in restraint of trade. The difficulty has encountered in urging this amendment has been from the labor leaders, who want a provision exempting labor organizations from the operation of the iaw. Mr. Roosevelt is included to grant these organizations some concessions, but he cannot recognize their demands that they be allowed to order boycotts, which the supreme court has decided ar« a violation of the Sher, man act

Washington, March 23. —It is now for the house to say whether there shall be ship subsidy legislation at this session. Now that they have got their bill throug-h the senate, the subsidy hunters are very confident of succeeding in the house. Two -legislative courses are open to the backers of the legislation. In the regular cours e of. events the bidi will go to the house, where it will be referred to t-he committee on postoffices and post- road's,, of- which Representative Overstreet is chairman. The bi-H int-rcfduce?d in the house early in the session was reported favorably to t-he full committee by a sub-commit-tee some w.eeks ago. Mr. Overst-reet will call the meeting- of the whole committee to consider the senate bill, and the prospect is that it will be reported to the house. 0 HE EXPLAINS ALL Os His Actions and Attributes His Melancholy Spellsto Religious Influences

Fred L. Watkins, ”'-ho a few days ago was placed in jail after papers were filed alleging his- insanity, insists that he is sane and he wants to be released. In an hour’s interview with the imprisoned man, a representative of the Democrat was told of his life from boyhood until the present time and his talk was intelligent' He explains his actions for which lie is adjudged insane by stating that he has been vested with the power of God and that the actions of a truly re.ligious rhan seem strange to a wosdly person. He related of a time before he was married when he attend’ed a. Quaker church and how, befor e leading. he was impressed by the holy spirit to preaCli the gospel.. He stat-es. that he has- tried to w,ard off t.h-at -impression since, but that it continued to bear’heavy upon his mind and that he has worrier} to a great extent. He reiterated, however," tha-t it ha’s-.not? affected his mind ’in the least, a'nd aside from his conversation in regard to, religious illusions, Isis conversation is indeed rational. Mr. Watkins has bebn a hard working man since boyhood.» He was left an orphan when but a small boy and aside from the car e of his grandmother, he has grown to* manhood without the kindly words of advice from loving parents. It is indeed pitiful that he has met such a doom. He expresses his desire to have his family well taken care of and he states that if he is taken to a medical institution he will soon be released. His confinement, however, does not worry him in the least, but he is anrious to gain liberty so he can support his family. He asserts that he has never threatened violence to any member of his family and that it was far from his thought. His many friends hope that he will soon prove his sanity if he is sane and be released.

Mr. Goodwin, republican candidate for lieutenant governor, was in the city today looking after business affairs. The county diploma examination was attended by a large number of applicants Saturday. The school corporations were represented as follows: Berne 37, Wabash township 24, Hart ford township If, Jefferson township 13, Monroe township 10, Blue Creek township 1, total of 99. An examination was also held at Decatur with 82 applicants. The questions on many of the branches were reported favorably while those embracing the subject of music were considered quite difficult. —Berne Witness.

NEW CASE FILED To Partition Real Estate— A Divorce Case Set for Friday—Final Report Filed Several cases were set for trial this week, but it is quite likely that the jury will not be used until next week. A number of the attorneys and court officials are arranging to attend the democratic state convention, while others will attend the Anderson congressional meeting. A marriage license has been issued to Harley Swygart and Aldine Marschand, both of this county. The groom is twenty-three years old and by oc cupation a fireman and the bride is twenty. Harry M. Dsmiels, guardian for Harley Swaggert et al. filed his current report, which was allowed. Dowa D. ’Hilyard. guardian for Irvin an,d Andrew Hoffman, filed his final report and discharged. ’ *® C. S. Niblick, admr. for estate of Mary M. Shank, letters granted, on application by ipgawes and filed bond Hooper & Leskart are att®rneys*for a ne-w case entitled William L-. Raudenbush vst .A-nd-sew W. Scales et al, to quiet title of real es*a*e; a noriee of non.-besi’d’enee w-as tided. Cit-y of Font Wa-yne-vs. Le'i’k-au-f Pa-ek-ing- C®.. t® abate n.uisan-ee. d:er®u-iser to com.p-1-a-i-nt sv-esr-u-led-. Dona Jteßer vs. C. J. M. Efe-w-er, divorce ea-se. set ’f»>r t-r-i-al Friday. Mia-reh . 27. I 1 I J.orras Gi-foert v-s. Nsraa P. Gilbert et al. appraisement ®f r-ea-l estate fflled by Commissioner J. C. Sut-ton. Capri e S-hoema-ber vs. Geesg-e E. ■ Shoema-ker. diverse, e»m ®f $75 er- I dered pa-il into eeuct by d-efend-a-nt fcs- . •use erf the plain-ti-ff, w-i-lh-i-n.fi-v-e tey-s. , Sar-ah. H end-ricks vs. El-yrsn D. lien- ' drick-s, divorce, a®-s-we-r sited ioy Fees-* ecutor H. B. Belter. o —- F-g L-k A»N® hN-Jkl-BE'D MBR- B'A'.&KWhi'i'e Wsji-ein'g-.. MS. jfoSe- -Bss;Wh- istaiuiiseiift a While v-fe-i-tte-g at Rtetaseng with ■her daug-h-ter. M-r-s. P-artlw, Mrs. J-es-eph Helm ®f th-i-s oi-ty fell a-nd severely injured he-r baek. Tfee fajartes a-se suffieient-ly severe that the 1-a-dy Is confined t-o ’her bed a-wd anafete to be brought heme. Mr. Beta we®t to that city yesterday a«d as soon as the injured lady is a-bie. h© w-ill ■b-ri-n-g her heme. No f&rthe-r pnrtfc-alajr-s cowl'd be seeu-r-ed in regard to her eendi-tien, altho&gfe it is thought that she ‘is getting alon-g as well as can be e-xpected.

The Farmer, the Farmer’s Son and the Renter find here an opportunity to own a farm and win a competence more quickly and easily than any place on earth. The land is clean open virgin prairie with a soil of rich deep black loam, varying from 18 inches to 3 feet in depth, and of practically inexhaustible fertility. This rich black dirt is underlaid with a clay subsoil, which retains the moisture perfectly, giving it back to the top soil as it is needed to assist vegetation. That’s the kind of land WE HAVE IN NORTH DAKOTA S 'ZS prove nto you. Well introduce you to men who have paid (or their entire wheat — No 'T” “ *** as h,h as $126 an ante g .ow.„P poutoZyou don t have to go into a wilderness to -1., all -L i , S d find good schools, good churches and good neighbors-snlend d \° U markets —ample water and abundant fuel P dld raih oads—big you^„7o?Ud d XT»ut^ a 7 to exceptionally easy terms, too. “ and We can make you We Are Colonizers— Not Speculators We own the land we are offering you. We km-1,. . WRITC Send for our Free Booklet la# Si VM mm ■ WHEELOCK & WHEELnrz It’s chuck full of interesting 155 Ur , , M intormatioo and statistics Waldorf Block X about North Dakota. pA D *■ a —— bARCO »NORTH DAKOTA

Nursing baby? 9 J It’s a heavy strain on mother. Q ? Her system is called upon to supply J nourishment for two. S Some form of nourishment that will J be easily taken up by mother’s system g is needed. J A Scott’J Emulsion contains the $ 5 greatest possible amount of nourish- g ment in easily digested form. Mother and baby are wonderfully g helped by its use. fw j D ALL DRUGGISTS: 50c. AND SIOO

TO PAVE MERCER Petition Was* Filed—Office of Water Works Superin- .. tendeat Was Abolished The ceuncil met in continued session Tuesday night. Mayor France presiding and evjery councilman being present with the except-ian of Chronister, who. is ill a-nd confined to his home. > I-m---mediately af-ter the calling of the roll t<he council got down to business, whieh w-as pushed i-a-pidf-y to .a close. J-asnes Fristee. representing. a number of property owners along Mercer* a-v-enu© presented a petit-ion to the council asking- that the above named street he pa-ved with medern pa-v-tag •br-ipk from the Presb-yseria-n cb-u-r-c-h south to t-he corporation tine, and there to termin-a-t-e. This petition was ref-erred to t-he street an-d sewer som-m-itt-ee, bu-t w-lii hardily be reported u-pon la-vera-bl-y, as the couacil at this time seem to be inclined but to paveMercer street to the Ch-ieag® & Erie railroad. • How-ever, it is possible that the c®m.m-i-ttee ma-y be induced to pass favorably on the petition wh-ich will be determined at the nest regu-la-r ’me'etin-g-. A reselu-tioh ordering th'e city clerk to gtee notice to the prop- ; eity ew-n-em aion-g Sixth st-reet that objections to t-he proposed improve-’ meat would be h-ea-rd a-nd dteterm-bned en th-e 14-th day of April w-as read, passed and adopted and en the above named da-te it will te e determ-ised whether S-i-x-th street will fee paved ®r net this yea-r. Henry E-iting and sev-, era-l other farmers o-w-n-i&g 1-and abwttifflg on t-he corporation line w<er e present and a-sised mmereas questicas in rel-a-ti®n t® draining intd Thirteenth street sewer and were informed by tfie city attorney that th© best way to pr®ceed was throK-jah the county comm’is.sroners in the .way of petitioning for a drain. Upon motion by Bums

Amos Fisher was appointed to act in the capacity of night policeman his ' salary to be fifty dollars per month and that he commence wotk Wednesday evening and that he be compelled to report once every month verbally to the council. This motion carried and from this time on the city will have some night protection at least. The matter of painting the electric ’light poles in the central portion of the city was referred to the electric light- superintendent, he to act as he • sees fit. Upon motion the office of water works superintendent was abolished and the salary of C. Vogt as city civil engineer was raised from seventy to seventy-five dollars per month, it being understood that he is to do the work formerly performed by ’ W. E. Fulk and is to be under the control of the water works committee. This mot-ion carried and Mr. Vogt assumed his new duties today. Upon mat-ion by Burns the purchasing com-.-mitt-ee was lnstructe<Ro purchase a safe for the treasurer in which he«may place his books for sate keeping. This same committee was also instructed t® pußchase a second hand typewriter to be used at the city offices. • Upon motion by Christen the width of Rugg street was established at twentyfive feet and the property owners w’ill be instructed to build their walks ac-cond-ingl.y. No further business coming before the council they ad-joumed. until their next regular meeting. WNDE«R.W«EN’T OPE-RA-TION. Mblhkr of B. M-. Hensley is Very Low. • D. M. Hensley has received- word from Ma-rion, Ohio, convoying t-he sad new.s that his mother, wife of Dr. J. . L. Hensley, of that place. Is In a serious sondition as a result of an operation f®r the removal of a tumor. The a»ged lady would npt permit the use of a-n anaest-hetic during the painful opesatisn and although she stood it well her condition is serious. Rollo Smithle’y left for Fort Wayne on a trip.