Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 14 May 1908 — Page 2

CASTOR IA Infant* *ad Ch* lira a. Pie Kind Ym Hm Always Bwght MANY CONTRIBUTORS Donations Vary from Two to Ten Dollars —Help the Boosters A. J. Smith, who is personally soliciting a fund of sz2s, which will be offered in special premiums, for Adams county stock entries at the Great Northern fair, reports that the fund has already reacned $l5O. If any of the public spirited business men or others of Decatur desire to contribute to this tuna they should call Mr. Smith by phone or see him personally. The Ward Fence company and the Fort Wayne and Springfield have each contributed SIO.OO. Others who have shown their Icyalty are the Waring Giove Co., Confer Ice Cream company, Kirsch & Sellemeyer, Decatur Lumber Co.. Anderson and Baker. Fred Reppert, Henry Rodenbeck, Decatur Egg Case company, and the Daily Democrat, while numerous other business firms have subscribed amounts less than five dollars. In justice to these it should be added that they also gave special premiums from stock. If you haven’t your name on the list call Mr. Smith. You owe it to the fair association and the community. a-. , . THIS MORNING Officers Were Elected for the Ensuing Year— Promising Future The stockholders of the Decatur Furnace company held a meeting Friday at the factory and transacted much business of Importance. The board organized and elected officers for the ensuing year resulting as follows: D. L. Guilfoile, president; D. Schmitt, vice president; P. J. Houlihan, D. E. Studabaker, E. J. Twoney, C. A. Dugan and Henry Krick, directors; M. S. Smith, secretary and treasurer. This is the same corps of officers that have guided the interests of the company so cleverly during the time the factory has been located here and in their hands the interests at stake will be well taken care of. The Decatur Furnace factory js at present a busy place. Manager Smith has many prospective buyers on his list and he is disposing of furnaces each day. This institution has a great future. —— o THE LODGE AFFAIRS Knights of Pythias Met Last Evening—l. O. O. F. Drill Team Meets Monday Mrs. Martin Reinking royally entertained the Ladies’ Aid society of the St. Paul German Lutheran church. The afternoon was spent in sewing and at 5 o'clock the ladies were called into the dining room, where a delicious supper was awaiting them. They all enjoyed the meeting and hope to have , many more such enjoyable meetings. Those present were the Mesdames Hev. natter, Wm. Hoile, Wm. Bleeke, Edward Bleeke, Godfred Lehrman, Fred Koldewey and Mrs. Lee, of Fort Wayne. o Chris Meyers has purchased a half interest in his brother Henry’s tailor shop at Decatur, and will do the cutting for that shop, and his Geneva shop but will remain in Geneva. He was also at Fort Wayne first of the week and bought a dry cleaning plant to be operated at Decatur. —Geneva Herald.

We Sell Ytinol on the positive guarantee that if it does not give satis - faction we will return the entire amount of money paid us for it. We mean this — and ask all those who are sick and need strength to try it with this understanding. SMITH, YAGER A FALK

FIND MORE BODIES Believed the Total Number i of Victims May Reach Thirty LaPorte, Ind., May 8. —Another body dug up on the Guinness farm near > 1 here was identified veeterday as that 11 ii of Ole B. Budsberg. of lola, Wis. The :, grains this week have stopped further isearch, but i is believed a complete d investigation will bring forth the i ( fact that thirty victims were bidden I. in the graves ordered prepared by ( this terrible woman Blue Beard. The following chronology gives the facts in this greatest multi-murder mystery ( of the past half century: , Max Albert Sorensen, Austin, 111., dies mysteriously (1900). His widow collects $8,500 insurance. j Peculiar fire destroys Austin home, ; Insurance collected. s Widow buys candy store at Elizabeth street and Grand avenue,Chicago, with insurance money. It burns. Insured. t

Widow marries Joe Gunness. Moves to LaPorte farm. Adopts Jennie Olsen. Guinness killed (1904). Widowsays meat grinder fell on his head. Collects $3,500 insurance. Ray Lamphere goes to work for Mrs. Guinness as hired man. Widow sets doss on visitors. Neighbors see lanterns on farm at 2 a. m. Jennie Olsen disappears. Real parents are told she is in Los Angeles school but cannot find her (1906). Andrew Helgelein, Aberdeen (S. D.) answers matrimonial ad and arrives at LaPorte farm. Loans Mrs. Guinness $1,500. Disappears with like amount in pocket. Widow says he went to Norway. Mrs. Guinness (1907) tells sheriff strange man killed a child in woods near farm. Sheriff finds only empty grave. Ray Lamphere arrested for annoying Mrs. Guinness. Widow tells lawyer (April 25) that Lamphere intends to kill her. Draws up will. Home burns April 26. Bodies of three children and headless woman found in ruins. Lamphere arrested in hollow tree, hiding. May 5, A. K. Helgelein finds body of brother buried near house. Jennie Olsen's body also found. Eight unidentified bodies of men and children are found buried near house. Most bodies lie on mattress under four feet of earth. May 6, Joe Maxon, farm hand, tells police he dug holes on orders of Mrs. Guinness, but never filled them. Expressmen tell police of mysterious arrival at farm of many big trunks. It is now believed by some that the body found in the fire was not that of Mrs. Guinness but another victim and the police of the world are looking for her. o . CHOSEN INNER GUARD U. S. Cress a Member of Resolution Committee—Next Meeting at Huntington

At the recent Garrett meeting of the Ben Hur fraternal congress Huntington was selected as the meeting place next year. The election of officers for the coming year resulted as follows: Past chief, Emma Smith, Elkhart; chief, E. A. Stockwell, South Bend; judge, J. H. Rohlman, Fort Wayne; teacher, H. L. Marvin, Garrett; scribe, C. M. Hunt, Kokomo; keeper of tribute, A. L. Miller, South Bend; captain, Lillie M. Stevens, Tipton; guide, E. Herb, Kendallville; keeper of inner gate, Harvey Harruff. Decatur; keeper of outer gate. A. J. Webster, Columbia City; master of ceremonies, C. O. Bryant, Huntington; auditing committee, George Mong, Fort Wayne; A. J. Webster, Columbia City; C. T. Gensel, Peru; good of the order, Mary L. Clark. Fort Wayne; C. S. Crowley, Kokomo; J. W. Baker, Columbia City; C. Smith, Marion; Nettie Bricker, Fort Wayne; law committee, Emma Comparet, Fort Wayne; J. P. McGee, Elkhart ;F. L. Feick, Garrett; resolutions committee, U. S. Cress, Decatur; Harriet E. Line, Peru; W. H. Balmer, Kokomo; credentials, Gusta Hike, Garrett; Lee Jefferson, George Crum, Logansport; executive committee, C. O. Bryant, R. Poling, Albert Stanch, John V. Sees, O. O. Deeds, all cf Huntington; program committee, Myra J. Donb. W. JW., Young, Lillie Vernerder and Charles Bowers, all of Huntington. o Chalmer Hower, who is employed in a meat market at Ossian, was a visitor with his parents over Sunday and returned to Ossian this morning.

A BIG JUDGMENT Taken by Old Adams CounI ty Bank—Shoemaker Divorce Case Continued Peterson and Moran representing | the plaintiff filed a new case entitled I Craig Miller vs. George B. Bowers, suit on note, demand $l5O. Miller i was formerly jn the drug business here and is now at the Marion soldiers’ home. Bowers has been in the government employ in the Philippines for a number of years and is at home on a furlough. Hooper & Lenhart filed a case, Elizabeth A. Nix vs. David D. Coffee et al, foreclosure of mortgage, demand $750. Harriet B. Emetine vs. Benjamine Emetine, dirovce, appearance by L. C. DeVoss for defendant, rule to answer. Old Adams County Bank vs. Noah A. Ixxih and Edward Dirkson, note, default of defendants, submitted, finding for plaintiff for $4,030.07. Charles F. Rinehart vs. Charles F. Rinehart et al, partition, appearance by J. C. Sutton, for Etta Rinehart.

Fort Wayne and Springfield Ry. Co. vs. Andrew and Mary Miller, condemnation of real estate for right-of-way, motion by plaintff to strike out part of defendants cross section overruled. J. C. Grandstaff vs. J. C. Grandstaff admr. of Pauline Kirschner estate, claim of $25.00 allowed, Sylvester C. Tinkham et al, petition for drain, cause ordered docketed, proof of notice filed. The Carrie Shoemaker vs. George E. Shoemaker divorce case, set for trial next Wednesday, has been continued by agreement and will be tried about June 7th. W. E. Swartz vs. Journal Pub. Co., receiver, distribution ordered on claims filed and allowed. Dyonis Schmitt, guardian vs. John Brown, partition, cause assigned to R. S. Peterson as special trial judge. Sophia Leichte vs. Dorse D. Myers, a SIO,OOO breach of promise suit, dismissed and costs paid, plaintiff permitted to withdrawn pleadings. Jacob Drake, admr. of Simon Taylor estate, filed his final report. A. Gottschalw, extr. of W. H. Shepherd will, proof of posting notices or insolvency filed and approved. Jacob Heller, guardian for Owen P. Gilbert, filed his current report, which was allowed. In the matter of Dyonis Schmidt, guardian for Peter J. Brown and five others, R. S. Peterson assumed jurisdiction as special judge and allowed the current account as filed. Nathan- Andrews, guardian for Ora Andrews, R. S. Peterson assumes jurisdiction and allowed the account current as filed. A. O. Amspaugh, guardian for Lucy Amspaugh, filed his final report and was discharged. NO LONGER AN EASY TASK. Muncie Saloon Men" Have Trouble Securing Licenses. It is no longer a “cinch” as in the old days, to secure a liquor license in Delaware county. A man who applies from Muncie usually must undergo a cross-examination and if he be proved of bad character, he is refused. It is impossible to sell liquor anywhere else in the county, as blanket remonstrances have effectually covered all the small towns and rural districts, says the Muncie Press. There was some tail juggling today by the county commissioners with the petitioners for liquor licenses. Some were granted and some were not. Others may be since the board has not yet decided upon two. while two applicants have withdrawn, one of these having done so when he found that there was an effective remonstrance against him. This was Edward D. Stroupe, of Granville. The remonstrance against Stroupe carried with it the names of a large majority of the voters of Niles township. Curtis Mansfield, another pjetifioner, withdrew without giving any apparent reason.

Housecleaning seems to be a popular fad this week, the annual trouble having been necessarily postponed by many on account of the frequent rains.

A SACRED OCCASION ——— Rev. L. E. Stangel Will Deliver Excellent Address —Special Music In pursuance of custom the old sold’ers who so bravely fought tor our country, will hold Decoration Day services on the twehty-fourth day of this month. For the first time in many years a union service will be held on this day, when the old soldiers and the members of the various churches will gather at the M. E. church and hear an excellent discourse delivered by Rev. L. A. Stangle of the United Brethren church. The Methodist Episcopal choir will furnish special music for the occasion and the services will be appropriate in every respect. The opportunity of paying respect to the dead soldiers, who carried the stars and stripes to victory should be improved by every loyal citizen. The patriotism of the Decatur people should be much in evidence when such a sacred occasion is observed and the M. E. church will without doubt be taxed to its capacity. _ o READY SALE FOR BONDS. Transcripts ’have been completed for the use of the bond buyers, of all the proceedings taken by the board of commissioners, in the ordering of the construction of six cf the stone roads sold by them several months ago. They w erfeorwarded by express Wednesday, to Breed & Harrison, the Cincinnati bond firm, through whom the sales are being negotiated. The transcripts in the other stone roads are being rushed as rapidly as possible. The bond men stand ready to take the entire issue of stone road bonds as soon as the transcripts have been approved by their attorneys. The bonds for tte W. H. Harkins road in Wayne township, the first one in which the transcript was forwarded, are already in the hands of the Cincincinnati firm. Their total par value, which was the figure offered, is $14,240. Buyers are evidently waiting for the bonds, as the Cincinnati firm has ordered them forwarded by express as soon as signed, with all possible haste. A telephone message to Treasurer Hayes Wednesday morning gave instructions to this end. —Portland Review. AN AUTO CAUSED EXCITEMENT Henry Decker Came Near Running into C-hrjs Meyers' Shop.

Henry Decker and family had somewhat of a thrilling experience last Sunday afternoon on Line street of feneva. In front of the Mayors tailor establishment he attempted to dodge Pete Burke’s dog, but instead of turning his car away from he turned directly toward it, as he was going at a great speed, he ran over the dbg and had it not been for the curb would have run into the Meyers’ tailor shop. The car skidded on for half a block and came to a stop in front of Green and Kraner's office. The rear wheel of the car was broken off. The dog lived about ten minutes after being run over. Is it not time now to call a halt on fast driving of autos in the town? How easily could this have happened to a person or a rig, and the result would have been fatal to them just as it was to the dog. It was a dog that was prized very highly by Mr. Burke.—Geneva Herald. In addition to the line of commercial cars manufactured by the Coppock Motor Car Company, they have accepted the agency from the Brewick Pleasure Car Co., of Flint, Mich., and will do a thriving business. They have already taken several orders of which Harry Ward gave the first, for a fine ear with seats for five. Frank Rnnyan receivel a letter yesterday from "Kid” Hull, who was let out by the Huntington I. 0. league team, a few days ago. Hutt is now back at his home at Spencerville, Ind., and like the other former Bluffton players out of a job. expects the infallible "Runny” to place him. Jack Smith, Hull says in his letter wants to be the whole calcium at Huntington and says his release and that of other good men is due to Jack's unwillingness divide glory.—Bluffton Banner. Rev. Spetnagel, of the Presbyterian church, delivered the third of Ms series of sermons on the. “Voyage, of Life" last evening and it was pronounced by those who heard it as one of the best ever heard in this city.

FOLEYS KIDNEY CURE ® ■“ mcaiclne ' No medicine can do more. or_Djrts<SJ holthouse drug company

FROM FACTORY EVILS National Conference of Charities and Correction in Session in Virginia Richmond, Va., May 10.— Doling iwtth the worldwide topic of children, 'their education, their training and the I evil of driving them under pressure at ' the wheel when their frail bodies were too weak to stand the punishment and strain, the general session of the national conference of charities and correction at St. Paul’s ehurch tonight, aroused the public to the importance of more adequate laws to protect them from the evils of the factory work. Three speakers championed the cause of compulsory education, and then attacked the employment of children in the mills, where they helped to give leisure and comfort to lazy and worthless fathers. Dr. A. J- McKelway. of Atlanta, assistant secretary of the national child labor committee, who dlscussed“Child Labor and Citizenship,” declared that there was a time when a declaration of independence was necessary, but that the day had come when a declaration of dependence by the children of America was needed. Prof. W. S. Hand of the University of South Carolina pointed out the im perative demand for compulsory education. As on former occasions, the race question loomed up in the discussion cf compulsory education, Prof. W. S. Hand denying that it would give the negro any advantage over the whites in lifting him above the stage of illiteracy. Miss Jean M. Gordon, who followed, claimed that in New Orleans the negro and the Jew were not to be found in factories and department stores. The annual conference sermon was preached at St. Paul’s church this afternoon by Rev. M. Asby Jones, pastor of the First Baptist church of Columbus, Ga. o ———■ —■

THE DEMAND IS SIOO Appearance Entered in Sheets Partition Case— A Sheriff’s Sale Nancy Sheets vs. Christopher C. Sheets et al, appearance by J. C. Sutton for several of the defendants. Default of Christopher, Solomon and Minnie Sheets, Samatha Sh>wkiey, Ruby and Noah Sheets and Norma Pryor, Hazel and Owen Gilbert. Ed S. Hall, guardian for George Snyder a person of unsound mind, filed a report of sale of personal property. A marriage license was issued Saturday evening to Clarence M. Witter, aged twenty-three, a lineman, of this city, and Rose Mae Bennett, formerly of Fort Wayne, aged thirty. The bride was married once before, was divorced in November, 1904, and is a traveling saleslady. A sheriff sale of the Noah Mangold property on First street has been ordered for Friday, June sth. The sale is a result of the case of John W. Brown, vs. Noah Mangold, foreclosure of mortgage. DANA BROWN IN LOUISIANA. Has Several Rich Strikes in Ort There. D. M. Brown of this efty, who has been interested in the oil business around Bluffton for a good many years and who is now located temporarily at Caddo, La., seems to have struck it rich in the oil business near that place. He, with a number of Shrevepart, La., men became interested in the oil business at Caddo, which is about twenty miles from Shreveport a few years ago They now have fourteen producing wells and ten are being drilled. The producing wells are putting out. 750 barrels apiece each day. These wells are 2,300 feet deep, and cost SIO,OOO to a well. ’ “ The confirmation services held at the St. Marys Catholic church yesmorning were beautiful and impressive, and the spacious church ZX le ( d t 0 its capacity - About th reCeiVed the at the h ands of Rt. Rev . Herman j I er ng. Bishop of the Fort Wayne I diocese, who was assisted by Father - ken and Father Angermler.

HE IS A Wl] —■ — Democrats Think He Turn the Trick Year Muncie. Ind.. May 11—i nt , liticallv. in the Eighth disi ri * the coming month win cent« Democratic congressional no convention at Union City day, June 10, but on accoun fact that the people know well as then what the p rogl be, the gathering win no . 4 public attention that was foe the great Republican assemi Anderson when the delegates all day and night and to t hour of the next day before their choice of Senator N. kins. Congressman John a. ] will be nominated without ot at Union City. Bryan will b< ed for the presidency and T< shall, the Democratic gubet nominee, will probably be t greet the crowd and regale th an entertaining talk, f or is an interesting speaker and pleasing on the platform. Ad also be present if the unforse not intervene and prevent hi dance.. Congress will have ad by that time and the congresi expected to be heard in a of his record at Washington ai he pledges himself to do next the people are favorable to h tion next November. Democrats are confident Adali elected. By his unexpected two years ago they are led to that he has rare running quali public office and that he is 11 "repeat” in the next contest assert that he has made a cn representative in the national tive body and that is worthy people’s confidence two more 1

LAST EVENI Dr. Wilcox Gave Spll Lecture to Young F] During Service I The newly electee' officers I M. E. Epworth league were ■ installed into office Sunday nia an unusually interesting servic® enjoyed. Seats were reserved I large band of leaguers and aft J business session in the lecture] they occupied the first seats I auditorium and listened to a educating and forceful lecturJ the lips of Dr. C. B. Wilcox whl deeply interested in their work] lug the services the choir rel several selections I which was a selection from th! tion, "The Heavnes are Telling" Inspired every auditor. The d who were installed and thir resj positions are as follows: Jonas 1 president; Don Burk, first vied ident; Bessie Boyers. president; Susie Harrison, thin president; Mrs. Leota Beery. | vice-president; Frank Mills, trea Morine Edwards, secretary; MlcKean, pianist and Ethel I chorister.

A DELIGHTFUL T Miss Lydia Heckman E| tained Fort Wayne Gul Sunday A delightful Sunday evening was the one given by Miss Heckman at her home on north street in honor of out-of-town I The hostess served a six o’cloc ner, after which the evening spent fn music and games. The were the Misses Lenora Meme, Reinking and Edith Koch, of Wayne, Clara Boknecht, Mari* necht and Messrs. Albert Mu Tilman Gerber and Charley G< this city. Every one enjoyed t| iening and departed for their r tive homes voting Miss Hecku charming entertainer. — o — INFANT CHILD IS DEAI Mr. and Mrs. Louis Scherry o of the Washington church, are ing over the loss of their three old baby, which died last nig 9:00 o’clock. The remains we terred this afternoon.