Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 1 October 1908 — Page 1

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As chilly as was the weather conditions cfMonday night,the Democratic meeting held at the court house was xhe warmest recorded in the county for years, in which the Hon. James M Robinsen convincingly and impartially discussed the important issues .of the pending campaign to a large a nd enthusiastic miscellaneous audience. The speech was scheduled for 7:30 and long before the stated time, the court rcom was well occupied by men and women desirous of hearing the summit city attorney and excongressman from the Twelfth district. County Chairman Gallogly accompanied by Mr. Robinson, arrived at the court room at 7:45 and after calling the meeting to order, Mr. Gallcgly announced that the ladies' quartet would he unable to render selections as advertised for the reason ■cf their number was sick. This done he immediately introduced the speaker. whose physique would not indicate his wonderful vitality and forcefulness 1 of speech he possesses, but ere the talk proceeded far every hearer became bo impressed that perfect quietude reigned throughout the course of the meeting and every word uttered was heard in the mos tremote parts of the room with ease. | In the opening of the address. Mr. Robinson paid a tribute to Adams county, stating that he knew of no county that had been as faithful to the party of the people and that at one time she ranked foremost of all counties in the state. Ear splitting applause followed and the speaker resumed by interestingly relating of the origin of the Democratic party. In part he said: Jefferson was the founder cf the Democratic party. He laid the foundation for a government of, by and for the people. With this blessings of free government came •duties and obligations. Eternal vigilance always has been, is now. and until the end of human government will be, the price of liberty. The declaration of independence is our bill of rights, the constitution secures them, hut the voter with patriotism in his heart and intelligence in his head must perform his duty at the polls, or ■ bis rights will be turned aside and his ■ liberties wasted. Jefferson and his ■cn-wcrkerg denied the claim of kings ■and emperors, that they had a God■giren right to rule, and placed the ■power in the hands of the people. If ■evils of government have grown up. ■it is because the majority of the vot■ers have been negligent for they have ■the power to rule themselves. He con■tinued- The people, the bank depcsi■*ors wil] support the Democratic polB’s. as announced in its platform, ■’tick places behind the deposit a that a fund should be proto pay depositors in case of ■oss. The banks are not philanthropic ■‘sencipg of the national government of the people. They are the wisest safest institutions through which ,■ banking business can be done. He told in detail of the advantages the guarantee deposit law, advo- ■ a!p d by William Jennings Bryan and in the Denver platform and ■fate,] that at one time the government deposited in the national banks the country $167,000,000 of governfunds, that had been collected by from the people and for which IWf government had no use. This was to banks without interest, but eover nnien t took then, as it now security for these vast sums, ls ,he government is entitled to why not secure the depositor. * s the author of the existence of hanks. This line of thought was interesting, and inasmuch as it ° f n ° denial, every auditor abthe information with eagerness ’ " f“'l from the lips of the ex-con- ■.'.■ ess ’nan. Having conclusively prov- ■ ,hfi value of the guarantee law. Mr. L^t' nR ° n d we lt for some little time on high protective tariff, the mother trusts and monopolies, demonclearly that it was by this 5 that the so-called infant indusgß** have grown to such an extent have combined together, fixing cn their output as they desired ' wealth, of the country has Rl^F’ ntrate d in the hands of a few. . flr as t r &tion, probably the most pracd can be advanced, was given r ' Robinson using the steel trust exam dd e - First convincing the that American manufacturers Produce and manufacture steel -BF chea Ply than any other country ]:<* w °rld, he continued by saying: r. auppose that steel can be i Q America for S2O per ton, pe r cen t o f w hich is the nt M o ' iahor, twenty-five per cent is M( i fifty per cent, the cost of i Supposing that steel "■

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can be produced in England for twenty dollars, but ag our republican friends contend that labor is cheaper there than here we will deduct the twenty-five per cent for labor, which will make the price sls per ton. It will cost $5.00 for the shipment of the steel to America and by not calculating one cent for the foreign labor the American steel mills can compete with them fcr who will send across the sea for material when it can be purchased at home for the same price. Many such plausible assertions were made and the authenticity of same were much in evidence as a result of vivid illustrations. The address was concluded by paying tribute to Bryan, Kern and Marshall and at th emention of either, cheer after cheer arose. It was a great meeting.

The dastardly work of home talent i thieves in Decatur has certainly i aroused the dignity of the people, and a strenucus effort is to be made to deVise plans by which the criminals will be brought to justice. Another has been added to the long list of home talent robberies, the meat market of Simeon J. Haines being the subject for the latest crusade, which was well executed Monday night. The robbers who were apprised of the conditions of the building, gained entrance to the cellar and ascending the cellar steps to a door opening to the shop, they cut a hole in the door and by the use of a wire, unlatched the hook which secured same, the lock being out of commission, a fact well known by the thieves as is indicated by their manner of forcing entrance. The cash register contained six dollars in small denominations, which was taken, and indicative to the viciousness of the pillagers, they took with them a big clever, dropping same as they reached the alley, showing that in the event they were accosted they would resort to stringent resources in making good their escape. The monotony of tolerating such burglaries is much in evidence and a strenuous effort will be made to abolish the practice. But a slight clue is in the possession of the officers as to the identity of the thieves as yet, but a rigid investigation will be made.

Richmend, Ind., Sept. 29. —Wayne county voters will be among the first in Indiana to decide whether saloons shall longer exist in their midst. Saturday afternoon, within an hour after word had ben received that Governor Hanly had affixed his signature to the county local option bill, a petition was in circulation in Richmond asking the board of county commssionerg to call a special election. Temperance people in every township in the county are now having an opportunity to sign, and according to members of the ministerial association. the requisite number of signatures will have been obtained within the next few days. There are approximately 11,000 voters in Wayne county, and 2,200 names are necessary on the petition. In almost every pulpit in the Richmond churches yesterday the ministers made reference to the temperance victory gained and praised the work of the general assembly. It was stated here yesterday on good authority that the liquor men do not intend to give up the fight by any means, and will immediately set forth to organize their forces in an attempt to defeat the temperance people at the polls.

The authorities are again looking /ip the condition of Sam Fisher and his family, who have ben living in a tent in the north part of town. Since the weather has tu-ned cooler, they are of course uncomfortable and nearly the entire family are sick. Sam is unable to work and besides he cannot secure a house in town, no one caring to rent to him on account cf the filthy condition of himself and family. It is stated on good authority that the recent illness of this family was caused by Sam taking home a steak which he cut from the body of a cow which had died of some disease. The family enjoyed their fill from the roast and the next morning all were more or less sick, both Mr. and Mrs. Fisher, still being far from well. It is probable that the entire family will be taken to the county farm for the winter, as no other remedy seems at hand. Township Trustee Hite will be asked to take care of the family at once, and he will likely turn them over to the county. Such depraved conditions as exist in the | Fisher family are deplorable, and there is, of course, no cause for same, but they are there and nothing remains for a civilized community to do but take care of them.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, October i 1908.

Iv was announced at Republican state headquarters Monday that W. H. Taft will make a tour of Indiana in a special train. The state committee has not yet learned the time when he will make his swing through the state. The list of places where he will speak will be arranged soon bv Will H. Hays, chairman of the speakers’ bureau. If President Roosevelt decides to enter the campaign actively he will speak in Indiana. The state committee has this assurance. It is expected that he will deliver several speeches during the last part of the campaign. The state com mittee has been informed from national headquarters that Senator Beveridge is in great demand. In recognition of the sacrifice Indiana makes in giving Senator Beveridge to the 'national campaign the national comj mittee assigned Governor Hughes, James S. Sherman, candidate for vice (president, and Seth Low, ex-mayor of New York, to speak in Indiana. All arrangements have been completed for the' visit of Mr. Sherman. Mr.

Hays announced yesterday that the fVst big Sherman meeting in this state will be at Muncie next Monday afternoon, when Mr. Sherman will be the speaker at the Eighth district rally. Congressman Samuel W. McCall of the eighth Massachusetts district will

also speak at the big rally. It is planned to have represenatives from the entire Eighth Indiana district in attendance at the meeting, asd it Is expected the gathering will be one of th. largest of the campaign. o DEMANDED MONEY, GOT CANNED Such Was the Fate of C. B. & C. Employes. “Your services with the C. B. & C. railroad are no longer desired.” This is the message that came as a great su-prise to several men in the employ o’ the road Friday at Bluffton. Although the deal has been pending for the last wek it was thought that the matter would be settled and the men still remain in the employ of the road, but several old employes of the road now are not on duty. A large number cf the men who have all the way from fifty to three hundred dollars coming from the road, filed claims some time ago against the company. The claims were first filed in a bunch and later they were filed separately. It is on account of the filing of the claims that the men were discharged, it is claimed. William Tate, formerly of Bluffton, who has ben employed with the road at Portland; John Hendershot, the well known contractor, who hag made his home in Huntington since being employed with the company. He wilt probably return to his home in Moundsville, W. Va. Rcss Grabel, of Huntington, has succeeded Hendershot. He knows the work of the train, having been working as a btakeman for several months. J. B. Rabb, of Portland, has taken the work o’ Grabel. WIDOW OF 70, HUSBAND 26. Was Mrs. De Peyster is Rich and Had Two Husbands. Johnstown, N. Y., Sept. 28. —Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bolton, the 26-year-old groom and 70-year bride, who were married at Sunnyside, Mrs. Bolton’s country place here, spent the first day of their honeymoon on a long auto spin. The village and country

; folks are taking the liveliest interest I in the newly wedded couple for Mrs, i Bolton, as Mrs. Anna G. Ross de Pey- ■ ster. has been prominent here for gen- ■ erations. The marriage was a great ! surprise to Mrs. de Peyster’s friends, i The Rev. W. W. Elsworth, pastor of , St. Johns Protestant Episcopal church i o’ Johnstown, officiated, and the bride was given away by a cousin. William ;'Herring. of Philadelphia. The inter- . ior of the house was profusely dec- . orated with flowers from Mrs. de Peys- . ter’s own greenhouses. Only a few friends cf the couple were present at ' the ceremony, after which a luncheon was served. Mr. and Mrs. Bolton will 'remain in Johnstown until October, (when they will return to Mrs. de Peyster’s apartment in Euclid Hall, New York. Mrs. de Peyster’s maiden name was Anna G. Campbell. She 1 was the widow of Mr. Ross when she 'married the late Col. Beckman de Peyster. By the terms of her first husband’s will she receives an income of SIO,OOO a year in trust. The Ladies Hisorica! Club will meet this evening with Mrs. Nannie Miller at her home, corner of Adams and Line street, when the regular program I will be rendered.

Charles D. Fuhrman was the victim of a pleasant surprise party at his home near Friedheim on R. F. D. 1 last Sunday, the occasion being his sixty-seventn mrthday. Beginning at nine o'clock the children, grandchildren and other relatives began to arrive and it was no little surprise to Mr Fuhrman when at twelve o’clock they all rushed in upon him. An elegant dinner had been prepared consisting of all the delicacies of the i season to which all did ample justice. The afternoon was spent in games and a general good time was enjoyed Iby all who were present. At six o'clock a supper equally as good as ■ the dinner, was served after which the guests departed for their respec- ! tive homes, wishing grandfather Fuhr- ' man many mere such happy events. ■ j Those present were Messrs, and Mes- ■ dames Charles Fuhrman, John Fuhr- ' man, Andy Fuhrman, Martin Kirchner, Charles Ewel, Ernest Doehrman, ■ August Fuhrman. Ernst Fuhrman and I Mrs. K. Humbrock, Herbert, Frances ■ and Amalia Kirchner, Amanda. Alwire, Emilie, Oscar and Olga Ewel, ! Irma. Martha, Arthur, Rudi, Gerhard and Luella Doehrman, Earl and Hillis 5 Fuhrman and Mildred and Helen

Fuhrman. The Ladies' AJd Society of the Christian church will meet at the home of Mrs. George Steele on First street, Friday afternoon. 3t The St. Vincent de Paul Society will meet at the home of Mrs. Charles Vcglewede tomorrow afternoon and an interesting session is assured.

Charles D. Krick vs. Julia Elliott et al, motion by J. D. Krick one of the defendants, for an order to have commissioner make distribution of proceeds of sale of real estate, and to make his final report. Motion sustained. • Attorney David E. Smith filed a new case in which Henry A. and Sarah A. Tindall and Jacob Togle is defendant, petition for partition of real estate. Charles H. Ijammiman, guardian for May, Effie and Elizabeth Jacobs, filed his final report which was allowed, and he wag discharged. Amos W. Snyder, executor for John Snyder, filed his final report and same was approved by special judge, R. S. Peterson and executor was discharged upon filing receipts of shares distributed. Real estate transfers: J. O. Hendricks et al to W. S. Smith, small tract in Monroe township, $250; B. W. Sholty to William Richard, lot 970, Decatur, $100; R. D. Patterson et al to Christian Schultz, inlots 689. 690 and fpart of 691 Decatur, $1,200. o The first real trial for this term of court began Monday morning when the case of Daniel B. Ford vs. Smith Shoemaker and William Anderson was called and it will probably continue for three or four days. Attorneys for the plaintiff are Peterson & Moran, and C. J. Lutz and for the defendant are D. D. Heller & Son and David E. Smith. About two hours was taken up in empanelling the jury and the attorneys statements were then made. The suit was filed in April, 1907, and alleged that some time during the fall of 1906 Ford employed Shoemaker and Anderson to bale hay for him. The complaint says that when they had completed the work they run the engine up near the wood house to get fuel and that in firing up they allowed some live coals or sparks to escape from the smoke stack and set fire to the wood house and that the flames, spreading to the house, destroyed same and the contents with a loss of $3,400. The sum of $4,000 is demanded to cover all the loss and expenses. It is alleged that the engine was defective and that no spark arrester was used. The de- ■ fendants deny that they were careless or that they caused the fire and the i throughout, probably going to the jury : on Thursday. The jury as accepted I and sworn includes Elijah Walters, 1 Samuel Schindler, Garrett Voglewede, i Ezrta Reber. William Hart, Walter 1 French, Coat Cook, Lafayette Baker, t William D. Conrad, Joseph Johnson, 1 H. M. Mathewson and W. W. Smith, d

John Prilliman arrived home Saturday evening from Chicago to visit here with his mother until he is called to work by the western railroad company. He passed the required examination at Chicago, but the company had no vacancy at the time. He will be called to work as soon as an operator is needed. —Bluffton News.

Advertising is a plain business prop-osition-nothing mere and nothing <j less. It i s all very well to talk of the t art of advertising and the science of ( advertising. There is the same qual- ( ity of art and science in successful advertising as there is to be found in a any other successful business. Good ’ advertising dees not require so much ( art and science as it requires good | judgment and common sense. Mrs. Wilfred Wisehaupt left this ', morning for Eden, Okla., to join her husband, who has been there four months working in the artificial ice 1 plant, and they will make that place * their future home. He says he likes < the country very much. While here t Mrs. Wisehaupt was the guest of her mother, Mrs. D. E. Scott, at Magley. ' Also J. D. Wisehaupt of this city. 1 | The monotony ,of a continuous ’ drought of forty-one days duration was bioken early Monday a. m. when for a few hours perspiration from the overhanging clouds fell in torrents upo nthe dry, baked land of northeastern Indiana, and as a result the farmers can begin to think about breaking their land preparatory to sowing their wheat. Many of the very oldest citizens of Decatur state that they never never before experienced such a long dry spell and not for many years has this section of the country been in such a deplorable state. With prospects brighter than have loomed up for ten years for a big crop of good corn, the farmers a few weeks ago were hopeful of exceeding all former records as to the number of bushels to the acre. But the excessive heat and lack of rainI fall did away with the fondest hopes and many contented themselves, cutting the corn before it was fully ripe, and all in all, this year’s crop can only be termed ordinary. The point 1 had also been reached when the farmer was perplexed as to how and ’ when he could break his ground for f the planting of (Mg wheat. The I ground had become so hard in the course of the drought that it would be impossible to plow same. For 1 these reasons the farmers are much " elated over the fact that the weather man has extended the courtesy. The conspicuous absence of rain has also caused much sickness, many cases of typhoid fever resulting as a con- ’ sequence of the dryness, but we are all thankful that it rained and let that settle it.

’ The excessive warmth of the atmosphere of Sunday evening was not considered by those who anticipated 1 attending the third lecture of Dr. C. ) B Wilcox at the M. E. church, and ag a consequence the spacious auditorium and adjoining lecture room f were comfortably filled when the > opening of the appropriate services . was signaled by two inspiring organ s selections by Mrs. Elia Bell. The s choir added to the interest of the - services by rendering a beautiful an- , them, after which the ladies’ quartet t sang ‘‘Unerring Guide.” The usual I form wag then observed, after which . Dr. Wilcox entered upon his lecture, I namely, “Our Mother Eve and the i Lost Atlantis.” The importance of , the theme was soon in evidence as • the able minister related history, authentic as it was, going back 12,000 years, which is nearly 6,000 years before the Christian era, or the birth of Christ. Eulogizing mother Eve, characterizing her as the most beautiful of all women, Dr. Wilcox drifted to the perplexing question as to location of the Garden of Eden. Three countries iay claim to this, that is, three theories, namely historian!. Biblical and scientific have been advanced, each purporting a different location. The scientific theory and its supporters contend that the Garden of Eden wag located on the American continent, at Yucatan, in Mexico, while the other two theiries have it in other countries. After dwelling for some time on this phase of his theme, Dr. Wilcox closed by paying tribute to the women of today. “There is but li'tle change in the women of today as compared with those of six thousand years ago.” he said. Then reading a record which purported that the ancient women were to be given plenty of perfume, petted, etc., in exchange for their good will, he clearly demonstrated to the men at least, the authenticity of the statement about the unchanged characteristics. . At the close of the discourse a male chorus rendered a pleasing selection and thus one of the most interesting meetingg of the year goes down in history.

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After a year has passed since his lisappearance and every effort has seen made by G. W. Blauser, guardian f his children, it is now thought that - ornelius Taylor has been heard from, ilthough dead. Sheriff Lipkey Monlay received a letter from Sheriff W. 3 Funston, of Sullivan, 111., stating Lhai a man wa s found dead in his county last April, who resembled the atissing Ossian man. He stated that if Mr. Taylor had not been located yet tie would send a picture of the deceased here. Immediately after receiving the letter Mr. Lipkey wrote to the sheriff in Illinois asking him to send him the picture. The Illincis man received one of the circulars sent out from this city May 9, 1908 on which was a description of the man with the picture. The sheriff evidently did not receive a circular until recently and he was struck with the likeness of the picture to the one which had bee taken of the dead man. No particulars concerning the death of the man found in Sullivan was given in the letter received by Mr. Lipkey. Mr. Taylor, who was demented. left his home at Ossian, August 17, 1907. Since that time, although every effort has been made to locate him all have been unsuccessful, G. W. Blauser, guardian of the children of Taylor has sent out thousands of circulars and on numerous occasions it was thought that the man had been found, but each report proved false. The last bunch of circulars which were sent out was on May 9, 1908, which was after the date when the dead man was found at Sullivan, which was on April 29 of this year. Mr. Lipkey telephoned to Mr. Blauser this morning telling him of the letter and stating that at last it looks as if the missing man had been discovered dead.—Bluffton Banner.

Lying at a hospital in Yellowstone. Park, John, the son of Mr. and Mrs. s Isaac Debolt, of this city, is sufferI ing from injuries received while attempting to stop the dastardly work ' of the bandit, who a few weeks ago , held up several stage coaches in the , famous park. Mr. Debolt who is a i member of Troop E, of the H. cavalry . was detailed for police duty in the , park, and as he was riding to and fro on his steed he heard the cries of the occupants of the coaches. He and several of his comrades, members of the standing army, hurried to the scene and as Debolt was approaching his horse was shot, the animal falling forcibly with the Decatur youth underneath. Debolt was badly injured by the fall and was at once taken to a hospital, where his injuries were cared for and according to the letter written by him he is now recovering nicely and will be able to resume his duties. The many Decatur friends of the young man are glad to hear that ho was not seriously injured. o PAPAL SECRETARY TO QUIT? American and English Prelate Said to Oppose Merry del Vai. Rome, Sept. 30.—According to the Avanti, Cardinal Merry del Vai. the papal secretary of state, is about to retire. This step, it is asserted, is an outcome of representations made to the Vatican by American and English prelates, but 'particularly tby Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop Ireland. who objected to the secretary’s severe measures against modernism. According to the Avanti, Cardinal Vannutelli received these complaints in London at the time of the Eucharistic congress, and transmitted them to the pope. In the event of Merry del Vai’s retirement he probably will be succeeded by Cardinal Rampolia. who formerly held this office. Rampolia’s return to power would mean a policy of dignified conciliation with regard to France an dan attitude of greater reserve toward Italy.

R. O. Culbertson, for the past two years chief engineer of the C. B. & C. railroad with headquarters in this city, has been promoted and his office quarters changed to Huntington. His new position will be that of tariff superinendont of the line. He will keep his residence in this city until after election to retain his vote for William Jennings Bryan. His parents. C. L. Culbertson and wife, will make their future home in Huntington, taking up their residence there in about two weeks. They now reside in Ohio.—• Bluffton Banner.