Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 22 October 1908 — Page 1

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The absolute uncertainty of eanhly ' careers was vividly exemplified again 1 Tuesday a. m. when, at five minutes I past the hour cf five, with but a few ■ moments warning. Captain John < Phipps, known and beloved by all. | known as an army official and admired ! as a citizen, passed into the portals of death, leaving behind him one of the most remarkable and eventful careers ever recorded in the annals of Adams and Wells counties’ history. Eighty-one years of age. he even ' Monday, and throughout the closing j chapter of his long life journey, has manifested wonderful vitality, and excepting that excruciating ailment, heart disease, to which his constitution has been subjected f<r some years, he was believed to be hale and hearty and many had ventured that j the grand man would survive to cele-! brate his ninetieth anniversary. The ' decedant. until unusually late, contented himself by reading Monday night and retired, feeling in the best of health. Tuesday morning between the hours of four and five o’clock he awakened and informed Mrs. Phipps that he was going to arise. Knowing that it was very early, the latter remarked that he had better remain in bed a short time at least for further rest. Mr. Phipps then reposed, as it was thought, into a peaceful sleep. He had gone asleep so quickly. however, that the wife was caused alarm and she tried to arouse him. with no avail. She then proceded to light a candle and it is was at this time that reality of an outgoing life was in evidence, much to the grief of the devoted wife. Captain Phipps was born in Moreland county. Pa. When but a mere boy he yearned for an education, and by untiring efforts he attained a distinction as a scholar surpassed by few of his day. Some time prior to the breaking out cf the civil war he. with his parents, brothers and sisters moved to Wells county. Indiana, near Bluffton. He engaged in teaching school in that vicinity and was chos en as an instructor in a college at Portland, where he taught for one year. At the close of the term he went to Mississippi, locating near Vicksburg, where he taught in private schools, children cf many of the great planters, receiving a big compensation for same. In this state he taught Greek and Latin in addition to other studies. At this time it was rumored that war was near at hand and before Mr. Phipps could return to the north an order had been issued to not let people move from one section to the other. Determined net to fight against his fellow men. he planned to make a desperate effort to plant himself on northern soil and storing what school books on hand in a room where he boarded, he left, informing the lady of the house that he would return for same. He then set out for the north, encountering many troubles enroute, but landing safely in Wells county, Ind., where he immediately enlisted in Co. A, 34th regiment Indiana Infantry as a duty sergeant, October 4, 1861 Later he was promoted second lieutenant and captain of his company, and was in command of the company at its final muster out of the service February 3, 1866 at Brownsville, Tex. The 34th Indiana Infantry was assigned to General Grant’s army of the Mississippi, was with the regiment in all the hard fought battles from NewMadrid and Island No. 10 to the last battle of the war at Palmetto Ranch. May 13, 1865. After this battle the regiment marched to Brownsville, Texas, and remained there till Its final muster out of the service. While at Brownsville, Captain Phipps was appointed acting provost marshal general of that department. While on duty with the union army, Captain Phipps, with army uniform on, appeared at the house where he had stared the school books, and told the woman he had kept his word. Prior to the civil war Mr. Phipps was united in marriage to Miss Rebecca Eddington and during the controversy she was quartered at New Orleans. Prior to the marriage the deceased had lived at Hoagland, Wells county, Union township. Adams county and other places in this vicinity. He is survived by a heartbroken widow, son Walter, an operator in the Union station at Chicago, four sisters, Mrs. Levi Barkley, of Decatur, and Mesdames Hopkins and Mcßarnes, of Ft. Wayne, and Mrs. Koler. of Cromwell, Ind. His three brothers preceded him to the great beyond. An American flag tt half mast adorns the door of the late home of John Phipps. As we go to press the funeral arrangements have not been

; made definitely, although in all prob- ; ability it will be conducted Thursday a the Presbyterian church. Members i ot the G. A. R. will meet Wednesday night to arrange fo r the burial. New York, Oct. 19.—President ' | Roosevelt has made a contract with j | The Outlook company by which he ' . will become associate editcr of The | jOuriook after his retirement from the i us>dency. While the president was I at Oyster Bay last summer he was visji’ed by representatives o f many publishing houses in this and other cities. and it was announced he had made a contract with Charles Scribner's B ns for a story of his big game hunt. It was said authoratively on behalf of I the Scribner firm tonight that its conpi act with Roosevelt neither had been j modified nor abrogated. From this |i* is apparent that the new contract with the Outlook company calls for an entirely different line of work from that President Roosevelt agreed to undertake for the Scribners. It has been the general understanding ever since the existence of the Scribner contract was announced that Mr. Roosevelt was to give that firm al! his writings on the subjects of hunting and natural history, as well as on his travel observations. It is possible, however, that the range of his werk for the Scribners is more limited than has been supposed and that he has left for the Outlook a field of considerable proportions. The Outlock has taken a deep interest in the Congo Free State and the many and well substantiated stories from there of extraordinary cruelties practiced upon natives engaged in the rubber trade. It was suggested that Mr. Roosevelt might be intending to make a personal investigation of Congo conditions and report the results for the Outlook. Mr. Roosevelt has been much interested in this subject as president, and it was in accordance with his desire that his friend, Senator Lodge, had passed by the senate a resolution expressing the intention of the senate to stand by the president in any action he might be able to take looking toward action with any European country which would insure an amelioration of Congo conditions. This was after a great deal of clamor had arisen in this country and was meant us a notice to Belgium and England that sentiment here would back up the English efforts for better Congo conditions. The new contract also may mean that President Roosevelt will take advantage cf his African and European journey to make political observations which will not be covered by his contract with the Scribners. It already has been announced that he will travel in Europe to some extent after his return from the big game chase in Africa and lecture at Oxford and at the Corbonne in Paris. In all this there will be ample opportunity to give his periodical some articles which would attract wide attention in the United States. — A SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION Will Be Held in St. Marys Township Sunday. The St. Marys township Sunday school convention will be held at Calvary next Sunday and the program as arranged will be as follows: 2:30 p. m.—Song, Calvary school; prayer, Rev. C. L. Marsh: music, Calvary school: Sunday School Mission, Rev. L. C. Hessert; music, Bobo IT. B. school; address, Rev. Wise, C. L. Marsh; music, Bobo M. E. school; offering: benediction. 7:00 p. m—Music, Calvary school; prayer, A. Van Camp; music, St. Paul school; A Temperance Talk, A. Van Camp: music, Baptist school, Pleasant Mills; address, Hon. Clark Lutz, subject. “Duty of Parents to Sunday School;’’ song, M. E. church, Pleasant Mills; election of officers; benediction. — —o ~ There was a feeling of deep disappointment about the democratic headquarters Monday evening when a telephone message was received from the state headquarters, announcing that it had ben deemed necessary to change the route of Mr. Bryan on his trip through Indiana and to send him through the center of the state, instead of starting him in here as previously arranged. He will begin his Indiana trip at Richmond and close on the night of October 31st at Chicago. However the local democrats comforted themselves with the knowledge that the new route will take the great commoner through a labor section where his trip will be more effective.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, October 2a F9OB

Amos Hirschy vs. Lillie B. Andrews, j P- L. Andrews and C. C. Schug, note | and foreclosure of mortgage, f 506: 1 cause submitted; finding for plaintiff for $446.60. Finding for defendant jSchugg for $134.30 as second lien. Property ordered sold. ' Daniel Straub et a l vs. Chicago & Erie Ry. Co., damages, $1,500, demur- | rer filed to the complaint. H. L. Conter vs. Fort Wayne ft Springfield, damages $250, bill of exceptions number one presented, signed, filed and made part of record. David E. Scott vs. L. A. Graham, accounting, demurrer to third paragraph of answer filed. Conrad Gallmeyer, trustee, vs. Edwad Gallmeyer et al, motion by plaintiff to publish the deposition of Wil[liam Zwick and exceptions of defendant Fred Jaebker. Motion sustained. A. Gottschalk, executor of the W. H. Shepherd will, final report approved. Executor ordered to pay out funds as shown in report. Butler J. Nye, admr. of the Johnson Nye estate, filed a current report. A marriage license was granted to John L. Reitz, 37, a Jay county farmer, to Lena Eiting, 24, daughter of Cornelius Eiting, of Washington township. C. C. Moser has transferred to Jacob F. Moser, 90 acres In Hartford township, for $7,800. oWhile the account of the probating ■ of the R. B. Allison will in the issue of last evening covered that instrument so far as the vital points were concerned, we deem it of entough ■ interest to our readers to give a more • complete account of same. As stat--1 ed the will was written by Judge Merryman December 6. 1905, and is in ; eight paragraphs: i First —Provides for the payment of ■ debts, if there be any and for the payment, of funeral expenses. Second—Arranges for the payment i of $25.00 per month, to his beloved ■ sister, Jane A. Crabbs, so long as she : lives and payable every three months. ■ It is provided that when the estate is in condition to be finally settled, except as to those payments that the ■ heirs shall then execute to Mrs. Crabbs a bond guaranteeing the pay- ; ments as provided. It is his further will that Mrs. Crabbs be allowed to live in the house she now occupies on south Third street so long as she i lives and that the taxes, water rent and other expenses be paid. Third—Provides that as his beloved i wife, Catherine Allison has already > received a portion of the property that she now receive one-fourth of ' the estate that it may be equally divided, and that she shall have all the household goods, including the library. Fourth —Whereas, a paid-up life ini surance policy in the Connecticut Life Insurance company gives to Mrs. Al- ' lison, Mrs. Deam and R. K. Allison . each SI,OOO. therefore a legacy of SI,OOO is given to Mrs. Macke to equalize same. Fifth—Gives to each of the grandchildren living SI,OOO, to be paid di- • rect to those of age and to the guar- , dian where under age and this item . further directs that the estate remain open until such time as it requires that fifty per cent of the net income of estate will create a fund sufficient to pay off said bequests, pro- ! vided, however, that the wife and i children may proportionately pay • same if they desire. Sixth—After paying off these be- ■ quests, the will provides that the rest of the estate, real and personal, be divided one-fourth to Mrs. Catherine Allison, and one-fourth each to Jessie ■ Deam, R. K. Allison and Mary Macke, • the latter to take as a portion of her ■ share SIO,OOO stock in the Macke Real ■ Estate and Investment Co. Seventh —Provides that in case • Mrs. Deam should have died before i the death of Mr. Allison, then her i share should go to her child or chil- - dren; if no children were living then - the share was to revert to Mrs. Allii son and other two children. i Eligfhth —Provided similar condl- . tions for Mrs. Macke. - Ninth—Appoints Mrs. Catherin Allit son and the only son, R. K. Allison t as executors of the will. i Bond was filed in the sum of $200,- . 000.

Three cheers in three seconds is I going some in opening a political : speech but that ig what the Hon. Hany Warrum. of Indianapolis, get Tuesday, when he addressed a crowd that filled the court room. Mr. Warrum is known as one of the best orators of the country and he held up that reputation in his speech here. Democrats and Republicans alike praised his efforts and acknowledged the truth in his statements. In opening he declared that this is a democratic, year with a victory apparent on every I side. As he sees it Adair will be re-1 elected, Marshall will be chosen governor by over 30,000 and Bryan will sweep into the white house by a Imhjhty landslide. The speaker ex- ! plained the bank guarantee, the post- i tion of the Democrats on the tariff issue, the various other issues and closed with a brilliant twenty minutes' tribute to the great commoner, William J. Bryan. He is a sincere and earnest speaker, and his speech last night was without doubt one of the best ever heard in Decatur. Marshal] Day in Decatur, on next Wednesday, is to be the biggest of the ' campaign, and a large crowd is expected to attend. The brilliant and popular candidate for governor is scheduled to speak at the court house at two p. m. and the occasion will be a gala one. Get ready to come and help us make this the greatest day of the year. If you hear Senator Beveridge here next Tuesday you will have to get up in the morning, for we are informed that his address here will be delivered at seven o’clock in the morning, for about twenty minutes. ■o ■ - The expected suit of the Indiana Bermudez Asphalt company against the City of Bluffton was filed this morning by Morris W. Townley, an Indianapolis attorney. The amount demanded in the suit is the same as the amount demanded of the city at the last council meeting, $11,340.00. The city, according to R. W. Stine, city attorney, and other city officials, will probably be filed within a short ’ time and the city will endeavor to . show that instead of the city being in debt to the company the city is entitled to damages from the fact I that it has ben held up by the asph- . alt trust. Just how much damage will be demanded has not been determined . upon. People who wish to know the workings of a trust do not have to lis- . ten to campaign orators, but can see the results by the actions of the as- . phalt companies in regard to repair- • ing cf the city’s streets, which were > built by the Bermudez company. As- ; ter the company bad entered into a > contract for the repairing of the t streets for the final acceptance, a representative was sent here and posi1 tively refused to do all the repairing - but asked how much would have to r be done before the $13,525.58, which f the city kept as a guarantee fund. . would be spent. The Warren Bros. I Asphalt company and the Bermudez > company have both been absorbed by the trust and no company could be - gotten who would do the work. As a > result the city had to go into the . asphalt business, going to the exi pense of buying a plant and making 1 asphalt which the city officials were . inexperienced at. It may be that in the cross complaint the company will . be charged with violating the Sher- ■ man anti-trust law’. —Bluffton Banner. ——■ o ■ — ! Marshall Day is to be the biggest . thing ever held in this section, and . every Democrat in Adams county, besides every one else interested in this great campaign of the common people. . should arrange to be here on next Wednesday. In addition to the fact that the Hon. Thomas Marshall, cur brilliant, popular candidate for gov- ■ ernor, will be here to address the voters, it was learned today that the Hen. John W. Kern democratic nominee for the vice presidency, and Senator Gore, the blind statesman from Oklahoma, and one of the greatest of all American orators, will arrive here at twelve o'clock on that day on a special train and will address the j voters for an hour. This should make the day the biggest in history, for it has been many years since three men so great in the councils of their part> have visited Decatur on the same day. All three are great speakers, men who have national reputations and every! man. woman and child in this locality | should hear them. It has also been learned that Walter J. Lotz, of Muncie. democratic nominee for attorney general of Indiana, will speak at Berne and Geneva on Saturday, October 31., It will be a great finish.

The cause, James W. Drummond et | al vs. illiam and John B. Drummond partition, was heard yesterday and finding rendered for plaintiff that each is owner of undivided cne-eighth of real estate anti uuu veva Goffer,James Middleton, Benjamin Middleton and Lillie Mann is each an owner of 1-40 of value and Jane Hamilton of 1-60 and Orlie Khunley, C. L. Walters and Mary Tcuhcy of 1100 Sale ordered. C. L. Walters appointed commissioners and bond filed at SI,OOO. Dr. S. K. Christy vs. Benjamin Hahegger, admr., demurrer overruled, reply filed and cause continued by agreement. David Archer vs. M. F. Aspy. admr., .submitted, claim of $9.50 allowed. Rebecca Stauffer et al vs. John B. Duer et al partition. Motion by Benjamin Habegger, administrator of the Caroline Duer estate for an order that D. B. Erwin, commissioner pay judgment of S6OO and costs, rendered against John B. Duer, out of his share jot proceeds of sale of land. Motion sustained. A marriage license was issued to Ora C. Cross, 25, a laborer, and Bladys Michael, 17, of Geneva. Real estate transfers: Alex Bolds et al to George W. Bolds et al, 35 acres in Wabash township $2,800; Mary Draper to Mary Laisure, lot 2, Williams, $75; Jason Hobbs to J. W. Emenhiser, lot 1, Williams, $l5O. Clerk Haefling was unable to go to Indianapolis today, but will go tomorrow to secure the election ballots. . o The Council met Tuesday in regi ular session, Mayor France presiding, i and every councilman being present t except Christen, who was absent from s the city. Owing to the Wartrum t spech the council met at six o'clock, . completing their work before eight , and being permitted to attend the . same. The minutes of the last meett ing were read and upon motion apj proved after which the council pro- » ceeded to their regular routine of 3 work. The street and sewer committ tee presented several propositions - concerning sidewalks and upon mo--1 tion by Van Camp several walks in 1 the west part of the city were or- » dered sold as was one on Elm street. - The matter of sidewalk improvement j is causing the council considerable - annoyance, but they fully expect to - treat every citizen alike, and those > who have heretofore been notified to - put in improvements in this line and i failed, should not be surprised to find • the same sold and additional expense - added to their property. Attorneys - Lee Walters and E. Burt Lenhart ' then presented a petition to the coun- > cil asking that Monroe street be stoni ed from the G. R. & I. railroad west , to the entrance of the Maplewood . cemetery, the cost of construction to : be paid by the entire township. The ’ petition was immediately referred to • the street and sewer committee, who i returned a favorable report, and a > resolution was then adopted favoring ■ the petition, and granting the peti- ; tioners their prayer. The matter per- ■ taining to the water meters was then taken up, the water works committee reporting that they favored a minimum rate of $1.25 for all water consumers, and at the next meeting they would present to the council an ordinance governing the same, which they would ask to have adopted and put into immediate operation. It is the intention to retain the meters, but to have a minimum rate which will no doubt remedy all trouble in this line. The following bills were then read and allowed: Thos. Ehinger * 5 - 63 Kirsch-Sellemeyer & Sons.... 21.26 Ft. Wayne Eject. Works.... 1.30 W. G. Nagel Elect. Co 14.49 Sunday Creek Coal Co 176.16 Henry Peters 16.60 National Mill Supply Co 36.15 Latta Martin Pump Co 2.70 J. Martin 14 00 ,J. Swift 700 S. Spuller 9 F. Snyder 690 G R. & 1 5136 C & 251.53 Bass Foundry 32.53 C. W. Dorwin 10.50 D. F. Teeple 67.00 No further business coming before the council, they adjourned, to meet or. Monday, November 2nd. o D. W. Lake, of Toledo, is visiting with his two sons, Lawrence and Dell Lake, He formerly lived here.

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Indianapolis. Ocj. 21. -The Republican state committee went straight ,RP Monday night whep a v a 8 received at headquarters, stating that owing to the serious conditi n of his voice, W. H. Taft would rot be able to fill his speaking dates in Indiana. The dispatch came from New York and said that the threat specialist who travels with Taft advised the candidate against making outdoor speeches in this state. Yesterday in New York. Chairman Hitchcock, of the Republican national committee, eon firmed the statement and said that he was in communication with the Republican organization officials in Indiana with regard to the change of plan. As soon as word was received Monday night Will H. Hays, chief of the speakers' bureau, set the telephone and telegraph wires to sizzling with demands that the original schedule of speaking in this state be carried out, and at 2 o'clock, yesterday morning, he received word from national headquarters in Chicago that Taft will make the trip according to the original plan and that all speeches will be made. The fact is that Taft will be on the special train during the three days’ trip over Indiana, but whether he will make outdoor speches or not is another question. Mr. Hays says he will, and Hitchock says he will not. Up to last evening Hays said he had not received any additional information on the subject and he was taking it for granted that all the speches will be made. Hitchcock said that other speakers will have to do the speaking. Mr. Taft can wave his i hand at the crowds, but other speak- • ers will have to deliver the oratorical goods. One man connected with the Repfubliaan state headquarters said - it was strange that they were not ad , vised as to the exact intention of the t national chairman in this matter. “I i should think if they intended to hand i us a lemon like this they would tell , us about it,’’ he said. “But we have t had no word, except that Taft will » make all his speches as scheduled. I . suspect, however, that what is meant i- is that Taft will not make such long >- speeches as were planned for him. but f that he will at least say something at - each place.” s > 1 i- The various merchants of Decatur i received some time ago the following •- invitation from Toledo: The members . of the wholesale and manufacturers t board of the Toledo chamber of coms merce invite you to be present on a the occasion cf their first annual trade e week, Tuesday, Wednesday and a Thursday, October 20, 21 and 22, and I this morning Samuel E. Hite and Fred I V. Mills left for the Ohio city to enjoy ? the hospitality of the men of whom 3 they buy much of their goods. For t years Toledo wholesale merchants - have received a goed patronage from '- Decatur merchants. The trade week t occasion is for the purpose of estab--1 lishing a personal friendliness with > their customers, hence they extended ? their kind invitation to merchants 3 throughout the country. More and 3 more each day the busness men and i wholesalers are becoming more inti--5 mately related personally, as well as - in a business way, and it will no doubt - result favorably to all concerned. The i hospitalities of the Toledo people is > evidenced by the following program - which will be carried out: Tuesday - afternoon, ride around the Maumee ’ belt, passing Fort Meigs; short stop - at Ford Plate Glass works; Tuesday i evening, theater party; Wednesday I afternoon, automobile ride; evening, i banquet at Hotel Secor; Thursday afternoon. trip to Libby Glass works; I evening, theater party. The Decatur ; gentlemen will Certainly enjoy this program. TWO FARMS IN DANGER. Hamilton County Fields and Forests Swept by Flames. Noblesville, Ind.. Oct. 20.—The fire i which has been raging since Saturday night on the farms of Conrad and Horace Brown, is still burning and heavy losses are threatneed. The fire I was started by men clearing in the Brown woods Saturday. The ground II is covered with underbrush. At times ; the flames leap as high as the tree I tops. Two fields of corn were partly I damaged this afternoon and tonight I eighty rods of line fence between the I Horace Brown and T. F. Paterson > farms was totally destroyed. Charles Sylvester, the tenant on Brown’s farm, and about fifty other farmers have bee nworklng night and day to subdue ; the flames. Noblesville has been I clouded with smoke for forty-eight hours.