Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 29 October 1908 — Page 1

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When John Worth Kern, democratic ' nominee for vice president, and General J. B. Weaver, the distinguished lowa veteran and the other noted visitors. accompanied by newspaper reporters and the reception committee who had met the party at Fort Wayne, descended the platform of the special car at the Fort Wayne & Springfield interurban station Tuesday night, they looked out over a very sea of faces that extended for a block in every direction and almost prevented the party from, reaching the speakers’ stand erected at the west side of the court house. The big night meeting excelled anything ever seen in this city and Billy Blodgett, of the Indianapolis News estimated the crowd at from 10,•00 to 12,000 and the thing that makes the workers feel so good is the fact that no special effort was made to advertise the affair. It was great. Everything was carried out as planned and the boys in charge are certainly deserving of due praise for each did bis part and did it well. A monster torchlight procession was pulled off just before the special arrived. and was a dandy all right It started from the city hall and under command of Capt. John T. Myers was handled perfectly. The men in charge at the starting point Samuel Doak, J. D. Rleter and all the others, had control of the getaway and this hardest of all jobs was done in away that proved previous experience. As the prade progressed the red fire all along the line showed that Dr. D. D. Clark had carefully carried out his plans, and the boys in line were cheered by thousands as they progressed. The line of march was as announced and enthusiasm all the way was great. The parade was led by George Braun astride a prancing mule, and he was followed by about eight or ten nicely decorated automobiles, with Jesse Niblick in charge. Then came the bands, three of them, and a thousand mea bearing torches. Interspersed were a number of banners, fitting the occasion and the various issues of the campaign. The parade got back to the court house at a few minutes before the arrival of the Kern special and as the car came through Second street cheer after cheer rent the air and when they arrived at Court street, the yells were enough to bring pleasure to the hearts of the visitor. A committee of Decatur people met the Kern party at Fort Wayne, in a special decorated in style and escorted them to this city. In the crowd were Lew Ellingham, chairman; H. S. Michaud, Senator Tyndall, Dr. J. W. Vizisard, J. H. Heller, J. P. Haefling, C. H. Ernst, C. S. Niblick. J. F. Lachot, John Ehrman, C. J. Lutz, F. M. Schirmeyer, T. J. Durkins, E. X. Ehinger, T. M. Oallogly, W. H. Fldederjohann, L. C. DeVoss, Samuel Simison, Jesse Kelly and J. Fred Fruchte. The car was in charge of Conductor David Hunsicker and Motorman Samnet Schindler. Arriving at the stand here Mr. C. J. Lutz, acting as chairman of the meeting, introduced the lion. John W. Kern, and as he looked out over that great throng of people he was cheered to the echo and cheered again and again. He spoke for thirty minutes and the crowd was with him every second of that time. His voice was a little out of tune, but he was fairly well heard. He began with a tribute to the throng, saying that this was the grandest audience he had spoken to during the campaign and that it looked mighty good to him. He went after the republican party in good style and accused them of using a big slush fund. He was followed by that veteran, General Weaver, of lowa, who spoke for over an hour and held the closest attention of the big audience and giving them much to think about. The party left here at ten o'clock for Fort Wayne, where they spent the night, leaving next morning for another tour over the state. Every man who had a part in the occasion did his best, and deserves due credit. Judge Sturgjis this afternoon received a letter from Judge R. K. Erwin, tn which he, Judge Erwin, now located in Ft. Wayne, declines to act further as special judge in the case c f John W. Terrell. He was the last appointee as special judge In the case but he did not care to continue juris diction in the case after he retired from the bench as judge of the Adams circuit court. Judge Sturgis said that he had not yet appointed a new special judge. Terrell continues about the same at the county jail as when first returned from Richmond. He was visited today by his daughter Lucy. Bluffton News.

Several changes in election inspec- : tors were necessary and the commiss.oners held a hurryup session and made these changes. The list complete is as follows: East UMon—Frank Mclntosh. West Union— J. D. Nidlinger. East Root—George Gase West Root—C. H. Getting. North Preble—Henry Dirkson. South Preble—G. W. Rupright. North Kirkland— H. C. Breiner. South Kirkland—J. V. Pease. East Washington, Conrad Gillig. West Washington— Henry Eiting. North St. Marya-Elzey Jackson. South St. Marys—John Noll. North Blue Creek—William Frazier. South Blue Creek—William Raudebush. North Monroe—M L. Oliver. Middle Monroe—Jacob Huger. French—J. C. Augsburger. North Hartford —Moses Augsburger. South Hartford— Samuel Stahl. North Wabash —Samuel Soldner. Ceylon— Henry Decker. East Jefferson—J. J. Tester. West Jefferson— Marion Ketchem. Berne “A"—Phil Schug. Berne "B" —J. D. Winteregg. Geneva "A"—A. J. Byrd. Geneva “B”—W. W. Briggs. Decatur A, Ist Ward—Henry Hite. Decatur B, Ist Ward—George Patterson. Decatur A, 2nd Ward—C. Voglewede. Decatur B, 2nd Ward—James Hurst. Decatur A, 3rd Ward—J. F. Snow. Decatur B, 3rd Ward —Joseph McFarland. The above inspectors will come Saturday for the ballots and supplies, as the law sets this day. The election commissioners have requested us to give this notice prominence, so that each and every inspector will be on hand. The election commissioners will have a busy week, but they are getting along with their work rapidly and with less of anxiety and distress than usually follows the process of having printed, wrapped and sealed the ballots for use on election day. o Decatur people, those who were in the downtown district were treated to a little political surprise Tuesday that had not been advertised in the regular way, when the Wendle party touring the country in the interest of the Hearst party, arrived here in a big touring car which has gained fame by making the run in the 40.Q00 mile Glidden tour, and the driver was no less a personage than Elroy McMamre who drove the car in that trip. In the party was C. A. Wendle, editor of the Gattling Gun, J. M. Zion, candidate for governor of Indiana on the Independent ticket and Frank Shannon, a •ornetist. The party travels unanf. nouced going where they please and when they please. They came from Bluffton and went to Fort Wayne. Mr. Wendle made a speech in which he assailed both the old parties and then went after everybody and everything. He was followed by Mr. Zion, the Clark’s Hill apple raiser and candidate for the governorship, who paid the greater part of his attention to the local candidates, shooting a few hot ones at Adair and Hawkins and the two candidates for governor. The party left here about 10:30 after an hours . stop. Mr. Dahl, of the Chicago Examiner, was also with the party. o— The special interurban car. chari tered by the local camp of Modern i Wodmen run to Ft. Wayne Tuesday night, was taxed to its capacity witn candidates for adoption and members of the order, who were royally enter- . tained by the Fort Wayne camp dur- ■ tag the evening. After a short business session the initiatory work wes , conferred upon four Decatur cand - , dates and it was great, to say the least. . This wafe followed by a luntheon which satisfied the appetite of all. The ■ clerk of the Fort Wayne camp then . announced the fact that on December 21, both afternoon and evening, a g or tnus time would be had in that tjA the national lecturer to be present. A large class of candidates will also be given the work, the team to be selected before that date. Represent- . t” the Decatur camp. C. L. Walters promised the unswerving BU PP°* of the local organization and candidates ■ from here win be given the work: a . that time. Another special car wll , be chartered at the time of thisJ event Decatur camp has now a membership I of more than 130. She is growing. ■ A public sale of the personal prop- : erty of the late Jacob Mangold will : be held Saturday afternoon at i Bremerkamp building on , street, when they will offer. all the . household goods and some other property as announced on the

Decatur, Indiana. Thursday, October 2q

Portland, Ind., Oct. 19, 1908. j We, the undersigned business and professional men of Portland, Indiana, who are republicans and personally acquainted with John A. M. Adair, and have transacted business with him, take pleasure in testifying to the fact that he is a man of tlhe highest characer and whose reputation for honesty and integrity, both as a pri-1 vate citizen and public servant, has' never been questioned, and we have no I hesitancy in saying that the charges that are being made against him are false and mlicious. L. G. Holmes, Hay and Grain Dealer. N. H. Gable, Cigars and Tobaccos, 4% years in army. J. L. Johnson, hardware. Joe. E. Seiss, farmer. Theodore Bailey, attorney. S. H. Adams, staves and heading manufacturer. W. A. Thomas, Insurance and real estate. C. W. Holmes, marble and granite dealer. W. D. Yount, hardware and stoves. S. C. Ewery, hardware and stoves. L. Brandenberg, stationery engineer. John W. Mills, bank cashier. John W. Holmes, real estate. Dr. S. A. Braddock, dentist, J. R. 'Williams, grocer. Wilson Rice, oil producer. J. M. Henry, retired farmer. W .A. Fields, oil worker. Frank A. Straley, furniture. Peter Bergman, U. S. veteran. H. O. Weldon, hotel man. Chas. C Stoltz, furniture and undertaking. o Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 26. —The fate of Canada, headed by Sir Wilfred Laurier as premier, depends upon the battle of ballots which is being waged in the Dominion today. Ontario promises to go strongly Conservative. Quebec will again give the premier the strong backing it always has given him, with a majority of about 60 members. The chances of the Laurier administration being defeated are remote. Libeltale, ped by Sir Alfred Laurier, having been in office since 1896, having been re-elected twice in the interval, though of Sir Wilfred's first government of fifteen membeis only Sir Richard Cartwright. Hon. W. S. Fielding, Sir F. W. Borden, Hon. Sydney Fisher and Hon. William Patterson remain. Three are dead, two were appointed to the high court and four retired. That Sir Wilfred Laurier, if his government is retuned to power again, for the third time, will retire four years hence voluntarily has been announced by himself. In the house just dissolved the Liberal government had a majority of 66 in a total membership of 217. Four new seats have been created in Saskatchewan and three in Alberta, making the total number of seats in the next house 221. Owing to the delay tn posting the necessary notices the election in several districts will not be held today, but these are not likely to affect the general result. While William Kleinnight and family, of Tocsin, were at church last evening, robbers invaded their home in the little city and when the family returned from the meeting, the place looked as if a cyclone bad paid a visit to the premises. When an examination wag completed by Mr. Kleinknight be found the robbers had taken $24 and several stamps, which were in the house. He notified the whole town, but no one saw the robbers. The alarm was spread over the place and hasty search made for the thieves. The robbers had made their way into the house through a window and money was undoubtedly the cause of their visit to the Kleinknight home. This was the only (house in the entire town that the thieves visited. The money taken belonged to the mother of Mrs. Kleinknight, Mrs. Emma Nutter, who makes her home with her eon. She had placed the money in a bedroom on the second floor of the residence before going to the meeting. The stamps were also in this room, was first thought that the robbery was a home talent, as the work did not look like that of a professional, but until this morning no trace of . e thieves can be found.-Bluffton Banner. Squire Walbert went to Craigville today to appear before Squire Abbott as attorney for the plaintiffs In two i suits on account. In one Charles . Wright is suing John Shoemaker for *44 on account and in the other Edward Meisse is suing Frank Johnson for S2B on account—Bluffton News.

| The ladies of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church will cqpduct a ransack sale in the building occupied by the mayor's ' office. The object is twofold; first, to enable those persons who must: meet the demands of a family on a ' limited income to clothe the growing 1 boys and girls with perfectly good garments other boys and girls have .outgrown, and to give the man wno . does out of door labor a chance to I secure at small cost perfectly good I shoes and clothes. In this way the ladles hope to help many who would not accept these things as a gift and will yet be glad to pay a small price for them. On the other hand the money obtained from the sale of articles that have become useless to their owners, will create a fund to buy wood, coal and provisions for the needy families in our midst during the hard winter months. The sale opens Monday, Nov. 2, and every one is invited to come. Any one having articles to donate can leave them at the city building between 3:30 and 5:30 on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week or any time Saturday afternoon. Rev. Addison Willard Crabb, the evangelist who has been conducting the revival at the Church of Christ in this city, will deliver his popular lecture, “Life's Looking Glass,’’ on Friday evening. This lecture is amusing and instructive and should be heard oy every one. Mrs. Crabbs will give several readings and songs. The admission is ten and fifteen cents. SpeaKing of the speaker and his lecture, the Seymour Democrat said: The lecture on “Life’s Loking Glass” given by Rev. Addison Willard Crabb, 1 of Brazil, Ind., at the Christian church last evening under the auspices of the Christian Endeavor; was a rare treat to those who were fortunate to be present. He brought vividly to the mind of his listeners the dark and bright ■ side of life, using some fine illustra- , tions. He Is very entertaining and . won the attenton of his audience from ■ the start. He will always find a wel- • come in Seymour. O' — > Caracas, Venezuela, via Willemstad, i Curacao. Oct. 26.—President Castro, in ; his answer to the second Netherlands i note, has declined to revoke his decree of May 14, prohibiting the transship- . ment of goods for Venezuelan ports at Curacao, which has ben so obnoxious i to the people of that island. This answer was made Sept. 12. The president expresses surprise that the Nethi erlands government should ask for the I revocation of this decree after acknowledging Venezuela’s right to issue it. Continuing, he asks the Nethl erlands to send a confidential agent to Caracas to arrange the terms of an amicable settlement of the difficulties between the two governments. ' The chief of the artillery branch of . the Venezuelan army has completed . the preperations for the defense of La Guaira. In anticipation of a naval ' demon stration by Holland before that i port on November 1, shells have been distributed to all the modern guns in the forts on the mountainside above La Guaira. President Castro’s health is still delicate, and causes anxiety : to his friends. ■—■ o — London. Oct 26.—The people of He ver, the Kent village where W. Waldorf Astor bought and restored historic Hever Castle, like Mr. Astor no more than the people of Cliveden do. Prior to Mr. Astor’s purchase of the castle the people ha da pathway across the castle park which they used freely. Their right was sustained by law. Mr. Astor did not want the villagers to cross the park, but he could not prevent them. The herefore inclosed the ancient path between two tall brick walls. The villagers now use the P<t‘h as they have for centuries, but *hey can no longer get a glimpse of the beautiful park. They can see omy the tall brick fence on each side of the path. EX-CONGRESSMAN IS DEAD. Allan Langdon McDermott, New Jersey Democrat, Expires. New York, Oct 26— Ex-Congress-man Allan Langdon McDermott, one of the foremost Democrats of New Jersey, died tonight at his home in Jersey City from heart trouble. Mr. McDermott was bom in Boston fiftyfour years ago. o— —— The Berne band arrived early this morning and furnished excellent music for the big Marshall Day meeting. Quite a number of people from there accompanied them.

A marriage license was granted to Anthony Schurger, 33, a farmer of d Root township and Gertrude Bremer kamp, 25, daughter of John Henry 1 Bremerkamp of this city. 1 Real estate transfers: Jacob Butchar t commissioner, to Albert Newcome*, j lot 358, Geneva, $335; Bessie R. Hardison to Charles F. York, lot 153 Ge 8 neva, $1,700. ’ Rurode Dry Gods Co. vs. Frederica s Schafer, answer to interrogatori’-s . filed. < Philip L. Macklin was appointed ad- 1 ministrator of the Philip A. Macklin 1 estate and filed bond. Mrs. Macklin 1 filed waiver of her appointment. 1 Martin Kirchner, administrator of 1 the William R. Kirchner estate filed I a motion for an order to deliver notel on Ida and John Hay to administrator; so ordered. - T. M. Andrews and T. H. Baltzeil, executors of the Thomas H. Andrews will filed final report and were discharged. The finishing work on the printing of the county and township election ballots was done today and the same will be delivered to the various inspectors on Saturday. James McLeith, 28. a steam fitter from Fort Wayne, and Agnes Bertrand, 28, of this place, were granted a license to wed and Judge Merryman. tied the knot. A license to marry has been issued , to Otto Stuckey, 26, a lumberman, and i Cora Sprnnger, 23, of Berne. > o- -- Senator Albert J. Beveridge arrived • here at 7:30 Tuesday a. m. from Fort J Wayne. His special was about twenty minutes late and his visit to tills I place was consequently cut short. It i was six minutes to eight o’clock when ‘ the senator arrived at the court room, accompanied by J. M. Frisinger, W. 4. Lower, L. A. Graham, J. S. Peterson, 1 Ferd Litterer and several others. He 3 was introduced by Mr. Frisinger who • said: “I have the pleasue of introduch ing to you a man who has campaigned t this year from the Atlantic to the 3 Pacific in sixteen states, and known 3 not only in this state and this coun- - try, but in thi countries cf the old - world and you know that I have rea- > son to know this, as one of the most . brilliant men of the twentieth century, i- the Honorable Senator Albert J. Bev- . eridge, of Indianapolis.” The senator t opened by saying that such an audif ence at such an early hour shows that . equally early on election day, the vot- . ers of Indiana will cast their ballots f in away that will give Mr. Taft a I majority of 50,000. He said they ought i to and asked if any democrat present I wanted to ask a question. Every one t seemed to know all they wanted to i and the senator proceeded to state i that this was the greatest nation in the > world, and should have a great navy l that they may not be put to shame as r have China and Turkey. He said that the democrats could not reduce the expenses of this government a dollar and told of the great future of the Pan- . ama canal. Mr. Beveridge thinks a . great deal of Mr. Bryan, for he said go, said they were gfreat personal • friends, that Bryan is a great orator, i but does not think. When be asked how many were better off now than in 1896 about a dozen held up their hands. Another of his bits of advice was that every voter go home and ask his wife how to vote instead of asking the political boss. He wants this district to roll up an old fashioned majority for Mr. Hawkins that he may help hold up the hands of W. H. Taft and closed by saying that he was sorry he couldn’t stay longer to answer questions. “Goodbye, good luck, till I come again, and then I will stay longer if you want me to.” He spent about five minutes in handshaking and was then conveyed to the Clover Leaf, where he boarded his special car for Bluffton, where he spoke twenty mi.itiles. life prowd there was a very good one for the hour and considerable 1 enthusiasm was displayed. Messrs. Lower, Graham and Peterson from here accompanied the senator today on his trip through this section of the state and will return home tonight. o There will be the usual prayer meeting on Thursday evening of this week. Geo. J. Cooper and a number of his workers will be in the services. We invite the public to all of our metings. Chancey S. Stetson, Supt.

"**^**"^^ ———fc OSCULATION 2800 WEEKLY

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Tom Marshall, next governor of Indiana, was here yesterday, and many people heard him talk, and shook hands with he and Mrs. Marshall. Owing to a misunderstanding, in the time of the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall, a well planned parade was spoiled. It was understood that they would come in over the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad at 1:11, but instead they came at one o'clock over the Fort Wayne & Springfield. The crowd had gathered at the Murray House and led by three bands, two from this place and the Berne band, they were to proceed to the station to receive the distinguished visiors. They were surprised when the Marshalls stepped off the traction car. They I were escorted immediately to the Library hall, where a reception was held, hundreds of people meeting them, during the hour from one to two o'clock. It was ah appy, good natured throng of people, all for Tom Marshall and in dreadful earnest The city was nicely decorated In honor of the occasion and the guests were delighted with their cordial welcome. Notwithstanding the chilly weather and the fact that the farmers are extremely busy just now at corn husking, there were delegations here from all parts of the county and the crowd was more than satisfactory. At 1:45 Mr. and Mrs. Marshall preceded to the platform at the west side of the court house and where had congregated a large crowd of people, and their arrival there was the signal ot prolonged cheering. The venerable Judge Daniel D. Heller presided and introduced Mr. Marshall as the man who next Tuesday will be chosen as the next governor of this great state. The speaker opened by stating that he had never liked outdoor meetings since, when a lad he once called another boy a liar and he invited him out into the open. Since then he has an abhorrence of outdoor meetings. Mr. Marshall paid a tribute to the women of Indiana and when the cheer which followed was a little weak said: “I am glad that there are four or five men here who love their wives, any i way.’’ i He spoke fervently for a return to constitutional principles in govern- ! ment, for non-interference by one * branch of government with the other. His words were well received and he was frequently applauded. He said there was a contest in this country between aristocracy and the common people, and turning to some old men wearing G. A. R. buttons, said: “If you boys who wore the blue had not offered yourselves as a sacrifice there would have been an aristocracy in this country that would have ultimately destroyed the republic, f was too young to be a soldier in the civil war, and too old to serve in the Spanish war, but I am going to be more lucky a week from today,’’ he said, and again the crowd cheered. “T am paying my own campaign expenses,” he said, “but when I ask who is paying the campaign bills of my opponent I get no answer,” he said. “I have said I have given no promises of offices or anything else, and then I ask my opponent whether he has promised anything, and again I get no answer. I believe in my party, and I will serve my party, but I believe I ought to serve the people first.” Mr. Marshall discussed state Issues —the panic, bank guaranty, opposed respects to State Auditor Blllhetmer, who, while drawing a salary from the state ,is going about villifylng Marshall. Every period was cheered, and toward the end Mr. Marshall was stopped repeatedly by the cheering, enthusiastic crowd. The candidate concluded his speech at 2:55 and was several minutes getting through the crowd, who wished to shake hands with him. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall were escorted to the G. R. & I. station where they boarded the 3:07 train enroute to Elkhart where a big nigfht meeting was scheduled. ■ ————o— ■—-— Wihin the last few weeks another industry has been added to Bluffton’s manufacturing enterprises. Sam Duffy has been manufacturing and putting on the market a preparation for removing all kinds of dirt from various kinds of fabrics. It Is in the form of a pink salve packed in a metal box and is applied with a damp cloth. Its action in cleansing the material is similar to soap but it lacks the injurious elements of the alkali in the soap. Charles Robinson and Mr. Duffy himself are acting as canvassers for the cleanser and are doing a thriving business—Bluffton News.