Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 24 December 1908 — Page 1

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|| CIRCUIT COURT -hree Judges Served in Adams Circuit Court Today etition APPEALED 1 ? or Macadamizing West Monroe Street —Transcript is Filed Three judges took care of the busin circuit court yesterday, tajee Merryman attending to the «ular routine and Special Judge R. t Peterson and J- C. Sutton looking jfter matters before them. i ph? petition for the macadamizing L Monroe street, signed by Jane roods and others, has been appealed kom the commissioners court, the tascript being filed in circuit court, filters. Hooper & Lenhart and BeatL ire the attorneys. I The Monitor Oil company vs. City M Decatur, suit on account. A moLm. supported by affidavit was filed L a continuance and same granted It cost of the defendant. I Delilah J. Butler vs. Margaret and ■enry Mayer, trespass, before Jesse I Sutton, special judge, set for trial, L January 7th. ■ Charles E. Simons, administrator of Be estate of John C. Simons, filed I report of sale Os personal property, ■hick was approved ■ Judge Macy, of Winchester, is ■Muled to arrive here next MonKy, at which time the issues will ■ completed in the case of the ■ephone company vs. The Fort ■iyne & Springfield Traction com■ay and rhe cause will likely be set ■ trial. ■There is a quietness about the court Bate that foretells that the holiday ■m is here. A few matters in ■nt. a transfer or two and now and ■n a marriage license about com■tes the daily story these daj-s. H INSTALLATION •sonic Blue Lodge and ■Royal Arch Install I Their Officers ■R ENSUING YEAR •tendance Was Good and • a Luncheon Followed f I Ceremony

■ I W* annual event, always enjoyed installation of officers in the Jr" :e Blue lodge and Royal Arch. H* occurred at the hall Tuesday The members, their families were the guests and all occasion. After the cerewas served to which gSf &>sent did ample justice. A w - pQ -ie officers were not present. lW* be installed at a later date. I'jFho began their terms of of!■i e ensuing year were: Blue IBj’E. Smith, worshipful mas,‘es Dunn, senior warden; <. junior warden; E. B. -ret ary; J. Q Neptune, *-• L - Walters, senior deas Ernst, junior deacon; ish and J. C. Sutton, stegHl Kalver. tyler. RollHb L. Andrews, high priest; J ' D ' Hai °- scribe; principal sojourner; HU als Her, captain of hosts; ■■l royal arch captain: \V. ESH land master of the third ° alters, grand master of ■Bl ‘ lal Charles Dunn, ‘grand ISH' t veil; Roy Archbold. M of dore Kalver, treasurer; ||^H 31e , guard.

WILL ENCOURAGE HOOSIERS, mem mTT 2 ’~ The d *P a "' investig a T rlCU ’ tUre ‘ S conviaced investigations it has made that tobaclus un'Va'k Under tae proper stimulus would become profitable in southIndiana. The department is anxbranel° develo >” a S this branch O s agriculture in Indiana, and bas called upon several of the Indiana 1 congressmen who represent districts a e up O s the southern counties of state t 0 assist. The department has obtained possession of a supply of carefully selected tobacco seed, seected from the improved strains of obacco. It has turned over 300 packages of seeds to Representative Foster to be used for experimental purposs in Spencer and Warrick counties, and has called upon Congressman Chaney to distribute 250 packages to the farmers of Green and Martin counties. The department will await results with considerable interest.

MEETING TODAY Republican House Members Having a Conference LOCAL OPTION The Action of House Members Being Discussed Indianapolis, Dec. 23.—“ What shall be the Republican attitude toward the repeal of the county local option law?" 14 the question that is interesting the Republican members of the house of representatives coming to the city

for their meeting at the state house this afternon to talk over the minority plan of action for the approaching session of the legislature. Few of the minority members had arrived last night. There appears to be an apparent reluctance toward coming to the meeting, although it is understood that at least two-thirds of the Republican members will attend. There are those who believe that Governor Hanly may attempt to force the minority to present a solid front, if possible, against the repeal of the law. It is stated by the committee which icalled the meeting, however, that there will be nothing binding about it. The purpose of the meeting is more to afford the new Republican members an opportunity to become acquainted with the old ones than anything else, it is said. Representatives Schreeder and Hewig of Evansvills, have refused to attend. The indications are that the attitude of the minority toward its party platform pledges and those of the Democratic opposition will be discussed about the hotel lobbies and during the meeting this afternoon. No definite plans have been announced sot the meeting. It is the intention, merely to talk over in a general way, the work that will come before the next session. There Is a tendency among the legislators of both par- . . . _ vocnnnßihil*

ties to seek to place the responsibility for the repeal of the county local option law on the other side. Neither party, apparently, wishes to tak° t e initiative, although most of the Democratic members of both houses, in talking of the coming session, say ’he law should be repealed Yet they «« that if the Democrats bring about the repeal of the law they will have taken the responsibility from the Republican party, which enacted the law. and |place it on their own shoulders, even though a ward and township low op tlon law should be substituted. liquor interests of the state are none {too anxious that a ward and township I law even should be enacted. CRISTMAS GIFTS STOLEN Mail Pouch Taken From Kansas if Baggage Room. Kansas City, Mo.. Dec. 23.-Amaj pouch containing sixty pounds o » istered Christmas packages c °” to eastern points, was stolen m b'-ggage room of the Belt Line rai read tonight. Although the P os ° authorities refuse to make anj » .. Io .he o. «e it is believed to have contain valuable merchandise. There "®' money in it. The pouch was made P in the Kansas City postoffice.

Decatur, Indiana. Thursday, December 34 1908

SHOW WAS GOOD “Little Dollie Dimples” Scored a Hit at the Bosse Last Night — A BIG CHORUS Dancing and Drills Was Fine—A Great Comedian With Them ‘ Little Dollie Dimples”’ pleased a small audience at the Bosse Tuesday in a very clever musical comedy which unquestionably surpassed any performance ever witnessed on the local stage, the choruses, costumes, singing and fancy drills being of a ■jigh character. The company, composed of more than thirty people, is well balanced, embracing strong character people in Miss Camerdn and Harry Bewley, the latter evoking vociferous applause from the audience at his every appearance by clever sayings and ludicrous antics. He did well in the juvenile lead as did Miss Cameron in her character sketch. Not the least of the features of this famous play was the chorus of ten beautiful girls and their drills and dancing.

They were frequently on the stage and at no time did they fail to be encored for their return. Nine musical numbers, of the catchy and up to date kind were rendered during the performance. The dancing of three of the gentlemen of the chorus was absolutely the best ever witnessed in the city and all in all the show was fine, in fact the caliber that shows at Fort Wayne for a much larger price. Decatur theater goers who did not see “Little Dollie Dimples” misped the opportunity of witnessing one of the best musical comedies on the road today. - 9- — SEARCHING FOR IRA HAGUE Ira Hague, a young man residing southeast of Delphos, left his home Friday morning and his relatives are searching for him-. He left home about 10 o'clock, in the morning iretending to drive to Delphos,-and informed his wife that he would return before dark. He did not return at night and when he had not shown up Saturday morning his relatives became anxious. He had used a horse and buggy belonging to his father-in-law. Peter Ridenour. Mr. Ridenour came to Delphos Sunday morning to make inquiries about his son-in-law and found the rig at the Kundert livery barn. It was also ascertained that Mr. Hague had purchasa new hat and left the old one at the clothing store. Inquiries were made at the various depots, it being thought that the young man had gone to Arkansas, where his parents are residing, but nothing definite- could be learned. He had only a small amount of money with him when he left home. Mr. Hague is about 17 years old and was married to Miss Edna Ridenour last spring. There is no reason for his leaving home un]6Sß it was his desire to go west.

PITTSBURG EDITOR FAVORED. George T. Oliver Indorsed by Allegheny County to Succeed Knox. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 22.-George T Oliver, owner of the Gazette-Times and the Chronicle-Telegraph, was indorsed unanimously today by the Allegheny county members of the legislature for United States senator to succeed Senator Knox. The caucus was attended by all members of the delegation-twenty-four members of the lower house and six senators-and Mr Oliver's name was the on y one presented, although James Francis Burke and John Dal sell had announced their candidacy. REVIVAL CLOSES SALOONS Ottumwa. , 00l m Ottumwa was closed tonight a" the result of a religious revival Saloon men claim the petition upon which the saloons were closed is in sufficient and one dealer °P yn stand proscution as a test case.

A CHANGE AT COPPOCK PLANT Don L. Quinn Succeeds W. H. Wiley as Manage?. A change has taken place in the 1 management of the Coppock Motor Car company, W. H. Wiley having resigned and his place will be filled by Don L. Quinn. Mr. Wiley has been with the institution since its advent to Decatur, and has succeeded in bringing the Coppock company up to the point where their future success is assured. He leaves to take active charge of other business interests, and should this mean that he will leave the city, many regrets will be expressed. The new manager, Mr. Quinn, is a genuine hustler, and will no doubt make a record with the already famous Coppock. The future of this institution seems bright, as they have orders and prospects in number. TO TAKE IT BACK Fourth Class Postmasters and Civil Service Not Working Good COMPLETE HEARINGS

New Tariff Bill Now Being Framed by the Committee Washington, Dec. 23. —It is not imptobable that the order blanketing fourth class postmasters under the civil service, which affects 1,084 Indiana officials, will have to be rescinded. There has been no decision yet to annul the order, but its impracticability is becoming demonstrated more clearly as the president and civil service commission proceed with their efforts to enforce It. The president issued the order at the suggestion largely of the civil service commission, which for several years has been working to the end of trying to iiring all postmasters under the civil service. As soon as the president began the preparation of plans for the enforcement of the order he realized that he was in deep water and the farther he has gone the deeper he has become involved. He has taken counsel with Senator Penrose and Representative Overstreet, the chairman, respectively, of the senate and house committees on postoffices and postroads, as well as with Postmater General Meyer and the members of the civil service commission, but the obstacles to the enforcement of the order have not grown fewer in number nor less in size.

Washington, Dec. 23. —The house ways and means committee completed its hearings on the proposed revision of the tariff, and the subcommittee, consisting of the Republican members of the full committee, began the work of revising the present law into a tariff bill. The bill is to be submitted to congress at the special session. which It is understood Mr. Taft will call together next March. In order to complete its work In timeithe subcommittee will bold daily meetings behind closed doors until the new bill has been framed No tariff revision committee has ever had at Its command so large a fund of information as the present one, and the individual members will facilitate the work by devoting a large part of their time to the consideration of the testimony that has been give# before the committee and to the perusal of the numerous reports available for their use. INSANE WOMAN STARTLES Bourbon, Ind., Dec. 23,-After putting a lamp in her bed, covering it up with the bedclothes, Mrs. Mary Gunder turned in a fire alarm and aroused the neighborhood with cries O s “murder” and then ran to town in her night clothes. She has bebn found insane and taken to jail to await transfer to an insane hospital. — o ; The regular meeting of the local camp of Modern Woodmen lodge will be held tonight and every member should be present.

JAIL SENTENCES f Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison Draw Terms in , Prison 1 t I CONTEMPT OF COURT t 1 1 Justice Wright Gives Labor , Leaders a Severe 1 Calling Washington, D. C„ Dec. 23.—(Spec- ’ ial to Daily Democrat)—JusticeWright of the supreme court of the district of Columbia today sentenced President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor to one year in jail for contempt of court. He also sentenced vice-president John Mitchell and former president of the United Mine Workers to nine months in jail on the ■ same charge and secretary and treas- . urer Morrison of the federation to six months in jail. Justice Wright decided that Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison had flagrantly violated the

injunction granted by Justice Gould in the Bucks Stove and Range case. In his opinion which was of extended length Justice Wright characterized the various utterances of the defendants with respect to the courts as utterly rampant.lnsolent, defiant, unrefined, insulting, coarse, vulgar and indignant. now aFepidemic Has Visited Magley—Seems Residents of That Village Are Unfortunate CASE TO REBUILD Is Keeping Store in a Small Building at Present— Scarlet Fever

The little town of Magley is not getting misfortune singly, but they are all coming in a bunch. First of all nearly the entire town was destroyed by fire, the general merchandise stores of Robert Case burning to the ground after which the elevator and a coal shed went up in ashes. Now an epidemic of scarlet fever has struck the place and as a result over half of the houses in the little town are quarantined. As a result business is at a standstill. Mr. Case is preparing to rebuild his store as soon as possible. At present he Is conducting a small store in a nearby residence. The stock he has in it is the kind that he has been able to get through rush orders. The absence of the general store is greatly missed by the residents of the place. The many Decatur friends of Mr. Case hope that he will soon have his new store erected and doing business as he did before the disastrous conflagration. LIFE INSURANCE MAN SUICIDES New York, N. Y., Dec. 23,—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Frederick A. Burham, former president of the Mutual Reserve . Life Insurance company, committed suicide today by inhaling illuminating gas in his apartments. He was under indictment in connection with the insurance scandal.

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CRACK POSTOFFICE SAFE. Robbers Obtain Almost SSOO in Stamps and Currency at Van Buren. Marion, Ind., Dec. 22—Safe blowers visited Van Buren, ten miles east of here, some time last night, cracked the safe in the postoffice, obtained nearly SSOO in stamps and coin, stole two horses and escaped from the town without being discovered. The robber ywas not disclosed until Postmaster L. A. Bachelor went to the office at 6 o’clock this morning and found the shattered safe. The robbers bad obtained tools at Spencer Losure’s blacksmith shop and had blown the door of the safe with dynamite. The interior of the office was wrecked. The robbers escaped from the town with horses belonging to John L. Camblin and Jacob Jones, farmers living near the town.

IS STILL WILLING Bryan Speaks at a Dollar Banquet in Pennsylvania TALKS LEADERSHIP Says He Will Continue as Long as Democrats Desire Uniontown, Pa., Dec. 23.—With “A Battle Over; the War Begun’’ as the text, W. J. Bryan announced that the

Democratic party, in his beiief, must continue its fight for reforms, the abandonment of which would be both disastrous and dishonorable, and said he would not give up the principles for which he has fought nor the fight for their adoption in the national government. Concerning his continued leadership of the Democratic party, Mr. Bryan said that leadership had come to him l without effort on his own part, and as long as the party wanted him to continue such leadership he did not feel that he could relinquish it at the behest of those who might be personally interested in such action upon his part. Os the late election, he said Mr. Taft had been elected through a combination of financial, commercial and industrial interests of the country and that he would rather remain a private citizen than be a president and be subservient to these interests, as Mr. Taft must be under the conditions that elected him. Mr. Bryan said that President Roosevelt had degraded his high office by making it the football of party politics during the recent campaign. Mr. Bryan spoke at a “dollar dinner” arranged by prominent Democrats of the coke regions. His address was in part as follows: “I f there is one state in which a Democrat ought not to lose caste merely because he has been defeated that state becomes accustomed to defeat. If there is one state in which the Democrats are not expected to abandon a principle merely because that principle embodied in a platform has failed to win a victory, that state is Pennsylvania. For you have gone to defeat In Pennsylvania with great regularity, no matter how good your platforms." The speaker then took up the various things for which the Democratic party has contended during the last twelve years and pointed out the vindications that have come to the Democratic position. He said that the Republican party would not meet the expectations of the people and that the voters would find relief onlyin application of Democratic principles.

The new bank of Petroleum opened its doors for business today under very auspicious circumstances and it is sure to become one of the strong and prosperous financial Institutions of the county. The bank is capitalized at $13,500 but has backing in the shape of rich and substantial stockholders to the extent of probably close to $1,000,000, making it not only one of the strongest in the county, but in the state. For Petroleum and vicinity it will be a great convenience.— Bluffton News.