Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 4 March 1909 — Page 6

Theodore Kennedy have caused alarm among the friends of the afflicted man. He has been suffering for several *• days from a disease of the foot which was not regarded as serious until this morning, when an examination was made by the attending physician, revealing the fact that blood poisoning has set in the member and that it Is - necessary to amputate his foot if not his leg to stop the spread of the dread ailment Mr. Kennedy while at war was. wounded in the foot and since that time has been bothered considerably as a consequence thereof. It was, however, always considered trivial until the complications set In. He has been suffering much pain during the past ten days and has been unable to be about The physician is doing all In his power to save the leg, but from appearances it will be necessary to amputate the foot as the poisoning has made much headway since its Inception. The many friends of the aged man will receive with regret the sad news of his affliction. — — - TALK OF THEIR FALL FESTIVAL Bluffton Will Give Another Festival this Year. L. B. Stevens, who was secretary of the Fall Festival Association last fall, thinks that the people of the ' city who are In favor of a street fair ( should get together within a short i time and announce if there is going ( to be a fair this fall. Mr. Stevens does ( not think that It is necessary at the i Vtesent time for the people to do any 1 work, but that the announcement i should be made so that the farmers 1 can make preparations to make en- < tries. He thinks it will also encour- ] age the farmers in the raising of ; products this summer, as each one ] will try and get the best agricultural i product to be entered. Last fall the | time after arranging to give the fes- ] tlval and the time it was to be given ( was so short that things had to be i hurried. —Bluffton Banner. • o -- ■■ ■■ ■ i Emil Baumgartner has received an- ; other letter from his brother Earnest, who has been a member of the marine ; corps on board the battleship Illinois ; oh the world cruise of the fleet in ■ which he states that he will be home ; about next Christmas. He has had i a great time on the voyage. The letter is as follows: / U. S. S. Illinois, Feb. 19, 1909. , Three days out of H. R., Va. Dear Emil—l have not wrote to you for some time, and the longer I wait • the more I’ll have to write whenever : I do get at it. And you know I have ; to answer all letters, now'that I am 1 coming to American soil. Will go as far back as Suez City, Egypt We left there and came through the Suez Canal on January 6 and 7. We got to Port Said, which is on the other end. We had no liberty In these towns, as they are only small ones, and are mostly only coaling stations. We left Port Said on the 10th and on the 12th as we were steaming for Malta we got a wireless that we were to proceed to Messina, Italy, where we were to extricate the bodies of the American consul and his wife. We got there on the 14th and-on the 15th there were 30 men from each of the eight divisions, 240 men, went ashore with pick and shovel. I was among these. Os Messina I cannot tell you here now, nor do I like to ever think of it It was all too awful. I will only say that if you have ever read anything in the papers as to how bad it was, believe it, for they cannot make it too strong We got both bodies in the afternoon and on the 16th we left, got to Malta on the 17th, went on liberty and had quite a nice time. We left here on the 19th and on the 21st we got to Algiers, where we all had 48 hours leave, and here we sure had quite a time. Algiers is a large city, has all nice streta and buildings. That is spreaklng of the French part, but in the Arab district the streets are only passageways and I tell you we were careful in these parts after night. Oh yes! your brother is seeing the world all right We left here on the 29th and on the Ist of Feb. got to Gibraltar. Here was no liberty either as the town of Gibraltar is very small. This is the strongest fort in the world, is situated all over the rock. There are 1900 guns here, over five hundred of which are modern ones. We left here on the 6th of February with a large load of coal, and we needed it all too, as we b&ve had some very rough weather coming across this old Atlantic. Three days ago there were five more ships came to meet us and now we are twenty-two in all. That’s quite a line, eh? We will arrive at Hampton Roads on the 22nd at 1:00 p. m., and there the president will review the fleet. I do not know where this ship will go from there. It is a sure thing, however, that all marines will be taken off and transferred to some barracks somewhere. '■■ q , —, The Missionary Society of the U. B- church will meet at the church Thursday evening.

peclally for oil workers near Oblong, Illinois, in Beasom’a camp, two children, with the respective ages of two and one-half and three and one-hajf years, sons of William H. and Meda Johnson were frightfully burned last Thursday morning at ten a. m., resultant to a fierce explosion which, came as a result of the natural gas 1 pipes filling with oil and the subsequent igntion of same. Zera 8., the i older of the two was burned to death ■ while Wayne miraculously escaped with a badly burned face, he falling out of the door of the home before, i the deadly fumes enveloped his body. 1 The unfortunate children were grand- i sons of R. B. Johnson of Peterson, f The child whose body was burned into I a crisp was in the shack when the i explosion came and unable to make < bin exit his body remained in the ] structure until it had been totally destroyed by the deadly flames, his body badly distorted. The remains t were, brought to this city accompan- ( led by E. Burt Lenhart and the funeral j services were held at the Beery ( church yesterday. The parents upon ( whom the sad misfortune has been ( wrought were unable to attend the j funeral as they were compelled to 1 remain to care for the boy whose ( life had been saved but who is wrlth- . ing in pain as a consequence of the , awful burns he received. The depth j of the grief of the parents and friends t of the family is unfathomable. The 1 dear ones in whom they have placed j so much pride have been subjected to j the severest of agony, even more, a , son has been ushered untimely into , the eternal world and the loving ties ( of father and mother to a son have t been torn asunder abruptly, leaving 1 aught but the fond remembrance of j his smiling countenance to reconcile their grief. The parents are not alone in their hour of sorrow, but are joined ( by Adams county folk who deplore the 5 death of the child. In attendance at < the funeral beside a large number of j Adams county people were the follow- j ing relatives: Mrs. Dillman of Van ( Buren, mother of Mrs. Johnson; Chas, j Benson and wife of Van Buren; Miss { Hazel Dillman and Mrs. Mary Mercer ] also of Van Buren. The relatives t wish to extend their thanks to the t people at Peterson for the kindnesses j shown them. j o ] The first thing that was taken up | by the board was the six applications t for liquor licenses: C. Radamacher, ' John Schafer, Jeff Klopfenstein, Lase * Ellis, C. W. Boknecht and Lewis Kel- ’ ler. Evidence was heard and the mat- j ter of granting the licenses was held i over until three o’clock this afternoon, i •• ' - I Bids were opened for three macad- ' am road contracts, the blds being as follows: | Emanuel Sprunger Road. ] Merryman & Fugate ..>5,712.00 i El’ Engle 5,700.00 ] Jacob Musser 5,699.00 < E. M. Faust i Herman A. Sprunger 5,489.00 i Peter Neusbaum Jr. 5,574.00 i Fred Mathys 5,675.00 j Wheat & Sisk 5,019.60 | Frank Heller 5,340.00 ( Mike Miller ... 4,989.00 ] Levi Augsburger 5,390.00 ( Ora Andrews 5,649.00 i Habegger Road. | Peter Neusbaum ..>2,920.00 ; Merryman & Fugate 2,976.00 ] El! Engle 2,951.00 i Levi Augsburger 2,790.00 ] Jacob Musser 2,999.00 ( E. H. Faust 2,554.00 ; Herman A. Sprunger 2,797.00 Fred Mathys 2,900'00 : Benjamin Neusbaum 2,998.95 > Wheat & Sisk 2,552.80 | Frank Heller 2,738.00 Michael Miller 2,721.00 Road. John H. Wilson >2,875.00 Eli Engle ...... 3,259.00 E. H. Faust 3,222.52 Fred Mathys ~ 3,675.00 Frank Heller 2,850.00 Michael Miller 3,289.00 L. 0. Beata 3,049.00 W. O. Buckmaster 3,126.00 Rufus Meshberger 2,799.80 Viewers made their report on the August Miller road, which was approved, and the auditor was instructed to advertise the same few sale on April 5. -a The petition of David Meshberger ! for a macadam road was granted, and 1 John Lose and John Bogner were 1 named as viewers, with Surveyor Ernst as engineer. 1 The open senate to be held to--5 night at the M. E. church will be ’ one of the prominent events of the > month and without doubt the parlors ■ of the church will be taxed to their • capacity with people who are anxious to note the ability of the youths. The young men who have speeches to • make will surprise their auditors, i They have developed into orators.' Do not fait to attend. '■

I. ’ r * * County tonight over the sweeping victory won by them at the polls todays The “drys’’ won the victory by 1,067 majority, which was close to the estimate placed on the county at the close of the campaign yesterday. Almost 80 per cent of the total vote of the county was polled, which was in the nature of a surprise to both sided. Following the news of the victory of the "drys" the chikroh bells of the city rang out the tidings. All but three townshipa gave "dry” majorities, those voting "wet” being Barton, Patoka and Johnson townships. The "wets” carried Patoka township, in which Princeton is situated, by thirty-three majority. Nine saloons in the county .will be affected, eight going out in ninety days. With one of the saloons the license will not expire until next fall. Delphi, Ind., Feb. 26.—Carroll county has added its disapproval to licensed saloons by an overwhelming majority piled up in today’s election. From incomplete returns it is estimated the total will be in the neighborhood of of 2,000 tn favor of the “dry” forces. On the basis of twenty-three precincts reported out of the thirty in the county the "drys” have a majority of nearly 1,700 and there is little doubt the score will reach approximately 2,000. Reports from various polling places throughout the county show that the total vote Kfioeely approached l that polled at the last general election, Interest, being great in the crusade against the saloons. Nothing in the way of disorder is reported mom any of the precincts and no reports have been made of attempts at fraud on the part of either faction, and the day passed quietly. They Vote Today. Rushville, Ind., Feb. 26. —The local option campaign closed this evening with practically no demonstration by either side and the result of the election, although eagerly awaited by both parties, seems to be a foregone conclusion. It is now only 1 a question of majority and the “drys” say this will pile up to 1,500, while the “wets" hope to cut that in two. Both factions made their last appeals through the local newspapers and the question is now placed in the hands of the 5,500 voters in the county. The “wets” have been hoping for a repeal of the law by the legislature and they practically acknowledged defeat today. The “drys” say they will carry every township in the county and even, have hopes of carrying the city by a small majority. They are jubilant over the fact that victory is conceded them before the election and believe that much of the opinion in their favor is due to the active campaign that has been carred on. ; o ——• The Waring Glove factory at Huntington, Ind., was visited by fire early. Friday night and as a result the firm stand to lose something in the neighborhood of ten to fifteen thousand dollars, this damage being caused mostly by smoke and water to the stock that they had on hands. Fr »m what can be ascertained the first must have originated from an overheated furnace and the same was first discovered in the rear of the building by a watchman at an adjoining factory, who Immediately turned in the alarm. The fire in the meantime had gained considerable headway and it required about two hours work on the part of the fire comptmy before the same was gotten under control. The blaze crept into a pile of cloth used as material out of which canvas gloves are manufactured and could not be i checked. b|r. Waring who wad in Decatur, was summoned to Huntington, and left on the first train and informed us this morning that at this time it would be hard to estimate the damage done, biit that it would reach well into the thousands of dollars. The fire started shortly after the employes had quit work and retired to their homes, and the persons who closed the* factory up stated that everything was in excellent order when they left and the only cause for the same can be attributed to furnace as stated above. The stock and build* ing are fully covered by insurance and it is thought that the loss of the c|ppany will be very small although in the meantime they will fall far behind in their orders as the factory' was running at full blast As soon as the insurance adjusters arrive and figure but the loss the factory will again be put into running order. — o Senator-elect Shively, of South Bend, who is in Washington, has engaged a suite of roooms at the old National hotel, breaking away from the custom of latter-day senators. The National is rich in historical, affairs. From his window Mr. Shively can see the spot where President Garfield was mortally wounded by Charles J. Gulteau. Henry Clay died at the National and it was once the loafing place of such mne as Clay, Calhoun and Webster. Since war times senatota have gone to the more fashionable hotels.

sSISHS: trial. The motions were not taken up t by the attorneys this morning. i In the case pt* Menno D. Lelchty 1 vs. Emil Franz et ala new summons < for the defendants was ordered by the 1 court, said summons to be returnable I March 15th. i A settlement was effected in the j case of Jerome B. Carter vs. Charles t Mathewson before the same came to < trial the defendant agreeing to let ] judgment be rendered against him In t ths sum of >25.00 together with all costs. R. A. Perkins as administrator of i the estate of Viola M. Gilbert filed his < final report and the clerk set the 23rd j day of Match as a time when the cause would be heard. T. S. Perkins, as guardian for Nor- i man P. Gilbert et al, this morning i filed his final report as to Norman ] which report was approved and the t guardian discharged, and he j his current report as to the other 1 f i heirs which reports were approved j by the court < In the case of H. C. Andrews vs. t Cedi and Celia Andrews, a default on the part of the defendants was noted and a suggestion of the minority of Cecil and Celia called to the courts attention. Henry B. Heller was ap- i pointed as guardian ad litem and filed i hie answer or the defendants to the ' partition filed by Francis M. Andrews « guardian. The cause was submitted ] to the court-and he found for the plaintiff on his petition and ‘further found that Celia and Cecil were each ( the owner of the undivided one-third ] part In value of said real estate. The court issued a decree for the partition ' accordingly and appointed Robert G*l- 1 breath, Henry Lengerich and Michael < Miller commissioners, they to make such partition and also directed them ( to set off the interests of Celia and Cecil In one body or parcel each to have and take an undivided one-half ( Interest In the tract so set off to them ( jointly. i Clerk Htfefllng's report for the ( month of February was completed to- ( day and shows that there were nine- ] teen marriage licenses issued during ( the past twenty-eight days, which ] goes to show that cupld had been working overtime. <i"'i ■■■■■■■'■■* —- The county assessors twelve in number, together with their deputies met Saturday at the auditor’s office with County iAcsessor George Gentis for the purpose of getting instructions as. to how to conduct the Work that will commence on thife first of March and last for seventy-five days. Every assessor of the county was present and the session which was presided ever by County Assessor Gentis proved very interesting and instructive to those interested. The object of this meeting as Mr. Gentis stated, was to get some line on the work that was to be done and how the same should be conducted by his co-workers, and to furnish the assessors with a full line of supplies that would insure that the work was properly done. Mr. Gentis presented to the assessors a schedule that he had drafted as to what the valuation on certain articles and stock should be and as to what the general average should reach, and carefully instructed his men that he wanted this standard reached In every case possible. ‘ Heretofore the valuation In some instances has been too high, while in other cases it has been too small, and with a basis on which to work he is of the opinion that a more satisfactory assessment can be medef as well as a more equal »one. T|te schedule adopted and which the assessors will follow closely is as follows: Machinery ! and tools, >50.00; household furniture and library, >30.00; pianos, >65.00; carriages, wagons and coaches, >15.00; horses, >63.00; cattle, >15.00; sheep, i >.‘*.so, and hogs >3.00. If this schedule is followed out closely the board in the end will not have so many complaints to hear at their regular meetlag. — o * The bill by which the state board , of medical examiners is permitted to I re-lnstate a doctor whose license has , been revoked, was slgnd by Governor Marshall Saturday. This will mean that Dr. Landfair, of this city, who has been unable to practice since returning from Michigan City, can make . application for another license. As i the members of the board expressed , themselves as wishing to reinstate the Bluffton doctof it is little prob- » ability that he will not again be praci tieng here.—Bluffton Banner. Dr. George Snearly of Roann, who ’ was under suspicion. of having caused ; the death of MS wife, whose stomach i was examined by Fort Wayne experts, ha. been cleared. It ha. been, decided that death was due to natural I causes. I 11,1 ,r. » r ' r- - u i iwi.-

urday where they made ud Issues in several naa a whl h * 1 been pending for two years has taken on a new phase. Mrs. Within, ha. filed a cross complaint asking that she be granted the decree together with alimony in the sum of >I,OOO and fifteen dollar, per month for the .dpport of her children. The case has been set for trial in the Allen superior court or March the second. Mrs. Watkins chargee abandonment and failure to provide. | The case entitled Mrs. Daniel Straub vs. the Chicago and Erie railroad , which has been venued from this county to the Allen superior court is set for trial on April 9th. ■ " I Attorneys Peterson and Moran who , represented Frank Berger and the ( Decatur Horae company in their dam- ( age suits against the Chicago and Erie railroad have been notified that ( the company has consented to com- , promise and the same has been done . In each case. The money has not as ‘ yet been paid to the plaintiffs, however. The suits will be dismissed ; from the Allen superior court where ■ they were venued from this county. ( Attorny Petdrson made up issues in ' the case entitled J. B. Stoneburner vs. ‘ Mr. Day of Allen county this morning. The case has been yenued from the ' superior court to Jud|ge O'Rourke, where it will be tried March 19th. The plaintiff demands, settlement on a note given ®n a piano purchased of him. It is astonishing at this time to note the rapidity of the growth of county local option since the time of the passage of the law last September by the legislature, and to note how many counties In the state have taken advantage of the same in such a short time and have dry. Since the law has been in operation twenty-four counties have taken advantage of the same and are now ranked among the drys and probably as many more will take adyantage of the same within the next two months. The counties that have voted dry since the option law has been in effect are Carroll, Gibson, Fayette, Fountain, Hendricks, Howard, Grant, Davies, Adams, Newton, Randolph, Noble, Hamilton, Tipton, Lawrdnce, Switzerland, Putnam, Decatur, Pike, Wabash, Huntington, Parke and Clinton. Besides the twen-ty-four that have voted dry twentytwo are dry by remonstrance and are as follows: Boone, Brown, Cla, Crawfoi& DeKalb, Fulton, Henry, Johnson, Kosciusko, Lagrange, Monroe, Orange, Owen, Pulaski, Scott, Sullivan, Steuben, Union, Warren, Wells, White and Washington, thus making just onehalf of the counties in the state in the dry column. On Wednesday next two counties, namely Sulfivan and Jay will hold elections. On Thursday Marshall county; on Friday Whitley and Hancock counties and on Saturday next Shelby , county while today Rush county is voting and it is stated that it will go dry. The number of saloons that have been affected since the Uw has gone into operation is 2,180, out of which number 1,800 have been ousted by remonstrance and 880 by a direct vote of the people. The only county in the state that has voted to remain wet since the law has been put to a test is Wayne county, Richmond being the county seat. If all reports are true, Allen county will soon test the law and from information received it will no doubt join the dry element' Charles Ross, who:some time ago *fent to Indianapolis where he accepted a position as mailing clerk with Lyman brothers, has resigned and willin the near future return to this city for Ms future abode. Mr. Ross and family came to this city,from Paulding, Ohio, and after remaining here for some time went to Indianapolis. He was In the employe of Lyman Brothers for several years, while their headquartetrs Were (located in this city, and his work had been so efficient that they desired his services at the capital 7 city. The work, however, did not agree with him, hence the change. Mr. Ross and Lon Ball of thi* city have formed a partnership' In the picture business and they will secure or* ders and have them made themselves. They are doing a lucrative business and their success is assured. The headquarters of both men will be in this city and Decatur, people will be glad to learn of this fact The work they do in the enlarging of pictures is fine and they ask the support of their friends, which they deserve. —**— . The board of commissioners quit their work in the session at noon and will meet again Friday and complete the work of the session. It was a busy time tor the board considerable business being done by them during the two days they wero together.

Uvw - Y H'7h. an X a.«• BiTHifflr* cSmTalzoo.G. 1 ' ■ V' i * ■■■! ‘ I ENOt L. WATBdN 18 DEAD $ . ——• * Father df Congressman Jamee Wataon» Succumbs After iLong Illness. Winchester, Ind., Feb. 27.—After a long fight with the grim death angel, > Enos L. Watson, one of Randolph county’s best known citizens, succumbed at his home in this city about 7 o’clock this morning. Mr. Watson was the oldest member of the Randolph county bar and had been identifled with the political and business | history of Randolph county for more i than a half a century. He was born In Greene county, Ohio, in December 1830, and. came to Randolph county when 2 years old. When he was 17 years of age he located at Deerfield. He later attehded' the qld seminary in Winchester and taught school in various parts of the county. He was first elected county surveyor in 1852 and held the office for three successive terms. Id the meantime he put in his spare moments studying law, and he was admitted to the bur in 1856. He was elected prosecuting attorney ( of the Jay-Randolph circuit, and when he was chosen fan another term his district included Randolph, Jay, Delaware and Blackford. During his legal career he was at various times associated as a partner with William Peele, afterward elected secretary of state; Judge Cheney arid James S. Engle, the present Judge of the Randolph circuit court. He was senior member of the firm of Watsdn, Macy - &. Goodrich and later of the firm of Wataon, Hunt & Olwln. He retired from active practice several months ago, when ill health compelled him to give up Ms duties in that line. ——■—-—-o- —-— — A deal has practically been closed in which the ownership of the Decatur Hardware store Is to be transferred to Clark Ketch of Richmond, and Albert Gottermoller of Indianapolis, who will take possession in the near future. These gentlemen have been negotiating for several weeks for the purchase of the store and the senior member of the firm has made an invoice of the stock. There is still some red tape to be gone through wth before the transaction is completed, but we are informed that the new proprietors will have possession by the first of next week. Messrs. Ketch and Gotermoller are thorough hardware men, and they expect to Increase their stock until the demands of the people are well met This is not thefr first venture in business and their success in this city is assured. MR. Ketch will not remain here permanently but the store will be given oven to the charge of Gottermoller who will arrive in the city Saturday. He will engage a house at once and move - his family to tMs city. The retiring proprietor, Mr. Loch, has not decided what line of business he will engage in. He has conducted the store In an able manner and his friends wish, for him much success in whatever line he chooses to engage. The new proprietors will also be given a . greeting by Decatur and Adam® , county people. ■- o r The vaudeville company wMch held the boards at the Bosse opera house last night made a decided hit with the Small audience in attendance. Every member of the company was a star and it was the most catchy and up to date vaudeville ever staged in the city. The same company will show tonight and tomorrow night and those who fail to attend will miss a rare treat in the theatrical line. The singing is far above the average, dancing is fine as are the character sketches and the acrobat work. Amusement loving people cannot afr ford to miss seeing the performance. The Mite Society of the Methodist church will be entertained by Mrs. Dan Sprang Friday. . - Hers la Relief for Wemen. K you have pains in the back, wrtn- j ary, Bladder er Kidney trouble, and want a certain, peasant. herb cure tor woroan’z ills, try Mother Gray’s Australian-Leaf. It is a safe and nev-er-falling regulator. At Bruggizta or by mail 50 cto. Sample package FTUSE. Address, The Mtother Gray Co., Leßoy, N. T. ’ • — i o . CASTORIA Ta IsAute ud OMMm. MKHYNlmteqiWI *