Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 5 August 1909 — Page 1

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' ' nu„ ' ' -’ ‘ r . '*♦ "•■<v "'i;The members of the city council met in regular session Tuesday night every member answering the roll call except Councilman Christen, who by this time is seeing all the sights *at the Seattle exposition, and is not ■worrying about the tax rate or other matters that never cease to give a city officer the nightmare. Mayor France presided, tlie first official business being the reading of the minutes, and Clerk Wemhoff waded through this part of the program < in short order. The street commissioner that was, but is not now, madv a report of a poll tax list of those who had either paid or worked the, streets to the extent of a two dollar poll tax. The iist will be turned I over to the street commissioner that Is, Harry Cooken, and he will con-' tlnue the game of making every able! bodied American citizen in this city, i who has never' served in the defense of his country, or exceeds the age limit, put up to the extent of a poll tax. Mayor France reported the appointment of Hitrry Cooken as street commissioner, and the same was approved and ratified by the council, and his salary limited to fifty dollars a month. He will furnish a five hundred dollar bond, and have it ready for action by the council at their next meeting. The mayor also announced the appointment of L. L. Baumgart-) ner as city engineer, his services to be limited to one day each week, unless the council in their wisdom: found it necessary to employ him for a longer time than one day each week. 1 The payment is four dollars a day, ' and this appointment was ratified and a contract will be drawn covering) all the fine points, which later coma’ up for ratification. The Braun alley sewer will be sol'd at the regular session of the council on Tuesday evening, September 7, and the clerk was directed to-prepare the proper notice and have it published as provided by law, Perhaps the,most important, part, of the proceedings Wins the presents-, tlOh of a resolution to pay Woods k Haugk, contractors on north Second for the unpaid amount'due the cbn* : tractors. This is the E. Fritringer i -assessment which tb|e Adams circuit I court said he did not need to pay, because the assessment exceeded the. benefits. The resolution -,.as permitted to go over, but it will later be) passed, and it means that about next: July these contractors will get their) money with* interest, from a special levy that will be made for the pur-| * pose of such payment This is the means provided by law for such a; payment and this council always had ( a habit of closely following the law. 1 The street and sewer committee were instructed, and there was some emphasis placed upbn the instructions, to make a thorough examination of the condition of north Second street/, where at places the interurban tracks t are sinking below the surface of the I street, and where holes in their brick street are fast becoming more hole than street The committee to instructed to report at the next session the best sort of repair, and they are also expected to come up to the scratch with the information that such repairs as are settled upon will be Immediately, if not sooner, made in strict accordance with the wishes of’ the council and in compliance with a franchise, now a valuable asset of I this interurban company. I Here is another dingier. The MonI roe street cement walks must be built I and it will save added costs and con-! | siderable bad feeling if the property I I owners along this beautiful thorough- ) I fare—when it is graced with cement 1 I walks—get a hump on and save the ( I time, trouble and delay of selling outp I the jobs and permitting the property ji I owners to do nothing but pay the ’ I bills. Clerk Wemhoff was instructed i I to notify the property owners of this 1 I action, and in two weehfe from this i I day and date there is liable to be I I something doing. ! I —The only sign of the coming city I election, came in the report that the 1 I polling place in precinct “B” first 1 I ward, is no more, the office of the ■ I Decatur Egg Case company, where i I these weighty matters were formerly 1 I settled, having some time since been < I burned to the ground. Arrangements I will be made for another place. Theb I matter of transferring some insur-m I ance on the new city boiler now in J] I use was referred to the purchasing 1 I committee. An adverse report wasp I made on the request‘of the Decaturj I Filler company for the privilege of ’t I two standpipes to be sealed, and to < I be given this privilege without a met- h I er. Therreport was concurred in. An t ■ . jimi-' n , .V-—.. I

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adverse report was also made on the extension of the water line to the Decatur Packing company plant, aS such extension would have to be made over private property. A warrant was ordered issued to Chll Omlor for the sum of ninety cents, that being the rebate due him for a saloon .license which he did not use in full. Chll will get his money. An old disputed hill of the Decatur Hardware com,pany watf dismissed. The following (bills were allowed: William Tritch * 2.85 Kalver & Co. , .50 John Scheiman 2.25 ; Phillip Summers 1.10 :c. Vogt ..................\.. 55.00 I James Swift ....? 2.85 .William Geary 10.00 .'John Sprague 18.75 John Sprague 82.50 limos Fisher 50.00 City Trucking Co. ........... 87.55 Clover Leaf Ry 239.23 Chicago ft Erie Ry 230.09 G. R. ft I. Ry 53.50 G. R. ft I. Ry 52.63 L. C. Helm,, pay roll 58.00 P. Mougey .*.,.1.80 .C. IT. Dorwln 221.50 |D. F. Teeple ........ 107.20 J. D. Stults 49.35 D. F. Teeple, freight 6.68 jS. L. Whitright 10.00 IA. Cool 22.50 i Water Works pay rool 18.09 Greavel Hoeing Fuel C 0.... 53.82 ; FL Wayne Electric Works.... 60.15 .Lagonda Mfg. C. 3.U Sunday Creek Coal Co 98.76 ’George Keiser & Co 132.95 Powhatan Coal Co *»._••• 118.57 L Stults ................\.. 2.25 ,Kirsch, Sellemeyer & Somk... 41.48 i Frank Snyder 9.00 Krick, Tyndall & Co. . ...... 1.59 M. J. Mylott, pay roll '218.00 P. J. Hyland 23.65 ' o Rev. M. A. Harlan the business head of the old people’s home at Warren, ’was in the city on business for 1 the home. Rev. Harlan said that De--1 catur Methodists were doing the hand'were makfihg. At present he is boosting the cornerstone laying which will I occur on next Tuesday, August 10, 'and they expect visitors from all over the northern part of the state to be present Many from this city will go over and witness the ceremonies and enjoy the day. The services will be'gin at ten o’clock in the morning, and ’at two In the afternoon Bishop .An|derson, a favorite with Methodists everywhere, will address the throng. •a basket dinner is also on the pro- ) gram, as well as a reception to the bishop. Work pn the building of the home win be pushed and the contract calls for its completion by the first of next year. The building will be. 100x150 feet. With fifty rooms, all steam heated and lighted with eleci tricity. Rev. Harlan is enthusiastic in the work of the home, and is doubtless a good man at the head of this great institution. He left on the ten o’clock car for Fort Wayne, where he will continue to spread the salve in the interest of the old people’s home at Warren. • ■... O — ■■■ ■ Walter S. Chambers, of Newcastle, editor of the Newcastle Democrat,was ’appointed by Governor Marshall yesterday to the vacancy on the board of trustees of the Central hospital for the insance, caused by the recent death of Ell Marvin, of Frankfort. The appointment is until January 1, 1912, land becomes effective at once. The I governor also appointed Mrs. Nellie Im. Elllngham of Decatur, a member of the board of managers of the Indiana Girls’ School at Clermont, to succeed Mrs. John B. Elam of Indlanapolls, whose resignation, tendered the governor some time ago, becomes < effective October 1. Mrs. Elam has : been named a member of the board of state charities. The Indiana Girls* i School is located at Clermont, seven miles out from Indianapolis. Pre- i vlous to 1907 the Girls’ School and the Woman’s prison were combined. • The legislature during this year di- i vided them and located the industrial ' school at Clermont, where new bu'ld- i ings were erected, and where all in- ] corrigible girls under the age of < twenty-one are located and kept. Here j too, they are taught to work and to ! Jgoncentrate their lives to better ways. 1 Much good is being accomplished and 1 it is thought that in a few years the i girls’ industrial school will be the i greatest charitable institution in the state. The board of managers is composed of three women, some of < whom have devoted much time and I thought to gthrlty. I

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The commissioners completed their session Tuesday, and this morning went to Bluffton, where they were Slated for a session with the Wells epunty board. Objections .will bee heard to the construction of a macadam road on the county line, between Hartford township in thia county and Nottingham township in Weils I county.' The board were accompan-'l led by County Attorney Lutz and T. H. Ernst. John H. Runyun, treasurer Geneva school board, made with the board late Tuesday which the affairs of the school city of Geneva were given the proper O. K, A refund in taxes f 'Was given to Daniel Huser in the sum of |7 98, and also to William H. Ruby for 32.4 b. At the joint session held at Bluffton yesterday they ordered the M. J. Engle road on the Adams-Wells county line sold, the day of sale being fixed for Wednesday, September 8. Severn! other matters relative to thh road were attended to. - - o Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 4.—The rapid increase in the number of “social clubs” in the ’’dry” territory in the mining fields of the state, including Vermillion, Parke, Clay, Owen, Greene and Sullivan counties, is giving the Anti-Saloon league considerable concern, and fear is expressed that the clubs will defeat the purpose of the county option law under which these counties have been voted “dry.” Within the last two weeks a dozen of the clubs have been incorporated under the state laws governing social clubs and will operate in these counties. The organizations are formed for the purpose of enabling the members to obtain beer in tne clubhouses, without violating the county option or “blind glger” laws. Thus far no law has been found which can prevent their operation under the plans idopted. The dubs are organized usually with three directors. By-laws are adopted plan oF operation, riTdtabrooms are opened. The rooms are fitted with a separate locker for every member, and a large refrigerator kept iced the club fuhds. Under a decision to the effect that intoxicating liquor may be purchased In “wet” territory by a citizen of a “dry” territory and taken or shipped into "dry” territory, the club members order their beer in bottles from “wet” territory, in most of the instances referred to, from Terre Haute, inclosing cash or money orders with the beer orders. The bottles are then shipped to the .buyer in care of some one designated to receive them and placed in the lockers in the clubroom, from where it is taken and placed in the refrigerator either by •the owner or a steward of the club. No law of the, state thus far discovered is violated by such procedure. Whether >the community in which such' a club is established will suffer less from the club than the licensed saloon remains to be seen the AntiSaloon league declares. — o-— Washington, August 4.—Representative Cullbp, of Indiana, put in the Record at the request of minority leader Champ Clark, a statement designed to show that the tariff bill does not reduce duties below the Dingley rates. “This means that in addition to the rates fixed in the more than 4,090 specific schedules there be added as the tariff 25 per cent of the value of the articles as the real tariff on the same, and hence this raises the average tariff rate to 72 per cent., the highest by far ever levied. Let us illustrate what is meant by this. For instance, take rough lumber, the cheapest kind. The specific duty fixed in the schedule is >1.25 per thousand, but to which must be added the 25 per cent ad valorem duty provided by said section 2. Suppose such lumber is valued at 810 per thousand feet, 25 per cent, of that value is 82.50, to which add the 81-25 and it would make the tariff on rough ; lumber of that value 83.75 per thou- j sand feet On lumber valued at 820 ( per thousand the tariff is 36.25, anu on lumber valued at 830 a thousand It is 87.50. The Dingley rates were 32 a thousand straight Thus it will be seen there has been a very large Increase in the tariff on lumber in- ( stead of a decrease, if the maximum rate prevails, and we believe it will. ' I Washington, August 4.—The tariff conference report will be voted upon in the senate at 2p. m. Thursday. An agreement to this effect was reached

yesterday at 12:301 o’clock, at the conclusion of a speech by Senator Clapp. The unanimous agreement was reached on 'motion of Senator Bailey. Soon after this agreement was reached the senate, on motion of Mr. Aldrich, adjourned until 12 o’clock today. I . ■ ——* — o - I Martin Jabdrg, the popular photographer,, went to Tocsin, where jlast evening he was wedded to . I Miss Edna, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 'Thomas Foley of that place. The couple aftor their marriage will leave) ’ for awedding tour after which they •will retgm to Decatur for their future home. A furnished home awaits their return on north Fifth street? Both parties are well and favorably known in this city. The groom-to-be for five years taught school in this county, and about one year and a half ago he purchased the Sautbine art studio which he has since conducted. He has taken a course in photography and his work has been such ag: to command a good trade. The bride-to-be has also had exper- , ience in pedagogy, she having taught school for three years. The many friends of the happy couple Will extend their heartiest congratulations.) But the immediate friends and relatives of the parties concerned will ; witness the ceremony. —.■■■■O' A letter written by Mrs. H. A. Hartman at Boulder, Colorado, to Miss Dotty Parent, tells of a great ' misfortune to the Hartman family. 1 Their two children, Dale*eleven years old, and Ruth four years old, were • bitten by a mad dog and at the time the letter was written their condition was considered serious. On the advice of their family physician they left Boulder as soon as it was possi-ble),-.and will bring the two afflicted • children to Chicago, where they will ' be treated at the Pasteur Institute there. It is thought from what could : be learned in the hastily written letter, that the accident happened some timp Monday, and it is also thought 1 that perhaps the Hartmans landed in and it is to be hoped that mission WiH nftt prove in 1 vain. The mad dog was in reality a pup but ton weSks old and the two • children were playing with the blood- ‘ ed canine, when it bitithem and immediately showed signs of madness. Miss Parent whb received the letter this aftemon is just home from a ' visit to Boulder. More extended word is expected from them by tomorrow ’ and their many friends here are al--1 ready hoping that it will contain an encouraging report i _ o 1 Albert Kattenhetnrich, auditor of ' the Fort Wayne and Springfield railway company, is at present compiling his report for the month of July, and the sum total of the profits exceeds ' by 31,000 the business done during any preceding month slnpe the. existence of the road. While the excursions which have been operated t® Fort Wayne and the opening of Maple Grove park is in ameasure responsible for the big increase, the freight and passenger business in general has increased liberally and this responsive to the efforts of J. R. Fink, whose duties it is to care for that part of the business. The first Sunday Maple Grove park was opened the passenger traffic Increased eighty dollars and this also contributed to the neat margin the traction company attained. August is always a good month and the Fort Wayne ft Springfield people expect to do a big business during its time. Negotiations are under way,. if they find realization as expected (within the next ten day?), the work of extending the line to Monroe will be rushed. The work has been retarded resultant to difficulties encountered by the officials which will be cared for soon and then the extension will go merrily along. ■ — ——■ --O Geneva, Indiana, August 4.—(Special to the Daily Democrat)—Bishop Anderson, of Chattanooga, Tenn., wifi, deliver his popular lecture “The • Bloom of Youth, and How to Preserve 1 jit,’’ at the M. E. church Monday evening, August j 9. Bishop Anderson is one of the greatest platform i lecturers of the day, and we may well ' 'congratulate ourselves that he is ; coming to Geneva. This Is his best i and most popular lecture, and a large attendance is already assured this eminent Mehtodist divine. The lec- i ture will be humorous and it will be 'instructive and the eloquence of Bishop Anderson will always be remembered and appreciated. » 'Work is still making great progress •« jl.. 'rsTHhSSa*.' - . ..

on the grading for the Bluffton, Geneva & Celina Traction line, and it already begins to look as though* the grade would be finished within the time allowed by the contract between the traction magnates and the contractors, who are doing the work. Geneva people are becoming more anxious every day for the completion of the line, and many, of them hope that it will prove a good thing for the business Interests of the town. Anyway they want it, and from present indications they will get their wish before many months roll around. O Clara, slxteen-months’-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McKean, oi south of the city died yesterday at four o’clock^after suffering but two days from bowel trouble. The infant was seemingly well Monday* but was taken sudaemy ill Monday evening and gradually became worse until the angel of death claimed its yonn< life. The funeral will be held from the Winchester church tomorrow afternoon a6 two-thirty o’clock, the Rev. Freeman Mr. and Mrs. McKean have certainly more than their apportionment of sorrovz. This makes their fourth child to die within a few passing years and they are grief stricken over the sad misfortune of losing those so dear to them. Besides the parents, six children, three brothers and three sisters survive to mourn the departure of the child, whose demise was untimely and wholly unexpected until a few hours before life became extinct ' O - THE MORRISONS ARE AT HOME Came Home After Long Absence in Mexico. Mrs. Morrison and daughter came home Tuesday night,the former having been absent for the past six months, the most of this time being spent at Oaxaca, Mexico. Both came home feeling fine and report that the climate in Mexico is the one thing that is good for most ills. As related a few days ago, Mrs. Morrison (left Mexico just ahead of the quake that played such havoc, and of course reached safety before the calamity made itself known. The many friends of both Mrs. Morrison and daughter will be glad to hear of their safe return find will welcome them to our city. — + MISSING ASSISTANT POSTMASTER Fled from Cold Springe, N. and Is Held at Fort Wayne. Fort Wayne, Aug. 4.—Charging that Frederick W. Royce, arrested InFbrt Wayne last week with a companion on a charge of forgery and now held in jail in default of bond in the sum of 3500, is in fact the missing assistant postmaster who fled from Cold Springs, N. Y., with more than 32,000 (of the money order funds, Postoffice Inspector John N. Hunter today filed an affidavit to that effect before United States Commissioner T. J. Logan. In his cell at the cougty jail today in the presence of Chief of Police Ankenbruck, the man who has used three or four aliases in Fort Wayne admitted to Postoffice Inspector Hunter that his name is Royce; that he was formerly employed in the postoffice at Cold Springs, but strenuously denied that he had taken any funds belonging to the postoffice. Government agents will seek to have the case in the state courts against Royce dismissed in order that he may be prosecuted under the federal statutes. Within a few days it Is expected that the postal authorities will bring to Fort Wayne a certified copy of the indictment returned against Royce in the federal courts, and somebody to positively identify the man. • * ; o— Members of the Y. P. C. U. of tne United Brethren church gathered at the home of Isaac Nelson last evening, where after the conclusion oi their regular business session each of the members contributed fifty cents to the parsonage fund and told how he or she earned it At a recent meeting it was decided that each member earn fifty cents in some manner and present that amount to aid in defraying the expenses of building the beautiful new parsonage. The ypung people got busy and fe s P on ded nobly to the call. About thirty members and a number of guests were at the Nelson home last evening when the mites were given to the treasurer, Mrs. John Hill, and it was indeed in “ teresting to hear each Individual tell how the money was earned. Mrs.

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Philip Meihls easily carried off the honors for she earned her money by building a chicken coop and pressing a pair of trousers? Others present had queer experiences also in obtaining the money. A happy time was had and elegant refreshments were served before the most estimable young people departed for their homes. The hew U. B. parsonage is rapidly nearing completion. The plasterers are now at work finishing the interiors and the painters have given the new residence a neat coat. The parsonage when completed will be a credit to the church. o— WILL MOVE TO INDIANAPOLIS C. C. Deam of Bluffton, Will Go to the State Capital. Charles C. Deam, state forester, is making preparations to move to Indianapolis as his duties as secretary of the state forestry board keep him at the capital city most of the time and he wishes to have his family there. When Mr. Deam first received the appointment he did not think that he would move to Indianapolis but it was too much bother to come to this . city every Saturday night that he decided to move to the capital city. As a result the household goods are being packed preparatory to moving. Mr. Deam will still keep control of his drug store in this city and will also retain his residence and farm property here. He will make frequent visits to this city and will still be a citizen of Bluffton.—Bluffton Banner. o ■ . BANK MAY SOON OPEN Tipton Bank Will Likely Open Soon for Business. Tipton, Ind., Aug. 4.—Depositors of the First National bank were well pleased when the statement camfi from almost an official source that the institution was preparing to reopen next Monday, It being believed that the work ot ascertaining the value of the. paper on which money had been loaned would be completed by Wednesday night The books have been gone over and it is the.difflculty in getting assurances k of authenticity of signatures from distant persons as to notes that is holding back the report There was additional confidence shown when it was asserted that there would be no receiver asked for and that the amount of money shown in the discrepancy of the books would not exceed that given to the treasury department by Miller Weir, the bank examiner. This is thought to Indicate that Noah R. Marker’s speculations have been confined to the< last year, and that the books before that time do not show evidence of juggling. r WAS SOLDIER IN MEXICAN WAR Ferdinand Meyer. Visiting the Scenes of His Boyhood. Returning to seek his army comrades of sixty years ago, Ferdinand Meyer, of San Leandro, Cal., who enlisted in Fort Wayne as a soldier tn the Mexican war arrived in the city Mondhy evening and is a guest at the Wayne hotel. Mr. Meyer is 82 years of age, and is accompanied by his wife and his niece Miss Florence Locke. When they decided upon an eastern trip some time ago, Mr. Meyer determined to stop for a few days in Fort Wayne, from which, save for a day or two-in 1904, he had been absent for sixty years. Today the aged man, in excellent health and with interest as keen as in the olden days, took a drive about the city in the effort to locate some of the old landmarks which he knew as a young man half a century ago—Fort Wayne Sentinel. o A CRUSADE IN LAKE COUNTY Hammond, Ind., August 4. —From Gary to Cedar Lake and from Cedar Lake to Hammond the Lake county morality crusade has spread like wildfire. Yesterday forty-nine warrants against Hammond saloon keepers were sworn out by Charles E. Greenwald, prosecuting attorney, for keeping their places of busmess open on Sunday. The complaints were signed by the Rev. James Harris, a Nazarene minister, who invaded the saloons with a band of women parishioners to get evidence against the saloon men. The saloon men say « they do not fear the outcome. In all cases tried in the Hammond courts for minor law violations it has been ’impossible to obtain a conviction.

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