Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 7 October 1909 — Page 1

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J Hernan L. Confer wu nominated Mar mayor of Decatur at ■ feel primary held by fee Democrats ■faesday. Huter M. DeVosa leoted as the nominee for city r ß>wip ftw. J. Archbold far treasurer, M’ “Burns and Jacob Martin as council-|men-at-large, for councilman In first I ward Isaac Chronister; second ward, I John D. Hale, and third ward, Charles |i Christen. The election was unusually J quiet, but nevertheless about six I hundred votes were cast and there I was much interest manifested In the Hmtcome. For mayor there was a Kiee coraer ® d w,th cf TLenhart and Henry Lankenau as com. L petitors against Mr. Conter. It was I a friendly fight In which there was I not fee least sign of mudslinging and I In which each candidate put forth his ■best efforts to land the pluto. Conter [.(carried the first ward by eleven votes fcover Lenhart, and fee second by fc thirty-nine, while Lenhart carried the ftfeird by three votes over Conter and ft- six votes over Lankenau, the vote beL Ing almost equally divided. The total Kfvote for mayor was Conter 254, LenKuM' 207 and Lankenau 133, .the tfiner winning over Lenhart by fortymeeven votes. For clerk DeVoss won IgpUt by sixty-six votes, carrying fee Mntend ward by fifty-three and the. i||tbird by twenty-nine, while Myers' fee first by sixteen.''. For I councilman there was but one contest, I that being in fee first ward, where I Fred Linn and Isaac Chronister were Hlthe aspirants, fee latter receiving Hte nomination by two votes, the to-, ft‘tai being 72 to 70. The returns came Kin early and a crowd of several hunI deed gathered at this office to learn J the results. At 6:45 the first ward Kvote was sent in and a few minutes Klater the second came in. The third Kras a little slow and It, was nearly Height o’clock before they sent in fee (-Bteport which decided the results. 1 I | The nominees selected are all well known to our readers, especially to tithe citizens of Decatur, and they are M all men who deserve fee support of citizens of this town. They are .■Progressive but not too much so;’ they are men of good judgment and I fair mindedness who will , prove j worthy officers If elected, as w? J>eI lleve feby will be. Mr. Confer Is a I native of this city, and one of the I best business men of the city. He was born here forty-two years ago ■Kid with fee exception of wfew years I In fee banking business In South I Dakota, has been a continuous reslB||ent -of Decatur. He has had a wide 1 experience and will make a most exft dellent official. At present he Is the ■sltoie owner of fee Conter Ice Cream I plant and is a hustling man of mod- ■ ern business methods. His integrity I is unquestioned and he has every I qualification necessary to fill fee of- ■ flee of mayor in a manner satisfactory I to all. Mr. De Voss the nominee for I clerk is also a young man of many ■ good qualities. He is the official ft court reporter, and by the way one lof fee best to fee entire state. He I has a thorough knowledge of public ft affairs and till make a splendid city I official. W. J. Archbold named for ■ city treasurer, has held feat position Ll for a number of years, and has in ©every Why demonstrated the fact that ft he knows his business and attends to l it, Johh ’ft Hale, for councilman of ft the seotfofi ward, is one of the old and Hr at the county. Ho » clerk a mteter oti as always been in feel a ft comes to a qtes- | »oe. He is able, 4 con-1 should sweep £ large] rember election. The I for councilmen ,M. »Martin, atnarge, and iten in the third ward lister in the first; are Jtouncilmbn at- thfs ■ time. They are competent, reliable ft,and hotest and deserve fee support of ftjte citizens of Dcatur. The Repub|||ipans will hold a convention at fee ■ court house next /Monday evening ft when they will select a ticket to opft pose these men at the general elecfttion which will be held on Tuesday, ■ November 2. i At the city election yesterday committeemen were chosen as follows- ■ First ward, Thomas Durkin and Ed ft,Augenbaugh; second ward, James P. and Jacob Eady; third ward, ftwalter Johnson and Joseph McFarftland. They will meet at the ofilce ft Os, Gallogly & Lower tomorrow evenfting to organize, elect the city chairftman and formulate plans for fee campl — , — 0 —~,, '. _ ft Wighted each wife approximately ft >IO,OOO and containing to their enfttlrety a last testament of Henry B.

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Smith, a hundred brief words make his Nancy A. Smith, one 'woxhcdl inlndtea*. The will, which was filed in the circuit court Ttteadv ..by Emshwil'er & Waltx, la the briefest on here for fee disposal of an estate of such magnitude. AH his property ia iwft to Mrs, Smith. It is estimated that fee widow itill inherit to realt/ and personal property between >600,000 and >BOO,OOO. The will is dated October 27, 1803, and is witnessed by J. P. Oronto, 'cashier of the Citizens State bank, and Harley A. Hall, assistant cashier. Other than its brevity, fee will is remarkable to other ways, chief of which is the care, that was taken to guard against any court ( proceedings whatever and that no pro-1 visions were made for the disposal of ( the vast estate at the death of the, widow. The following is a verbatim copy of fee instrument: I bequeath all my property, rehl, personal and mixed, including cash bn hand or that may be on deposit to bank, to my beloved wife, Nancy A. Smith, absolutely and in fee simple. my death she shall have fuH knd complete possession and control of all my property. She shall pay all debts and funeral expenses and shall not be required to take out letters of administration or executorship or file any bond or (inventory of property, or make any settlement or report to court. ? ,'j The win was written six years ago fete, month and was prepared by Mr. Smith, whose signature was witnessed by Mr. Cronin and Mr. Hall, who, how. ever, at that time did not know that it was his last testament. It was found with other important documents in his private safety deposit box in the Citizens State bank, of which he was president—Hartford City News. o- — The Unite| States census bureau wants morn Westerners on its staff of employes. Somehow or other, up i to the present time there has been ' ontf a scattering small number of [ applicants for clerkships to Washing, ton from the far western states. The lack of applicants from the other side of the country may seriously embarrass the bureau. When congress erfacted the law for the taking of the 1 coming census it Was specifically pro. vided that the appointments (that is for clerkships to Washington) be apportioned among the states and territories in accordance wife fee law of apportionment. Sq far, many of thq. western states and territories are represented by only a small portion of ! the number to which they are entitled. It is expected feat about three thousand appointments will be made from fee examinations to be held all over the country on October 23. These, appointments will be for terms of six months to two years, and will aver- ' age about one year. The entrance salary, fixed by tew, is >6OO, but fee willing worker is promised early promotion to as high* as »00 a year.. Applicants must be between fee ages of 18 and 50 for fee clerkships, and not under 16 for jobs as messengers. From fee list of applicants who pass fee examinations this month, fee census bureau r will appoint a number of clerks cm January 1,191 Q. The real bulk xrf the appointments, how-. ‘ ever, W hot be made until, tome time*between;APri l August, “4 ■■wirti l ' - [ /Washtogtom Oatifeer fSecreUry of fee Treasury lhaa signed what he believes to be fee llbst <rf the regulations necesgart to [put fee Payne tariff law into full [effect Thia relates tpe reJjate..pt dtjties On imports <rf dried Under the Dingley act it was possible for importers to claim rebates on importations for several weeks after (toe fruit had arrived. Th* new law requires that an inspection shall Jte had and claims made within forty-eight hours after importation. The regulations, based upon this provision, have been approved by the fruit association ( of New York, and are expected to satisfy importers at other points. Mr. Reynolds’s resignation as assistant secretary will take effect November 1, when he will take up his duties as a member of the tariff commission. This commission will have heaftauarters in the treasury building. Nb hint as to his successor has yet been given. Washington, October 6— Former Senator Hemenway was here preparing to take up again the special work ( is doing for the senate in con-' nection with the effort to reduce gov- ( ernment expenditures. The special committee on expenditures, with Which he is employed expecte to meet here within fee next few weeks to go over fee estimates from the various

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departments so as to be able to act intelligently when congress meets. M& Hamepway has. since the senate adjourned in July, got together avast amount of Information designed to show where'tooney might be saved,. This information is to be used in connection with the 'consideration of fee estimates for fee coming year. ■- Twp well known boys of this city. Elmo Smith, son of Mnand Mrs. Ben J.. Smith, and Leon Crawford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crawford, ageJ about fourteen years, had an experience that they will not forget during the rest of their lives, nor wM ‘heir parents and friends. The boys hFp planned to go out walnut hunting and (with the consent of their parents left on fee expedition immediately after 'school Tuesday afternoon. They did ' not return for supper, but this caused no particular alarm. When they did not come in later during the evening, it was supposed they had gone to Mr. Smith’s drug store and would return home with him. When that gentleman arrived at his residence at about eleven o’clock he found the boys’ mothers anxiously awaiting for ! fee return of the nutters. course f all wpre then genuinely alarmed and Mr. smith immediately Staffed on a search for the lads. Coming down street be organized a party, Including , J. H. Yager, C. E. Ernst and Clarjence Bremerkamp and they started , to. Clarence Bremerkamp remember|ed having seen fee boys back of ‘.he [ Fornax flour mills during the after•noon, and it was guessed that they • (had made a trip up fee river in a |'boat that is kept there. This theory 1 was given more credence when ft was found feat the boats were gone. A ,'rig was secured and Yager and Erust drove to fee Schmitt packing house south of fee city, while Mr. Smith ( and young Bremerkamp walked up along the river, each party calling, to each other and for fee lost boys * The search was kept foir an hour or [ more and finally when some distance south of fee Chicago & Erie railroad / bridge, a call of fee father was an- , swered from the middle of the river. iMP. Smith discovered an old boat i along the shore and rowed out to the ' middle 'of the river, where he found the two boys, wife a boatload of wal’fnuts. The lads had worked until ' nearly dark gathering the nutrarfd ' 'then started back tn fee boat Whtoi f they reached fee point where they were fouhd ,the boat got fastened .on an old log, and though theyworkr|ed hard and'as long as they could, they could not loosen it Only one man passed along the railroad and t though they called to him for asslst- . ance he refused and went on his , way. Finally Elmo and Leon became t * exhausted and fell asleep ifi the boat . to be awakened hours afterward by ( the calls of fee searchers. The party , arrived back in town at 1:30 next . morning. The’ parents were happy, and so were fee boys, who apparently , suffered no serious results from their [ experience, but who will remember it during many years to cemf. , Hartford City, Oct 6.—A sensational ‘crime was recalled in this city s yesterday when William R; Krauss filed suit for divorce in the circuit » ijouft foom The Wife te serving a Hfe aeUtehce in the woman’s prison at Indianapolis ihoT 'tea toufder <rf (har I jteystal Krimss, wijd was well known i to' Martoh- Wihff' vtslted there a W > days previous to her death. The murder and prison sentence to made the I basis of theidlvoree Mt. Mrs. Krauss mfoWed June S, , 1904. Miss Crystal' Krrfuas died of strychnine poijtohing administered toy i the , stepmother, Haye 4< Anderson Krauss, who is made defendant in the divorce proceedings. Oh September 25, 1904, Mrs. Krauss made a fall confession of her crime in writing and on the strength of it was given ’a life term to the woman’s prison, , where she now is. She was sentencea Oct, 27, 1904. Word is received frequently from the authorities in charge of fee prison that Mrs. Krauss is resigned to her fate and is a model prisoner. The case was fee most sensational one in fee history of this city and attracted attention all over the country. An unnatural jealousy of the stepmother is said to have been the motive feat caused fee crime. Crystal Krauss was a lovely girl, to know whom was to love and her un- ; timely death created profound sorrow. The family was prominent m Hartford City social circles. X ' o —- A copy of a Paulding, Ohio, newspaper sent here by J. F. Harkless con. tains the announcement of the loca-

tion tfte®» of a beet sugar factory which will cost seven hundred thour , sand doHarz. The plant is to be- pea in hr the German American Sugar : Company,: of Bay City, Michigan; and i ft* toeattan there was due to the fact that Paulding is located in the mMkt of a territory that is adapted to the raising sugar beets. The citizeuH gave the •(company sixteen thousand dollars for locating there,- fee company erecting their buildings on a sixty acre tract of land located just : outside tl>e city of Paulding. Among the conditions assumed by the Paulding citizens is feat six thousand acres of land WiH be cultivated- fa sugar beets. The factory is only fa. operation a part of fee year, from September until January or February and during that time will employ three hundred people, but fee greatest benefit to be derived from it will be in furnishing a market to the fanners and land owners of feat region for fee cultivation of sugar beet. It will mean fee spending of lots of money to fee people there, and will be of inestimable value to every oh iu r ' o ■ ■ Terre Haute, Ind., October 6.—The solutlon of the mysterious inspection of John R. Walsh’s Southern Indiaha - road is said to be that instead of J. J. Hill being fee probable purchaser the United States Steel company is after the property. That H. 0. Frick is getting all the coal land possible to the fields lying along fee Southern Indiana, from Danville, 111., to Terre Haute, has been known for some time. It was learned today that the steel people and the Chicago & Eastern Illinois have not been having harmon. ious relations. The Eastern Illinois ' had been asking for better freight rates, for coal hauled to fee steel mills at.South Chicago, Joliet and Wauke- ' gan. The road has been hauling this ' coal at a loss for a long time. Soon there Will be the Gary consumption, greater than all the others combined. ! The Steel people have recently been giving the Southern Indiana all the coal they could and the new field being acquired will be far more contiguous to the Southern Itodfana than ‘ to the Eertern Illinois. There is also 1 significant information that the steel ’ people have use for the Bedford stone 1 quarries, which - were part of the 1 Wfetlsh Southern Indiana holdings. The 1 flux stone which had been unmarketable and a nuisance has been taken by the wtel people for making cupolas for the furnaces, 'the mines of fee ’ Deering company, which Frick is to 1 take over, are 'easily reached by fee 1 Southern Indiana. It IS also learned today that a branch fourteen miles 1 long is to be built southeast bom St. ’ Bernice, 111., on the Southern Indiana to a point south of (Minton, Ind - ., ' Which Will be at the center of fee trust’s coal fields lying along both ' sides df tite Indiana-Illinois state ’ line This road is to be built at once r by the receiver with the permission ’ of the court. The survey has been made and fee ties are on the ground. -o Fort Wayne, Ind., October 6.—St Joseph Hospital, 3 O’oclock p. m.— (Special to Dafty Democrat)—The i condition of Anson Van Camp, the De- ■ catur business man, who has been &tae for a week past continues very 1 jterious, but wife a slight ehange tot ► tee better. He is still delirious at ta- > tervals, and the only marked improvement is fee foot that te has today Ute, . little unW h. nf wdter. He "is suffering from a : nervous ailment rthfeer baflUng-but the etenge today, fet>u|&i: very rilgift, adds W the tagmiMmt te may re--cover. though Will be .a long battie if he, does. He is very weak and Ira operation is completely out of fee question at this time, w to fee near future. Hbweieir, he is still quite strong and holding his own well. Everything known to science is being done for the afflicted man, and. there are still hopes feat te may be restored to good health. .■ 0 ..„ The >IO,OOO damage case of James Touhey vs. City of Decatur, has been set for trial for Wednesday, November 3. The defendant has filed answer to the complaint Daniel N. Erwin, guardian of Grace Freang vs. Christena and Jesse G. Niblick, partition, finding for plaintiff, property ordered sold. D. B. Er. win appointed commissioner; bond fixed at >2,000. Finding that defen- 1 dants hold lien of >508.29. Attorney D. E. Smith filed a new case, • a complaint to quiet title to real estats fii St Marys township.

in which are named sixteen defen- < dants and their unknown heirs. The 'I cause is entitled Harriet A. and Geo. Humerickhause vs. William Maurer et at-- - :lj " .. ii Emallne, McCune, administrator of I the estate' of James McCune, filed a 1 report of a sale of personal property. ’ M. F. -Rice, administrator of the estate of Edward B. Rice, filed a final report and the notice was ordered re- 1 turnable November Ist < Geneva Supply Company vs. Mabtn 1 T. Sumption et al, account >2OO, ah- i swers filed to interrogatories, set for trial November Ist. Evaline Archer et al vs. Mary Byson et al, partition, submitted, finding for plaintiffs on complaint. Property ordered sold; Henry B. Heller appointed commissioner. Bond fixed at |B,OW. \ * '-j Frank Imboden et al vs. Sarah R. Imboden et al, partition, demurrer co answer sustained; petition filed by Harry Imboden, admr. to be made party, withdrawn. -o — Geneva, Indiana, October 6.—(Special to the Daily'Democrat)— The Republicans of Geneva met in convention at seven-thirty last evening and nominated their candidates for town officers. The ticket nominated is clerk, Josephius Martin; treasurermarshal, William Pratt; councilman first ward, J. W. McCray; second ward, Jesse Throp; third ward, Art Coleman. The ticket is a good one and will cause the Democrats to get and up .and hump some. A thorough organization will be made by both party organizations and an effort made towin out at the election. Michael Engle, living three miles northeast of Geneva, and who has been ill for six weeks past, is showing marirrti improvement, much to his own satisfaction and fee gratification of his friends. . v J’-i . ~ •'■...te-,. '■ Dr. L. Mattox, who was a delegate to the grand lodge Knights of Pythias, which met at Indianapolis this week,

could not go on account of his professional engagements, and G. W. Schaefer went in‘ his place. . _ Mrs. W. W. Briggs, a member of the grand lodge of Pythian Sisters, left for Indianapolis Monday to attend the 'session of that body. . Fred Engle, a former Adams county boy, but now located in Oklahoma, is visiting old friends and acquaintances here. He likes Oklahoma real well, but Adams county better, and would return here but for the high price of land, which he says is'too mpch for him. Mrs. L. L. Mattox left for Indianap. olis this, morning, where she will attend the grand lodge of Pythian Sisters as a delegate from the Geneva lodge. . Mrs. A. P. Hardison of Line street, Tuesday afternoon pntertalped the members of the famous Birthday C?ub. There were good things to eat and ! Jolly time for every Hardison being an ideal hostess. - jDavid Bplm for' thirty-eight years the owner of a shoe repairing business here, has sold -out to Scott Ellis of Beqatpr. MT. Polm will take a lopg and much needed rest and will then locate in Portland. The business is located in the Acker store, .and Mr. Ellis will retain the many old customers and many others, and will succeed without any doubt —o Mrs. Newcomb of Huntington, and Miss Winona M. Hoffmann, of Linn Grove, Adams county, were elected delegates to the national W. C. T. C. convention at Omaha, Neb.,' by Jthe four counties which they will represent namely, Adams, Wells, Huntington and Randolph. Miss Hoffmann represented the only union in Adams county at the- state convention at Muncie, Ind. Mrs. C. A. Dugan will entertain the Ladies* Aid Society of the Presbyterian church at their regular social, Thursday afternoon. Everybody is invited to attend. . Rev. T. W. Inman, pastor of the Friends church at Pleasant Valley, will deliver hia farewell sermon to his

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congregation on Sunday evening end the ptete fa Invited to be preset '. The TAdT Maccabees are planning '■aw ’excellent entertainment to be given next week. The program has not 'completed yet, but the members have decided to give a program w«H Wtt attending. The Ladies’ Missionary Society of the Salem Evangelical Church will bold a business meeting at the home of Mrs. Spuller Thursday afternoon at 2 m. This being an important meeting and business must be looked after. The American League will meet with Mrs. C. D< Murray Friday evening at fee Murray Hotel. The meeting promises to te an interesting one as the ladite are planning for a magazine festival to te held soon. The Woman’s Missionary Society of fee Methodist church will not meet this, week as previously announced. This is the week of the rummage sale at corner Third and Madison street, and ft Was decided not to have a meeting, this month. Everything you can think of win be on sale at fee above named place. Bear this in mind and fee* place, corner Third and Madison streets. The C. W. B. M. will meet at fee hoffie of Mrs. Percy Williams Thursday afternoon at two-thirty o’clock. A good attendance' is asked. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Kunkle entertained at 6 o'clock dinner Tuesday evening at their home east of fee city and those present report a very pleasant evening. The evening was spent in several yays and all that could help to make a happy event was thought of. The out of town guests Were Mrs. Mary Shoaf, of Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. Matilda Schneider and Mrs. Maner, of Genoa, Wis.; Mrs. Nellie Smith, of Petroleum, Ind., and Mrs. Sarah Kunkle, of Curryville, fad-, hnd Mr. and Mrs. Levi Raker of this - city. After a late hour fee guests departed for their homes, after an'evening well spent. The same party of friends were entertained at ” dinner today by Mr. and Mrs. Levi Baker fa fee north part of the city.

Mrs. M. Burns, who was scheduled to entertain the Historical Club, was assisted by Mrs. Frank Burns at > the latter’s home last evening. The ; club continued their regular lesson > on Alaska and enjoyed a very interesting meeting. r Mrs. Ben Elzey was hostess at the , regular meeting of the Christian En- ■ deavor last evening. Refreshments I and games composed an enjoyable 1 social time, after the business period. L . 0 i MR. ASH LIKES PANAMA DISF. Former Adams County Resident Spent Yesterday With Friend Here. Eugene Ash, who is an assistant , secretary for the Panama canal commission, and who has been stationed at the Panama since the commence- ; ment of the work there, was here yesterday, the guests of Banker C, A. Dugan and family and other friends. Mr. Ash formerly served as assistant cashier Geneva bank and is quite welt known here. He ls on his way to fowa wift jotiTW( family for a short visit with relatives to his work in the south. He andhlsfamfly like the Panama district so well that they expect to remain there even after the work on the commission is finished. ' • . O- .. . BAND SERENADED THE WINNERS The Decatur Juvenile band did a god job of serenading the successful democratic candidates last evening after the returns were in. About nine o’clock they began the rounds, going to the home of H. L. Confer, where they made the nominee for mayor make a short speech. From there they visited the home of H. H. DeVoss, then went to the homes of all the other nominees, including the councilmen and at each place they were well received and royally treated. — > O™--" - ", "* Walter Mosher, in jail at Columbia City for two days on a charge of forgery by a grand jury indictment, was released on a bond of |l,ooo furnished by J. A. Mossman, Emil Doriot. Charles B. Mosher and H. L. Mosher. He will fight the case vigorously at the November term of court and declares his innocence. I *