Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 7 October 1909 — Page 5

.wjw’wwrwwwJ w 11 ™ ;; ®Wrt Whyhe, »A, Oct.s.—Bt. Joi«ph Hospital.—(Special to Dally Deta. ow)4tthm:<lockthl» afternoontoe condition of Mr. Anson Van Gamp, of Decatur, Was a little improved over that of tltepWt twentyfour hours, and'there are'Wed far a continued improvement HWis Suffering from a nervous breakdown and other compMeations, and while fair condition la critical, .everything possible la being done and it fa ! the belief that be will aucoetafully stand the severe battle against disease. HO is delirious at times but seems to he holding his own very well. Unless unforaeen complications arise, it is thought the patient will be strong enough within a week to undergo an Operation which will be necessary before he can completely recover. At no time have (hose in caje of Mr. Van Camp given up hopes fpr his recovery, though he is a very sick man. The above message will be good news to the many friends of Mr. Van Camp in this city and county. He was taken to Fort Wayne the latter part of last week, and it was expected that an operation would be performed upon him yesterday, but this was postponed on account of his weak con- ’ ditlon. .This morning it was reported here that all hopes for his recovery had been abandoned, and the fact that those in charge of him have the sincere belief that he will soon Improve will indeed be cheering news. o , — It looks like a real war between the/Bluffton city officials and the Indiana Lighting company. The Indiana company claims the right to fhrnish artificial gas to that city under -the old natural gas franchise, while the city officials say that franchise is dead and refuse to grant another, except under iron clad provisions that the gas company claims to be unreasonable. The gas company are proceeding with the work, preparatory to furnishing the gas, but the BlUffton people say they will ask J.ft** an injttW& Jo'stop them when the proper time comes. Recently a '' franchise was granted to Will Kunkfe and he Inslsts ie Wilf,build a plant unless the Indiana company will meet the terms of his franchise,' During the past few days the clfy council, . attorneys and officials of toe gas com. , pany have been holding frequent meetings in an effort to compromise, ' Wtt.pp ’ to test 'jwenlpg' there war , nothing doing- in the way. .of a settlement and each side waadbreatening to fight the matter put ip the higher courts. Bluffton is asking fjwt ninety

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cent ghs;'that the Indiana company waive a» righto under toe former franchise, that the alleys bet used/ lor toe lines instead df the streets. In the meantime Decatur th being served frith artificial treated in every manner by' M*, f Mulholland; Mri Murdock and the' othwT members and oil r ; citizens are confldent that to the long rdn we will be as Welt’t* better taken ckre of thaji is ourquafreteotae nelgtftift •- i —-*■— -——o— ————*—• ■ ■ - Louis Holthouse, the proprietor of toe Fashion stables and Guy Johnson who is one of his helpers, met with an accident Monday that they w’ll keep in mind for a while at least. Yesterday afternoon they went to the farm of Mr. Wm. Fronfleld just east of the city to secure a load of hay for the livery stables. They had driven' up to the barn, loaded the wagon and started on their way home and when Just leaving the barnyard the load upset. They had stacked their load unevenly and when they cartfe to the turn in toe road the wagon became unbalanced and upset. In the fall Guy received two broken ribs and several other scratches, While Loti -received a bruised knee and a skinned up nose. Although injured as they were they walked to the city and had their injuries attended to. They will feel somewhat sore for a few days, but at the same time are laughing over their experience as farmers, and are thankful they are able to navigate. o •; Indianapolis, Oct. s.—The’ Indiana Anti-Saloon League has made its last big coupty option fight for some time to come. It is expected by the officers, of the league that within a few months most or all of the eight counties which are now “dry” by remonstrance will hold elections, but little or no contest is expected in these counties. On the other hand, the remaining nine counties will not be h battleground for the league, at least until the chances of winning look a good deal better thap they do now? E. 8. Shumaker state superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, said yesterday that of the remaining seventeen counties where no elections have been held, nine look “hopeless” at present from the standpoint of the league, and he and the other officers of the league are of toe opinion that to allow the temperance people of y ' . s Ms.-'***,> these counties to force elections would be detrimental to,the cause in Indiana. The nine. counties ijn question .are: Marian, St. Joseph. Allen, Lake, Vigo, Dubois, Vanderburg, * * '. \ -fl

Ferry, Dearborn.: While* lhere has been more or less talk In som« of these eounties about the holding of elections, temperance people who adr vocatp such procedure, if they expect the ' aid of toe league, will have 'to Show* tUt i very effective organfzatlouafida good chance to wliv'hlt,does not appfipt now to«t these conditions will /or many months, qn<| eleptlonsmay never be held in several of theta under tod county -Option law. Th A eight counties Which are “dry” byrtr monstrance but have held no . elections are as follows: Lagrange, Be* kalb, Johnson, Scott, Steuben, Wells, Brown, Warren. Dekalb probably will be the first of the eight counties to Hold an election, the present plan being to hold it late In November. To date, elections have been held in seventy-five counties. Os these sixty-two have gone ‘Jdry” and thirteen “wet.”-* — o — '■ : The recent death of Fred Richards who formerly lived in this county, at Michigan City, recalls the crime for which he was convicted and in speaking of it, the Fort Wayud Sentinel said last evening: At Decatur there was so much bad feeling against Richards that his case was venued to Fort Wayne. Its trial took place in the criminal court before Samuel E. Sinclair as acting •judge. He was prosecuted by Attorney France, of Decatur, assisted by Henry Colerick, of Fort Wayne, and defended by Judge John Morriswand Robert Stratton, both of Fort Wayne. The jury found him guilty and inflicted the death penalty. A new trial was granted and it resulted in a life sentence. .To this sentence his attorneys yielded and he Went to prison. It is. the belief of many of those whb were familiar with the 'evidence given at both trials that Richards never actively participated in the kilitog_of Backesto. The latter had other enemies who, it is believed, killed him. The principal evidence upon which Richards was convicted was. given by a boy who resided in Richards' home. Soon after the discovery of the mur,der Richards and the boy were -suspected and after their arrest, such was the feeling against them, .that citizens threatened to' lynch them, but were prevented by the officers and as a safeguard the’ two were brought to the jail io. Fart Wayne. At the trial the boy turned stated evidence against Richards and escaped punishment. His testimony on. the witness stand in mariy respects

but - Jury- in .each of -hthe trials seem to .have takenit as toe truth and Richards was convicted. Richards, after his arrespand throughout W long tnipristaimeht, to tod day bf his tfdath, maintained hiß innocence, always stating that the q. murdered • man had , met death by other hands. During h|s imprisonment, in 1891, he! was interviewed £n his cell by the : Writer, then atofepofter on The Seu-i ttaelj add he-said -then: 'Tata-suf-1 feting*for arcrime committed by ah-J other. Some day the truth will be known. I am the victim of circumstantial evidence.” . - ' x__ —— o Washington, Oct s.—The first im- ’ portant examination to secure materia! for enumerating the thirteenth census is announced to take place Nor. 3. On that date the local civil service board in each city where civil service examinations are usually held will examine applicants for appointment as special agent? to collect statistics on manufacturing, mines apd forests. Any person desiring to take this examination, or test, must applv to the census bureau before the close of business Oct. 25. No application received after that date will be considered at the test to be held Nov. 3. The preference will be given to men, although the director of the census states that “applications will be accepted .from women having the required experience and education, but the opportunity for their employment . in this work is slight, and but few, ii any,.such appointments will be made.'* The director of the census expects to i employ from 1,800 to 1,800 special agents to begin work about Jan.111. 1 He announces that he desires, as far as possible, for this work persons 1 who have had cqllege or university ’ training in statistics or economics and < persons who have had service ih tite : accounting department of some man- I ufactnring or other business estab' i llshment. Persons making applied' > tion. to take the test should write to * the director of the census asking for < the necessary blanks on' which tife ' applicant will be’ expected to state his business training, experience and I education. .If these are‘satisfactory . to the director, of the census, the ap- i will receive a card authorizing * him to appear before one of thte reg-. I ular A accredited civil service boards i Tor the examination. j . . >. —o~• —-——— .. . ■ “Biety’* Blersdoffer of Berne, Is at home after a successful year with DesMptaes , Ip the Western Assocfa,tion base ball league. His left arm; was never better and the last of the i

season'. star pitchers on the team. His clul| won tbe pennant by two points, aftej •ne of the hardest fights in the hisji tory of that league. The closed team was Sioux 'City, who led up to ' tlje last lap. .With eight, games t| [play the Sioux City boys had to lose (two and the Des Moines club had U [win six. It was a nip and tuck affair and on the last day, the balj (park at Des Moines was packed. Beity ( pitched and.. Won with ease and to make it . good the Sioux City bunch lost a double header giving the Deis Moines club the pennant, as stated, by just two 1 points. Os course the Crowd was wild and the town went: crazy that night. During the year Blersdoffer pitched twenty-eight games and won eighteen of them. Out of the first ten games he pitched he lost seven and all of them by one point. After he got down to work he more than made good and was again signed for next year. Six of his teammates wejit into major leagues |his fall. o •■< Brown'& Summers are busy In-! dians in the real estate business, and 1 during the past three weeks have sold over one thousand acres of Adams county realty, and the total aggregate of these sales was a pretty sum. They are certainly hustlers m their line and permit no grass to grow under their feet. They have just had published a new list of their Realty, and the list embraces several J thousand acres in this county, besides they supply their customers with good land in Michigan, Texas or Oklahoma. In the last three weeks they sold the James Glick farm to I Oliver Tizer, it being a forty acre tract and the consideration was $3,--WO. Their other sales was A. J. Benz farm of eighty acres to James Glick') 95,200; ‘ Christian Christianer to Moh- ( roe Murphy, eighty acres $8,000; , Matbias Miller to Spaulding, eighty-,i eight acres, $12,320; Albert Spooler* io Sam Shackley forty acres $3,900!; Buel Nye to John Worden, eighty-f Our acres' $7,500; Reason Shaffer to' Crownover, seventy acres $6,800; lotto Johnson to Reason Shaffer, forty,, acres $5,250; Wiliam Arnold to Ming- ( erva Murphy, one hundred acres slßl, 500; Jacob Kemper to Charles Rum!- ! schlag eighty acres $7,600; Charles Rumschlag to Henry Edwards, eighty acres, $8,000;. John Worden to JacobKemper, forty acres $5,000, The above indicates that the real estate firm of Brown & Summers are hustlers and that they db their share of toe business in the purchase and sale

... I of napl istate.,. They are both pliable [ ’’b&tple who hhve dealtags i sritoxtoeaa «nd them agnare toad aid all right . ., u Alexander M. Counterman et al vs. Earl feurley vs,'?The Peopled V&! 0D ’Attachment default, finding i • laclrtnentV*sheritt Sale ordered. Geneva Supply company vs. Melon T. Sumptlop. et al, account. $200; demurrer overruled; joint answer filed < hy all defendants; interrogatories filed J»y defendant. Frank’lmboden et al vs. Sarah R. Itabbden et al, partition, demurrer overruled'; answer filed by Sarah Imboden; motion by Harry Imboden, administrator of Henry Imboden estate to be made a party defendant. R. S. Peterson has assunied jurisdiction in the case of C. F. Gladieux and three other Allen county saloon 1 men on reapplication for liquor licenses and the cause has been reset for trial on Monday, October 25. Anson B. Cunningham vs. Chicago & Erie Ry. Co., damages $500; change of venue granted and cause sent to Jay'county for trial. j Real estate transfers: George Paint, er et al to R- Floyd Young, 2 acres in Jefferson township, $600; Berne Lumber Company to Otis O. Hocker, lot 26, Monroe. $3,000. | ——o ? Andrew appleman operated I Andrew Appleman, a well known farmer, living just west of the city, j was operated on Tuesday afternoon by an ailment of the bowels, and hi? condition is yejry serious. Mr. Appleman j has been in poor health for a year past, gradually becoming worse, and it was finally decided to operate in hopes of prolonging his life. The op[eration was performed by Dra D. D. ymd:C. S. -Clarir of this city and Dr. [McOscarofFort Wayne. The appendix was removed and everything was done that’Svas possible. Owing to his ! Weakened condition and the serious- ' ness of the case, it is said to be very doubtful whether or not he can recover. -A trained nurse from Fort | Wayne arrived Tuesday a. m. and is assisting in the care .of the patient. | _L o—'l Siras Lankhart of east Os Berne, was in the city today on business.