Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 26 January 1903 — Page 1

OLUME 1

ZION CHURCH. # )edication of the (landsome Friedheim Church. ft • Great Crowd Attend the Services which Were Beautiful and Appropriate. Sunday was a great day in the hisory of the Zion Lutheran church of i'reidheim for on that long to be reie#ibered day their new church buildigwas dedicated with fitting services; acred and impressive. As the hour or begiuning the services drew near he crowd grew and at ten o’clock, the our set. several hundred pooplo wore waiting outside the beautiful edifice, ’romptly at that hoi# the contractors iaun & Christen, turned the keys I ver to the pastor, Rev. Pruess and He nlocked and threw open the ddors in be name of the Triune God. The reat throng, which more than filled he big church room entered and wore nmediately greeted by an organ preade by Prof. Fiechbach, teacher of he church schools at Freidheim. The udience then sang hymn 174, “Let ■ ra be thine forever,” after which Rev. *reuss read a scriptural passage, mother hymn was followed by Prof. )arn of Concordia college, who ffeivered an able and powerful sermon nd conducted thededicatran n the afternoon at two o’clock tlq hureh boll again called the people Ogether and an English service was* eld as follows: Organ prelude, Prof, 'ischhaah; hymn, “Abide, O dearest esus;” scripture lesson from Psalms, 9, by Rev. Klausing of Preble; hymn Eternal Son of God;” sermon by ’ey. Klausing, a splendid exhortion 3 the people to praise Sod. He said he members of the Freidheim church ertainly had great cause to praise lim. The audience then sang “I ave found the sure foundation,” Rgv. “reuss pronounced the benediction nd the service closod by Binging the oxologv. *ln the evening Rev. H. chlesselman of South Euclid, Ofiio, a >rmer pastorof the Freidheim church, reached to his old cougregattonT telllg the members to hold to Christ and' eed his teachings as they had been lught so many years. Each service ras listened to attentatively and the vent will lie a long remembered ne to each aud everyone resent. This new church peaks volumes for the congre ation and they should indeed be roud of their work. The edifice is ne of the finest in Indiana, and when handsome new pipe organ already rdered arrives, will have cost about 18,000, every cent of which has been aised by the Zion congregation themalves. In the words of one of the lemberH, “We.relied on the faith of ur Father above, and our faith has ot been misplaced.” The Democrat rishes them shccess m the future, oping their membership will grow nd enable them to build another ouseofGodin half a century from ow. The Zion is the mother of the t. John churches of Preble, Root and Jnion townships. INDIANA FUGITIVES. *• ongress to be asked to Deal with the Question. A plan of compelling the governor f Indiana to extradite William S. ’ayloi aud Charles Finley and of preenling any governor in the union ram shielding any fugitive by refusig to honor requisitions w ill be emodied in a bill which will be introuced in congress by Representative >avid H. Smith of Kentucky. Mr. itnith was a strong candidate in the scent race for United States senator i the blue grass commonwealth. He i a aMtnber of the judiciary eommitmof the house and is considered the blest member of the Kentucky delation. “It is now too late to accomlish anything at this session,” said Ir. Smith, “but I shall give the qtiesiun a good deal of thought during he summer and work out the details f a bill which I will introduce assoon s coagress reconvenes in the fall, 'he general purpose of the bill will be 3 impose a penalty on any governor iho refuses to honor requisition paers when presented to him in the .roper form. This kind of a bill, I Link, will force the governor of Indina to yield up the criminals whom eis harboring and will serve to preent any governor from refusing to onor requisition papers in the future, f every governor in the union would o as Governor Durbin is doing a kale of auarchy would be ushered in 3 tebe the place of an orderly adminitration of justice.

The Daily Democrat.

• PUSHING UP. 0 Congressman Watson Wants on the Ways and Means Committee. ft Congressman James E. Watsrn, of Indiana, is a candida'e for the place on the ways and means committee which will be surrendered by Congressman Steele when the latter’s term expires March 4. Mr. Watson is making a vigorous campaign for the appointment. He is recognized as a good fellow and is popular with the Indiana delegation, so that he probably will have the support of the republican mepibers from Indiana for the important place he is seeking. Major Steele has been asked by Watson’s friends to recommend Watson as his successor. Watson is the assistant whip of the house and stands in well with the republican bosses. He is the bosom friend and room-mate of Congressman Hemenway, who has a long pull with “Uncle Joe” Cannon, the sppaker-to-be. The importance of Indiana retaining its representation on this most important of all legislative committees is recognized by varied interests throughout the state, especially by manufacturers. Watson is a high protectionist* and probably would suiLthem as well as any other member of the delegation. "Watson’s jnost important assignment now is on the naval affairs committee* which has no special with Indiana. ” 8 e .* FIGLiREDOIST. '• « ® ® * **• * ■ «# • • • • • • The Indiana Legislature Costs Thirteen • # • • Hundred and Fifty-two Dollars a Day. m ® •®@ * Th# following is the* daily expense of the Indiana legislature: 158 members at $5 a dav, $750; 400 employees at $5 allay, $500; 26 employee# at $3 a day, S7B; 4 employees at $6 a day, $24; total, sl*;3s‘2. This’does no| in. elude lights, fuel,‘printing, station ery, supplies, law .books, etc. Nor does it include the average* mileage ! thi*t each legislator wjll draft - for riding on a pass. ’ * * : GOOD WORK’.. • . . v 4 . I • * * • • • * * Revival Services at the Christian.Chijrch • • in tlm City. •* , The special* services now being held at the Christian church are growing in interest and attendance. Three have already taken membership frith the church and others seem gteatlv interested. Toe meetings will continue through another week at least. The pastor of the West Jefferson street Church of Christ, of Fort Wayne, is expected to preach this evening. A and praise service led by Mr. Segur wjll commence at 7 p m. and continue for onq-half hour. Preaching to ‘commence at 7:30 p.m. All are most e’&rQially and* earnestly invited to attend -all services. “Come anff let us reason togethet.” , . • -. MILLIONS IN IT. - - • •* * • A # 4 • • *. •. J. PierpontAiurgan Mites a Real Handsome Check. * What is understood to be the largest check ever drawn in the history of commercial transaction in this or any country, recently passed through the the New York clearing house. In round numbers it was a check for $22,500,000 and was drawn byj. P. Morgan <& Co. to the order of Kuhn, Ixieb At Co., payable to the First National bank of New York. The tranaction involved was the payment for the acquisition of the Lake Shore’s interest in Reading. MEET TONIGHT. A Pleasure Event for the Afternoon Pedro Club. Mrs. George G. Flanders will entertain the members of the Ladies’ Afternoon club and their husbands at her home this evening. Progressive pedro will be indulged in, and it’s a foregone conclusion that several happy hours are In store for the guests. The crowd has the reputation for knowing how to enjoy events of this kind, ana with Mrs. Flanders as hostess it is assured that the event will be a pleasant one. Mr. Thomas M. Reid of Boston, is to be the guest of honor.

DECATUR, INDIANA, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26/1903.

WILL DRILL HERE. • • ® • ft ® # Gil Contractor Will Put Down Wells near Here. * f $ * * » • o 4 •* Prospects for the Greatest Year in the ' , t , \ History of Decatur. , tr * * ♦ • Mert McKain, one of the best known in{ the oil fields, now living at Berne! is arranging to movq«here. He jvas in the city Satprday, his business being to have a •transfer recorded for the Bftllevue Indiana Oil company, who have re- ‘ cently scfld stock to the amount of ML. McKain i* a member of the company and manager of their operations in this county. They will put down a number of wells iu this 1 vieijntyin the earl/ spring, the 00m- f pany having leases on a* large amount territory about, the city*. Mert also* has a contract with the California Geyser Oil company to drill five wells just east of town along the Clover Leaf railway? and will'go to work on them as soon as possible. • 4t is certain that'foreign cofhpaniss have decidecf to pungh old mother earth in i Adams, county, especially around j Decatur, as full of. holes as time and.! labor can accomplish,'and tb#re is little doubt but that they will unearth a good fieffl. Mr. McKain sayA’the past year has been n good one for him and* be experts the* next to be far.better. . A* year ago he was practically penniless, having lost two strings of tools. He secured a lease on the HiipsickeV fatm, and gate i* as collateral to the., Bellevue eempany for a string, Os . ■ tools which he paid for fn four months. Since then hia earnings in-.t 1 eluding"- n gift of ssjooo werth “df stock Jfibm his cojnpany, have been* > about SIO,(XX), and. Me’rt 'has _ jjist 1 cause to be’ happy. With the opening of Ihe oil ftelds about here, the fletv, mitten factorv, the new screen' factory in full dpefatiop, and otber-in-. ' dusuries soon to he *pijt on foot, the 1 coming y'ear bright for, Decatur. •* 484 # * ■ -. SAVED AGAIN.' .. • • • . 00 • 0 10•• * • 0 *’ r t , Scnitof'Fairbajpks ygll Sacrifice Him^ i* • . . ’ self for Another Six Years. * . • • • 4 , Word lias bqen rpqpiveu from Sena' tor Fairbanks toihepffect. that if the 1 legislators insist upon it, he will sub--1 mit* Jo A heir decree and accept the* United Stakes for another six*»years. This self-sacrifice upob the part of Senator i'h;rbanks is the marvel gs the twentieth century, and we nearly wepp for fear home .catastrophe' will yet cause him* to change h*is 1 mind and leave uq* helpless Jo fjite that would he more dreadfijl than the 1 volcanic eruption of Mt. £elee. The steering committee of the legislature ■ should make sure of him before it is • too late. • * !, . .** '' •’ TO St. JOSEPH. • • ■ :• • •0- • » ' **.• * • , . * ' /oseph T/ikcn to. Jhe Fort Wayne'. .••• / • .‘I Hospital thiS Mornihg., • . * • ♦ . • JosephTSmitb, who lias Ueeu .ery | ill for a month pkst with yellow 'jaundice was ,taken jo the jit? ~los;- ; eph hospital at Fort Wayne this i morning, wherb no will’lie placed - im' * ! der the care of Dr.‘Maurice Rosen- 1 thai. It is not known yot whether* an operation will bp nei'essasy pr not. He was accompanied by Dr. C. S. Clark and 8.-J. Smith. * # * . • »■ ’ • NOT EFFECTIVE. . * » • __ * 4 •• ,4 • * The Legislative Mileage Graft not Disturbed. The effort of Representative Stechhan to cut off the legislative mileage graft in the generrl asseinby is not destined to be effective. The bill provided for cutting the mileage allow anoe down from twenty cents a mile to five cents. It went to the committee on mileage and accounts, and that committee will send it back to the house today with a recommendation for indefinite postponement. It . is said to be a moral certainty that no memlier will dispute this action on the floor of the house, especially since there will be no minority report in the bill’s favor, and the measure limy, therefore, lie treated as practically dead.

THE “ RIPPER BILL’; *’• '. ' • <* * * ‘ ft Governor Durbin, Shows an Interest in Its Passage. 5 *« . * .* *» * * Governor Durbin ha# now beghn to show his Rand and to alpo show, an ■ unwarranted interest in the passage of the “ripper bill,” ana*which'. seems destined to make the session of the! legislature famous. "He now makes the bold statement that should thN bill pass, a thorough examination bv experts of the past nlanagemeht o’s the institution will meef with his favor. It occurs to us that right aj this junctor# ha-should take the legislators and the public into his confp, dence. If the past management "rotten and characterized frith-jobbery the governor undoubtedly knows' it,, and he should say now instead o{ casting reflections upon the men‘now • j connected with the ft>forinator,y mas - ! agement. ,It iJ unfair and unjust tet, fmake these reHei-tions aud then,.expect his chief ’ executive t<*i | t i>9 the only guarantee as their truth- ! fulness. We'fdvoj the 1 investigation, one^ too that will investigate instead ;of whitewash, but Governor Durbin I j should now tqake his complaint mere explicit and a few well grounded reasons that he is more interested in j clean government atour 'State Tnstituj tidbs than he is is biykling<uf) his ! senatorial mac Bine. ’, •'• • • ~* j ' ENDS HIS LIFE. '. see. * * • «« ,* ,**»• * * , eee* * « * • * Traveling Man Known Here’Chooses the j* e »• * . • •:«*<,* ‘ • -Poison Roate. r\ > - .**••' •* • < liojrert Jvinn'aird; refiresedtative of the lyrauss. Cracke» -company, of Tolbdo, and wht.se home was .At'Fort Wa'yne, At the Exchange hotel, Huntingtou, Sunday* morning. Ift was quite.wrtl known hhre, having been 3allihg on the groceries and restaurants for a year, or more. H e ’ was acLdicted to the drink habit atiA .was under the influence when he. reached Huntingtdh Saturday night. He purchased twenty-five cents irtrth of prorphine-and retired h* B room where he took ten grainh, dying the next morning at? U):2ff o’clock. It is lielieved l*e took *the overdftfle Jit - inis ; . take and not with suicidal intent. Dr. .Morgan, the coroner, held- - au inquest "Sunday afternoon, retu&ring a feVdict of death fronw morphine ppKontug, at the S&me4ime noting th’iH he was un'able to say wheth'er or not it waA tak-, en with sivpidal istetit;' He stated, however, -that three-qpar/iens .of a ‘ srrain is a dose for people oui*ccus-' tbrned to jhe utie oT th# dru’g. • •••*•’« •*• • * 1 '.'not SCARED.:'-' • 4, • * * * • ' ' f . # s ; V t , ••, • • • Indiana Oil -Men Still Holding - Their. • .•***. .. ’ : * . “Supply of \he.’Ccude.v •’ . Tl»e four-cent drop fn oil lapt weel*. •has got scared the [goducers, to ati'v extent? and- those.win? wer# holding ■ bgcTt their <XI-for a higher nftirkeA an* j holding on to it for Uy> same por j-pose, and two or’ .of Jti’id most fflqservative of. oil men that thert* iS not a doubt in th'eir minds! but that ludituia" oH will _go .lpgh#r rtiau it was withm a sßort Jime. <The! Standard Oil coropany’advanced the f>rice.d( lubricating oils five cents in j I New York last •'Thursday, auout the *fime,the crgde*received a cut «jf tw<J 1 cents here, and for thht reasoif Indiana oil gieg who ar6 k’eejjhig fl.dos# ; watch on* the markets, think the cputle, p.rices will advance again. —■ ■>. *— •* •* ' MARRIED.:"."- % •- • • 4 * I . # * * " * • *•• • ; * •• * The Crist-piehl ’Nuptials Performed * * Yesterday. At noon Sunday at. the bride’s | home, southwest of the city, occurred J the marriage of Miss Emma J Cristto William O. Diehl, of LaForte, Ind. Rev. Payne performed the ceremony in the presence of the relatives and a few intimate friends. A big wedding dinner followed and the event was a happy one. The bride is the daughter of .7. P. Crist, and is a popular young lady. The groom is city electrician at La Porte, Ind., and the happy young couple will make their future home in that city. They left this morning for Elkhart, where they will visit a short time with the bride’s sister, going from there to LaPorte. Thu Democrat congratulates,

- AN OLD. ONE. v * • w t m , • Tax Duplicate of 1842 Dug • Up at Auditor’s Office. • **• •*• • • . . * . ■ • ’.*• Inteffcsjing Factj.and Figures as Coni- • . . 4 • , • , * pared with Present Day. .: *•os * • • -. . * .* • . • • * .\t the ‘ office 4>f Couhty Audijor Boch Anay be seen the gounty tax dupftcate ot 18431 ind there are JjetWeen the lids of the old btit.well preserved ..btjpk'some* mighfv interesting facts. • As may be imagined - there was r?ot a very great population in old Adams • si\ty years ago and the*record shows the exact P#ll to have beeh 477 r -Jit ‘•tHat time Monmouth was the biglotvn ' iplfl the poll es /{got toftfnship and • Monniout,h was 107, while Os Decatur | and Washington township tlie-votgig populatfojf was only sixty-eight. The I pols J)f the other tfiwnshipq was as follows: .Preble, fiftv-sevhn; St- Marys,, i sixjy-two; Blue Creek, thirty-twd;« JefferSon, eighteen; Wabash,* fprtyr two;. Hartford, ffourteen; French, twenty eight; KirMafld, seventeen? Monroe, seventeen and Unipn, ■The'amount paidf for taxeslin the year was 353,jJ48.27: while .in 1902 the amount paid was ‘The - totai-per hundred -then was ninety whi*h*fifty cents waScqyuty,* 'twenty cents.qtate ahd twenty centi} fcoad ash'essmeijt. The total valuatimi ,bf tlje. county* was- $307,522. XTl e arpoimt o£ taxes paid thatryear in .the entire younty waA less than", the amount paid, last. year by the Old , Adanla Rpunty Bank. Uiaf institution bt>ing the largest, jax payer».i.u the-' gounty at present. Iti the fllden’days • of which this record is a history a Mr. Dent was auditor,-his first' blame‘not’ being given jon books; John K.‘ Evass paid the' - ’highQst tax,' his annual paymeift* of /orty-four, dollaxs; being nearly fivirti that of any.others; Robers Gorfyner owned 1,280 acres" of land qn which iie *pai ( d *tbe insigpifi- , .caijt sum of twpnty*-eigbt dollars.for tax. Sothe idea of'thn great advancement we have madeln'sixty-years may be se©n Tfy fbe compari&on of the Studabaker <Jc /tflisOn cornet, where the Big'’,Store "is nofr loaated, 'and* which is cow yalued for taxation, at. €9,91 Q. In 1842 the same lotti were by Samuel Rugg apif waA valued at $390. The 1-ecord contains thf* names of many old families still tarfi-iliar-and each leaf portrays facts .that tpake coiyity history . . ’ ' , • © # * # a • ” AGAINST WINCHESTER • •• # ■ <4 ■ •Portland. City Piiti up - the Bars of •,V ! Qua'rantin?. TBe Portlaifd' erty counhil' - Eeld- a . special tnefeti i\g yafutday.' moru’mg , .put into effect a quarantine ■jagafust the' efty of.- JVjriclieste’r, the Lsame l*nng done Iqn account* of the' , j Apidemic of.smallpux wlik’h lias hispi Iso .pj-evalent .-there. They * selected J George D. Allqp whose Uuty.it jvTll btj to wjktgh aHJncoming trains notpermit any passengers from.Win.cliester to" stop U«ere. Tlie -Portlasd ; city wouucil figure ‘that ‘theyare butdoing thi«ir duty in. tlfus protectingthefr j*ople the. business repre- | seu’teu by them. Since 'our las.t-mAn--tion, oue more death’ reported,‘fhiltl 'of Harlan t’ole.' . . ! . * * • . * * . ENTERTAINED. -- : ••• • • • -.... *■■.••••: •• . • •• •_ .*• j , • • . • ■ • 0 - Mrs'. Schafer the Hostess at a Clever Dinner Party. • V **. • ’* • ; 1 Mrs. Fred* Sdhafgr entertained a •few of her lady friends at six o’clock ditiner Saturday evening at the Murray hotel. The ditfner was an ele 1 I gant affair in four courses and was j ga-atljf enjoyeif bv the’ guests. Those j present were Mesrlame# Bousman. Belle France. H.'L. Conter, J. Bij Meibers and daughter, Noah Mpn \ gold, M.Y. B. Arqhbold and Arthur ! Fisher. It was a delightful occasion I j and - the sumptuolls dinner fras •nicely j served! SHOW IS HERE. ' The Colonial Moving Picture Com ■ pany arrived at noon, and certainly have paraphanalia enough to give a great entertainment. It has the rop illation of lieiug the liost hliow of the kind on the road. The entertain moot is under the auspices of the I. O. R. M. and for charity and deserves a good patronage. Special arrangements have Ixwn made to accommodate tho children.

• NUMBER 13

.(' THAT NEW ONE. V •* 1 • "’• —V* " *’ ** • ; * • 4« • • •• •* # *■ 0 • The Waring Glove Company will be I • There with the Goods. * . * * * Mr. Lawrence C. ( Waring arrived in , -the cjt v noon anil at once confirmed all statements heretofore made about, ihe*Waring Glov6 * Tem. • -borkry headquarters will4ie taken in the Noah’s Ark building on North Second street, which he will afc oncei, r btJgin Jo convert" into a factory suit- * able*to his purposes. He thinks that perhaps accomodations for fifty machines can be made th#Te by »using first and second floors. A twenty horse * power ga# engine, with a dynaffio aud water.moters have already jbeen order- *' ed shippeil here, and which should, land sate aud sound .some time next , weJk.-.' His partner in the business is Mr. Dt, E. Lanferty bf Fort * Wayne, ’who will aht as traveling * #glesman, and who will' start. out pu Jhe- .initial-’ trip for the new dompanV tomorrow night.' He frill take orders for delivery iu"’ Maibß.'bll of which “sftows that tife. " n#w glove Jirm do not intend Jo loose . a minute’s time iu* gettifig jeady for < U£tiom •’ The Democrat had the.houor .. this afternoon Jof supplying them - withe* 'their order of stationery.'* The p newjconjpany.are of. the'fftibstantial..’ sort and wifi win dut, as will Decafur Ew having tiiem and their Qushiese in 1 our city. * * * * . . 7T“* . I.’ - ! SURPRISED HER. •> i".• - .■ . • • * • • • * • • * •■'•••*. o *’ . 1 * * • • - . . * . . Mrs... PeTer Gaffer the Victim of Well *• • . * Laid Plans. * *., ' A. '-Among. sfxxety.events 1 of the’season .qne thaV ‘dccur'rdd -laßt * evening, d surprise upon .\Jrs. Peter* Qaffer, will -ever be a bright remem* . I.ranee ‘for tfjose who, wefe present. The surprise was in Ijonor of Mrs. . ? Gaffer’s, l thirty jifth birthday’and * ; .was voigplete in ev.efv detail.- About. thirty-five guests, were preseht, and they succeeded in'ta’king the house by ■ ,sturm. Progressive " pedro was the prinpiplp amusement,-and first honors ■ .wpretak/n by- Slrs. T. C. Cprbett and > Mrs. d. H. Bremerkamp,-the boobjes > going tb-Mss. J. B. Mipbers aad Mr*. I R. U. Drummond. Mrs.. Gasset wipi t. fireseuted. with ‘a handsome 'center > lamp. '* ... RECKLESS DRIVING. ~ i •. / •. • * •* *•t* • , • ' Vehicles in a Collision on West Monrpe ’ ‘ ’** • Street. *• • *.*.•* A - uqm6er .of "voung mep drove*tp this city trem .AVitlshire, - yesterday, ' and attempted‘‘ter hhve a good.rime. . [•■Aliqpt six in-thevveuiug "tWo qf them* weredrjvjug weid.on Mbgroe sjtVeet. . add .sudclenLy deoufed. Jo race, and that they .did. .Just aS thpyoleaijxl ‘ the .G. R. & I. rkilroad. crossing, one , vehiclp sfruclj. the-rig of. Ci.A. Lamar, . ,> - fio jvaS driving in the opposite di.- ; fectiqn. Tisi sqddeq .shock th/ew ,« Mrs." Lamar under th# .'buggy, and were it n.rt for tke‘.faet that thb were 'inte/lock<id tightjy 'she would.,* , hav# .Be#n- rim ovGig .Tin* Wffjfshiib. ’ "veiiide'.tujeied en/irely overran its’top •tljreft - itsracauparitsln thtUAnoiv. .-The • shaft was s’nappeif pff ipifl •fiie>lior.«'’' . freed, .da’ijhi-d ilotvn the streef, bilt . Vitii goeq •qatlgLrt. -*T*he- harness -on,* j'the horses were torn to' piece#-atkl '. .l.Upth buggies were*damaged consiifcj - * • ably. . Mr. LAmar did not. know-that i tkoßQ'coming tmvafd him were-Facfpg • | anti h&d t'O. 'opportiqiity.to. turil- omj .j of khe'wjty. Tituirefkless (jarty would ".- .not'give t4ieir names nor whese they..* frerp from, but. it .was learfired .that . . they- dame from \Yillshire and • ,1 t\vo, by tho matin* of Chase ‘add Cully l.wure wißi,theaj. .That tlgitb were-uo,, j serious. Fes 1.1 Its from Jhe accident,* , | which. wUh merely a Tuck vturw*does j got make the affair ;giy less bhtma--1 ble apiLsuch ca'reless- driving-should . not be-done. * ,* * A SUICIDE. • * • « I • • * - * .. • - f , ••• • ‘ *. William N.' Entler' Commits Suicide at .j . *’ * Lafayette, William' N. Entler. perhaps ’knoWVi ! to some .of our jiwiple, suicided at La i fayette Saturday! Mr. Entler at one ! time owned part of the Huntington Democrat, and during his career in the business has been engaged in several newspaper offices in the state either as owner, editoror printer. He always lived beyond his means and of course never accumulated anything. • Os late he has been managing a paper at Pine Village. The last he visited this city wiih some two years ago when he spent an entire day here, with a view of giviug the city a writeup. It is suppoeed that dcsjmudency was tho cause of suicide.