Daily Democrat, Volume 3, Number 169, Decatur, Adams County, 28 July 1905 — Page 1

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| A WEDDING 19 Two Decatur Young People Are Married I Arthur Nall and Miss Jennie Meyers United In Marriage by Rev. White Last evening at eight o’lcloek tit the home of Mrs. H- H Meyers, who resides just one mile south of thia city, occurred the wedding of her beautiful and accomplished daughter. Miss Jennie to Mr. Arthur Hall. Rev. John C. White performed the ceremony The affair had been kept most quiet and only the immediate relatives of the contracting parties were present. Miss Irene Meyers, a sister of the bride, acted as bride's maid while Oscar Hoffman acted as beat man. A light wedding supper was served, after which the happy couple esoajied their friends and took the U;ll train to'Bluffton, remaining there until this morning when they came back to this city, changed oars and went to Findlay, Ohio, where they will siend their honeymoon. Miss Meyers is quite well known in this city, having resided here nearly all her life, and has a large number oi friends. Mr. Hall has for the past twc years been in the employ of Ous Rosenthal, in which position he has made a host of friends. Prior to that time he was associated with his father in the real estate bn-iness. During the time Mr. Hall has been in business here he his proven himself to be an honest and upright young business man. and is popular among his aesoci ates. The young couple will spend several weeks on their wedding tour, returning to thia c’ty, where they will make their future home. I Mr. Hall will resume his position with Mr. Rosenthal, and when the business change is made Augu-t 15th he will take up the same du I ties with the new firm of Daily <k Meyers. The Democrat extendcongratulations. MAKING ESTIMATES County Officials Busy With Figures Advance Estimates Nave to be Filed With the County Auditor by August First. County offi.ials are now sweating with long and complicated estimates of the expenses of their various offices for next year. These estimates have to lie figured out to a gnat’s fraction for a year hence, and upon these estimates are based the tax levy for these purposes. It is no small job to know the needs of ajpublio office a year in advance, but up to this time the officers have generally been within the estimates compiled by them. The law stipulates that these estimates have to ; be tiled with the auditor by the first ! day of August, and the board of I commissioners al that month's ses- i sion make their estimates of needs, ] and in September the county coun- 1 oil meets and approve or cuts down t these submitted figures While < business is generally few and far I between around the temple of jus 1 tioe, yet the .making up of these i yearly estimates makes plenty to s do for those _w h j NU the various r offices. _ It

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AN INCREASE The Personal Property In Adams County to be Chalked Up. • p«clal Talsgram To The Democrat Indianaiiolis, July 2s—There are *>on to be heard some of the loudest howls and there are soon to be registered Some of the most vigorous kicks that ever came from the placid hoosier population. These howls and kicks will be registered against the impending action of the state board of tax commissioners which is going to raise the personal property assessment in at least twenty five counties, Madison county shows a decrease in its per ecnal ass»-sment of 1724,000; Grant a decrease of |2«l,0000; Sullivan a decrease off 290,000; Blackford, Adams and Wells show decreases. A peculiar fact tsthe that Delaware County shows the large-t increase ot any county—ll.ooo,ooo. This in spite of the fact that practically all of theoountier surrounding it show a decrease Knox county is next in the the! ncrease line.w ith an increase of <900,000. Gibson. Payne, Howard. Shelby, all show increases, as does Elkhart.

IN AUGUST s I I Detective Association to i be Organized I I i The Date is Fixed For Wednesday August Sixteenth in . This City. — The organization of the Adams County Detective Association will ' take place in this city on Wednesday, August 16. Sheriff Butler had 1 a letter from John W Volpert. of Peru, who is the Indiana organizer, stating that he would come here on this day and effect a permanent and active organization. Mr Vol- ■ pert bad just returned from some point in Michigan, where he run to earth a stolen horse and buggy ! taken from Peru. With the outfit he also secured the thief who will get the full benefit of the law. backed by this gigantic organ iza tion, who intend to make life hot and unpleasant for this kind of thievery. The association paid a reward of <250 for the capture of this thief, and the return of the stolen propoerty, and this is one of the strong features favorable to such a county organization. It provides a fund for the work, besides it makes a pretty good detective out of every memlien The associa tion in Adams county should be large in numliers and active in the good Work to be accomplished by such an organ'zation. The farmers of the county have bad some ex pensive experience in this line, and should show an eagerness to guard against future attempts to relieve them of their fast travelers. YELLOW JACK The South Quarantining Against the Fever. Special Telegram To The Democrat New Orleans, La., July 28—The yellow fever quarantine guards have been armed with shot guns today, as the alarm in adjoining states continues. One case of an Italian refugee getting to Tamp#, Florida, with the disease is report ed. and this caused tightening of quarantine regulations. The twc Italinas who managed to board the Mississippi Valley train yesterday were locked in the car which was side-tracked at Baton Rouge last night and were sent back to New Orleans today.

DECATUK, INDIANA, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 28. l»05.

ANOTHER REPRIEVE Johann Hoch Did Not Hang Today The Reprieve Was Granted on the Grounds That Case Would be Appealed. By United Preu Nsws Association. Chicago, Juh 2*—Another reprieve has been granted in the Hoch murder case, on the representation that money had been secured to carry the case to the supreme court. Hoch declared when told of the reprieve that this much was due him anyway, as an innocent man. The hanging was to have occurred at noon, and the respite came just in time. Hoch had made all arrangemenst for his trip to the gallows Chicago, Hl., July 28—Hoch slept well all night, except once when he awakened ami complained of being sick, and said the death watch, ‘'Don't think I’m losing mv nerve, this is only an attack of weak stomach." He again -lept, but at seven o’clock awakened for breakfast, which consisted of coffee and rolls After breakfast he called for his suit case in which be pacxed his (Sects and then began to dress for the event of his life. His garb consisted of a black suit, black tie and white shirt collar and cuffs and the fear of death did not really seem to be upon him. He had alternately been in formed first that there was no hope of saving him, then that the money might be raised by the eleventh hour, so that his appeal might be carried to the supreme court. RESIGNED George T. Moore Resigned From Agricultural Department. By United Press News Association. Washington, D C., July 28— George T. Moore, chief physiologist in the agriculture department resigned today and Secretary Wilson immediately accepted his resigns tion. This act was taken as a result of changes being filed against Moore for being interested in ex plotting nitiro culture Jfor personal profit. Moore is a graduate of Depauw university and his mother resides in Indianapolis.

A RECEIVER The Equitable Troubles May Get Into Court. By United Press Newt Aeeocletlon. Boston, Mass., July 28.—There is much speculation here as to whether Thomas Lawson of Boston is backing the big suit for the Equitable receiver filed yesterday in New York. Lawson declined to discuss f insurance matters today. He said however, if that was his suit the public would know it in plenty of time. One Hundred Million. By United Preet Newt Aeeocletlon. Washington, D. C., July 28—It is reported here that China will demand a hundred million dollar indemnity damages from fighting on her territory Yellow Fever. < Special Telegram To The Democrat Washington, D. C., July 28— Three more deaths have been reported from yellow fever from the Panama canal.

NOTHING DOING There Will be no Elk's Lodge Instituted Here Next Tuesday. The local order or Elks lodge in making plans for the institution of a new Elks lodge at Decatur next Tuesday. The lodge here will leave for Decatur in the morning with a large crowd and in the afternoon will start to giving the candidates the degree work. The work will be continued m the evening, after which a banquet will be served by the Decatur order. Fifty nine candidates from there will take the work and the new lodge will include about seventy four members, as there are already fifteen members of the lodge in that city, being members of the Fort Wayne order. The institution and initiation of the members into the new order will tie entirely in charge of the Bluffton order A big time is being arranged for and a grand blow out in Decatur that dav may be expected The fifty nine candidates are the best men in Decatur and the prospects are for a flourishing lodge in the future.—Bluffton Banner. An investigation of the above finds it to be a little hot air. No such authority has been given by the high and exalted ruler of the universe of Elks, but the local members here are looking and ex peoting it at any day. It may be coming by slow freight.

COURT HOUSE A Paternity Case Transferred to Court Deputy Clerk Baumgartner Balancing up His Books During Vacation. One marriage license is recorded in the record of marriage licenses, that being issued to Orin Arthur Hall and Jennie E F. Myers. • - - A case was transferred from Esq Foreman's court, lieing state of !n---diana. on the relation of Altie Eckrote vs Walter Bugh. It is a paternity case. Deputy Clerk Baumgartner is taking advantage of vacation to balance up bis books and to adjust them and his cash, with a view of knowing the exact statque no thereabouts. In this way he keeps in touch with the business in his office and knows to a cent the color of the red ink. lhe fall term of cour t begins on Monday, September 4—five weeks and two days hence. Since vacation began there has been some twenty odd oases filed which will come up for action after that time. This is about the usual vacation grind, and indicates that there will be something doing when court again convenes. Sheriff Butler has advertised a sheriff's sale the case of the Indianapolis Drilling Co., vs the Em press Oil Co., and others. The sale includes real estate and the personal property of a once prosperous oil company. Pastors to Exchange. all the pastors of the city have arranged to exchange pulpits next Sunday evening. No one of the congregation will know who is to minister to them in divine things, and the pastors are t) be notified but a short time before the service hour, where they will preach. This very new and unique plan is ex pected to bring out many members of the church and give much interest in this service.

A NEW DEAL The Decatur Ministers Display Their Genius They Will Preach Their Best Next Sunday Appearing Before New Audiences. The pastors of the city belleve”in advertising their bu«ines«, and the plan evolved by them does credit to the genius of the minis terial cloth. Next Sunday evening when you go to church and exjiect your regular pastor to adorn himself with a long sac, and expostulate at length on ths evils of the cigarette habit, you will be disappointed. In his place will be a new face. The ministers have decided to exchange pulpits for this service, and the different congregations are to lie kept in total ignorance of who is who, and the only way vjj w i be able to sat isfy that longing curiosity is to go, see and hear. The novelty will be enjoyed as a novely, and the ministers will no doubt l>e just as much relieved as those of his con gregation who know all about, preaching. We presume these high j minded creatures exist in the church, the same as they exist elsewhere, and who can edit and publish a better newspaper than the editor. But the novelty of this undertaking is appealing to the better sense of men, and shows the liberal tendencies of the Christian religion, irrespective of the church. It is no longer essential to be a Methodist, a Baptist or a Presbyterian to be saved. They are all headed in the same direction, a fact they admit and acknowledge. The Decatur clergy are all above the average in the saving grace of pulpit oratory, and’nu mat ter’how much you shake the congregation will draw a blank. ** FIGURED OUT

Not a Veteran Living Forty Years Hence In Nineteen Hundred Forty There will be Three Hundred Forty Living. Special Telegram To The Democrat Indianapolis, July 28—In the year 1945 there will not be a vet eran of the civil war living. In the year 1940 there will be 430 veterans of that war living. This is some of the “mighty interestin’ readin' " just compiled officially by the United States government for dissemination among those in tersted in the passing of the ‘old soldier. The figures for these calculations were drawn up by E. C. Ainsworth, who is chief of the bureau of records in the United States pension office at Washington. No better authority can be found, as Ainsworth who held this position since the war and knows from close examination whereof he speaks. He has arrived at these figures after estimating, based on the mor tuary records, just Fow many vet erans will be alive in such and such a year. The information was forwarded to the Indiana soldiers that still survive that war. According to Col. Ainsworth there were living in 1900 909,339 veterans of the civil war. In 1905 there were 820,678 survivors, In 1910 there will be 626,231 survivors; in 1915 .429.727; in 1920 231,727: in 1925 116,073.; in 1930 37,033; in 1935 '6,296; in 1940 340 and in 1945, none.

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BEDFORD LEADS The New Southeastern Hospital Likely Located There. By United Press News Association, Indianapolis, July 2s—lt's a safe list that Bedford will get the new southeasternjbospltal for the insane. The fact It is asserted that font of the five commissioners who are to decide on the location of the new institution have pledged each other that Bedford shall have the hospital. There are various reasons for Bedford being in the lead, and right at the top in the enumeration of reasons is the fact that John R. Walsh, millionaire many times over is boosting Bedford. !Other reasons are that the land offered there is |4s,OGO|chea]ier than at Columbus, which is the second choice city. The commissioners seem to think Columbus is trying a hold up game. And such tactics have practically put Columbus out of the running. Bedford has cheap coal and cheap atone, also. So count on Bedford for the hospital. It may be, however, that no announcement will be made until fall.

CIRCUS DAY Geneva Entertains the Elephant The Show was Good and Thoroughly Enjoyed by the Big and Little Boys. | (Special Correspondence.) Geneva. Ind., July 28—Just before'daylight this morning during that period between darkness and dawn, indistinct forms could lie seen hurrying down the streets, all bound for a common goal—the railroad. As each one reached there a gasp and a sudden clutching at the throat told the onlooker lietter than words that the form—almost ghostly in its shadowy outline—had met with some One by one they Not a word was spoken. It seemed almost awful in that deahtly silence. Each newcomer, if he did recognize his brother did not acknowledge it even by a nod of the head Time passed. The semi darkness was dispelled by the rays of the sun. Those figures, so indistinct a short time before, were now recognize anle. They were boys from about town. The coming daylight had no effect on them, however. They seemed to have been stricken dumb. Then a train whistled A miracle hadjjbeen performed. Instead of a quiet, almost sullen, crowd of youngsters, there was now a mob of howling kids, for the circus was coming. The day of days was today. Lemon Bros.’ circus was here in all its glory and was the means of bringing one of the largest crowds to Geneva that has ever been here. The show is quite a large one, being transported on twenty some seventy-foot cars The outfit is clean and the greater part new. They were put up on the tract of jland just cast of the Geneva M tilling Co. s place of business, and of course that part of town drew the crowds. From all indications the show will be worth attending. Dan Patch. By United Press Newt AaaociatlonIndianapolis, July 28—The state i fair Board will conclude arrangements to bring Dan Patch here for an exhibition race on Wednesday, during the fair week. It will cost |3500. V