Daily Democrat, Volume 4, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 19 February 1906 — Page 1

BERNE SALOON MEN FINED —»■! »«• One Hundred Dollars the Penalty in Seven Cases

TOTAL OF SBOO.OO Punishment Included 30 Days Jail Sentence Men Promise to be Good and the Imprisonment Clause of Sentence was Withheld by Court. Another exciting chapter in the Berne saloon war was written this morning when Judge Erwin fined tour men, Jacob hunsicker. Samuel Kuntz,, Samuel Sprunger and Moritz Ebrsam |92<', and ordered them sent to jail for thirty days each. The saloon men at onoe became penitent, begged like an i promised to be good, the court finally remitting the jail 'sentence. The recent grand jury returned six indictments against Springer, five against Kuntz, three against Ehr Mtn and three against Hunzicker for selling liquor without license Thin morning the men appeared and Kuntz plead guitly in three cases, Sprunger in two and Hunzick rtn one. The court reminded the prisoners at bar that two years be tore they had stood before him and promised to quit the illegal saloon business. Having failed to do so he believed they be entitled to no leniency and he then fined them SIOO m each case and sentenced them to jail for thirty days on each indictment. As stated the court afterwards withdrew the jail pen ally The other oases were, dis mißsed. Sprunger is Kuntz' bar tender and this makes the latter's fine $420 and costs, one of his fine being S2O for keeping gambling de vice. Erhsam and Hunzicker paid tneir fines and Kuntz arranged to stay the docket for himself and Sprunger. The men promised faith tally to close up their “blind tigers" and it is believed the saloon bumness in Berne is over for the present at least. The costs in each case is $12.45. It is said one of the saloon men actually wept when Jie heard the jail sentence and each man gave some reason why he i should not be sentenced. Later—- ■ Kuntz paid his fines. INSURANCE LAWS Committee Reports to New YorK Legislature This Week. •padal Telegram To The Democrat New York. Feb. 19.—The insur «noe investigating committee will raoommend to the legislature in their report this week that insur an<x» companies be required to dispose of all stocks within five years »nd invest only in standard securtitles returning a fixed rate of inter “"f If enacted tins [law will en tirely end connection of oom Ptnies with Wall street. Divorce Laws. •padal Telegram T® The Democrat Washington, |D. C„ Feb. 19.— l oaders in the campaign for uniform divorce laws, met at the ■^ 9W Wifiiard Hotel today. Nearly “very state was represented, 10 •Jelagate® being present.

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IS BEAUTIFUL “Ben Hur” at the Majestic First Three Days In March. Enormous intercut is being man ifested in Ithe forth coming staging of Klaw &• Erlanger's ooinssal and ! brilliant spectacular production |of General Wallaces ‘Ben Hur' at the Majestic Theatre,Fort Wayne, , Indiana, March 1,2, and 3, with a special matinee on Saturday, March 3rd. Nothing more beautiful, inspiring, spiritual and edify ing than. The Healing of the Lepers in the last act of an American i Theatre. At this point this great ' play is truly and in the ’most a : very high sense "religious’’ Here the stage seems to have oonseoratled itself and all [its resources to , the service of Christianity, and al i together fittng in its service. This ■ scene and the widely advertised . chariot race in the aot preceding it are the great features of the play, which give it much of its value and extraordinary power. A RESOLUTION Adopted by Presbyterian Congregation Favors Proper Observance of Sunday and Regards With Disfavor All Violations. I The Rev Alfred Fowler at the First Presbyterian church Sunday morning preached on “The Obser vance of the Sabbath". At the close of the sermon the following resolution was read to the oongre gation. The entire congregation by a unanimous rising vote en dorsed the resolution “We, the j officials, communicant*, and ad herenta of tne First Presbyterian church of Decatur, Indiana, do depreciate and deplore the sensual iizing of the Sabbath day by any form of business or traveling in the interests of business, by any and all pleasure excursions, by ail social functions and by whatever way the use of the Sabbath is di verted from its sacred ohraraoter as a day or rest and divine worship. And especially do we regard with disfavor Sunday basel>all playing as a public sport, and any other games which may jnissibly be arranged for during the coming sum mer months in Doatar. Indiana. We most earnestly urge npon all our members and young people in dividual responsibility in relation to this question and the vital im jxirtanoe of personal obedience to the fourth oommandmet, both for their own spiritual life and that of the church and community." In Isiah 58.13 14. we read: “If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and oali the Sab bath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable, and sbalt honor him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thy own pleasure, nor speaking >tby own words: Then shult thou delight ,in the Lord, and will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob, I thy father : for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.’

DECATUR, INDIANA, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1900.

AT BANQUET Judge Erwin a Speaker al Jeffersonian Celebrailon. The Hon. Daniel W. Simms, of I^afayette; [Judge R. K Erwin, of Decatur Judge Adair and the Hon. Thoa. R, Marshall, of Columbia City, have accepted the invitations to sjieak at the Jefferson club [ban quet Tuesday evening and their presence is now assured. This is good news for the democrats who will attend the the banquet for the four gentlemen have few equals injthe state as after dinner forators. President Carl Yaple stated yester day that the banquet, which will be held Tuesday evening in Saenger bund hall, will be the elaborate and largely attended in the clnbs his tory. There will tie a large numiiei present from out of town. District Chairman Harry L. Gandy assures a goodly number Dorn Lagrange county and the Ligoner Banner says Noble countv will be well represented. Judge Erwin will be ac oompanied by a delegation from Dacatur, while the democrats of DeKalb, Whitley and Steuben counties promise to send represen I tatives also.—Fort Wayne Journal I Gazette. AFTER TWO YEARS John Smith of Marion Recovered Property Horse, Zuggy and Harness Had Been Sold to an Adams County Farmer Who Made Good. John Smith who lives near Ma rion. had a mare stolen on the night of March 29, 1904. He ad vertised for a radius of fifty miles about his home, but no trace was ever obtained of this property Shortly after the date mentioned above a stranger sold an outfit to Lewis Andtews, a well known farmer of ttis community, at a bargain. Mr Andrews had no idea the hoise and ng had been stolen and told the neighbors and the officers of his good luck. No description of the outfit had been received here, and the matter had lieen almost forgotten until last week when Mr. Smith arrived, here and began an investigation In the meantime Mr Andrews had sold the mare aud still hid a colt from the mare He willingly turned the colt over to Mr. Smith and paid him for his buggy and Mr. Smith returned to Manon to day. How Mr Smith learned the location of his property ts unknown. WAS SURPRISED Friends Htlp Jesse Butler Celebrate Eighty-Second Birthday. Jesse Butler, one of the oldest pioneers of the county, was a vic tim of quite a little surprise Fri day, when all his children and many of his grand children ap peared at his homo on south eight street andjproc eded to enjoy them selves in the good old fashioned way. Mr Butler was born in Whitley county Indiana. Feb 16 1824 and although past the four score year mark still is hale and A— — —.4 i'aie t 1 UViUM ni¥t Utiao ®v» a»«u years yet He is a great lover of fine horses and has always kept a gcodly supply of the ta>st the country affords and in his advanced years there is nothing that afforded him greater pleasure than driving about the city and country behind a high spirited well bred horse. He is one of our best citizens and we hops he may live to celebrate his centering anniversary.

HAS RESIGNED Secretary of State Storms Steps Down Resignation to Take Effect April FirstForced by Corporations Who Feared Extra Session. ■y Unltsd Prats News Association. Indianapolis, Feb 19.—Daniel ;E Storms this morning tendered to Governor Hanly his resignation as secretary of state to take effect ■ April 1. This action follows one of the moat peculiar situations ever attracting the attention of the state politicians The Governor was determined to call an extra session of the legislature but the railroads fwhich feared two cent rate legislation and political bank ers who seated new depository i legislation urged Storms to resign, believing he alone could prevent the extra session. ABOUT HADES Perter J. White's Description of the Dark Place. A whirring and rumbling of hideous noises; the flashing of lightning and the strange roaring of peals of thunder; the sight of Some poor unfortunate strtigging -against tie demon of hell inoar nate. behold the demon like torms that belch the curses of damnation Mephisto,—“Hy good Doctor, look, see; all this you shall feel, and more, you stall know what it is to mock the pure and the innocent; 1 to give thy soul into my keeepmg jl, Satan, whom all the universe j fear and tremble O' for the soul of one wise man to show on judgment ‘day—though 1 gather fools, and my work is never done ' With this (night grows darker; the storm rages; demons gather in midnight revelry and curse the inmmaculaie angel—theVirgtn Mary and is bis bidding from the throne oftorment Then there comes a lull, and all roars forth in a wreathing mass of tire with enohanntmg hideousness aud the curtain falls to hide from view the remorse of the lost soul. A WRECK Fast Mail Train on Iron Mountain Has Accident. Special Telegram To Th® Democrat St. Louis, Mo., Feb 19.-The Iron Mountains’ railroad s fast mail train which is racing with the Frisco for the government con tracts to carry mail south, was | wrecked this morning at Oak Hill. . nine trainmen and mail clerks be I ing injured. The rails spread and (three mail oars were ditched, i Fireman Peter Rufferty had his skull fractured and his recovery is l doubtful. Engineer Adolph Ben > neoke and Mail Clerks L H (’larx and Joseph O’Neil are in a serious j condition at the hospital. Lumberman Killed. ■y United Pratt News Association. Louisville, Ky., Feb. 19—Edward Peck, a prominent lumber man from Saginaw, Michigan, fell from the fourth story of the Silk bach hotel this morning and was killed.

NEW GOVERNMENT Emptror of Hungary Dissolves Parliament—The Turning Point, •peels! Telegram To The Democrat Budapest. Feb. 13.—Ab®olutely disregarding the national oonstitn tion, the emperor today dissolved the Hungarian parliament The order was accompanied by a great display of military force, but there, was no disturbance Hereafter Hungary’s go venrment will be ah solute, similar to that prevailing after the revolution of 1848. To day s action marks the turning point in the destinies of the dual monarchy of Austria and Hungary, and may lead to a 'revolution and the establishment of Hungarian In dependence SOME FIGURES Prepared the Ft. Wayne & Springfield Company Showing the Employment of a Good Force and a Nice Profit for Investors.

The managers of the Fort Wanye and Springfield Traction company have prepared the following tiguiea (which show that the company! (should be able to pay good divil dends The earnings are based on that of I (other roads of similar character through the States of Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois and are as follows — There will be two passenger cars n operation between [Ft Wayne and Decatur; each car leaving the term Inals on the hour making hourly service. The first car leaving Ft VS ayne and Decatur at six a m an! continuing thia schedule until ten a. m., the last oar leaving Ft Wayne at eleven p m this making 17 hours for one oar and I* hours| for the other or a total of 35 oar ! hour- sr day with an average 19 passengers per trip or a total of 66 passengers per day at to cents each would equal 1199.5'1 per day or $72,717.50 i«r year for pa®®enger earnings HtBIGHT EARNIN'.' Each car is divided into three com partmenta. general jwaaeuger, tmok ' ing and baggage, and allowing $l.OOl per car for packages ami baggage. carried on passenger cars, amounts to 13&JOO per dav, or $ 12,775.00 per year, making a total gross earnings of over SBS 000. From this deduct the tatea. | money $10,500. $70,500. rrnnizan orratTiNO xxcense. Passenger cars m operation 2, hours per day 35, freight cars 1. hours per day 10; total hours 15. Wages of conductor and motonuau i 15c per hour, per day ?l t. 40; per year $525tU». Average b. p. for 18 hours per day. I ;W. Coal and allowing I pounds i j>er h. p. p«r hour, 10 4 5 toe. Ut»4j of coal I-’ per tot ■ s2l 6U; cost of coal |s-r vear, power house supply's: ?50 per month, JtXXkQW. One engineer. St>o per month $790.00, One engineer *is j>er n:’nth ''Ad.OO Two firemen, sls each SIBO.OO Two car shopmen 850.00 SI2OO (hie handy mau st©.!X) $720.00 Four track men $45.00 s2o*}.oo One lineman, per mouth B r U) $720.00 One lineman helper $45 $540.00 Superintendent aud office ex. S'tOOO.(V Suudnee, office supplies, ticket agencies and acct. $5000.00 Supplies for repairs’ cars, trucks and motors. s,’>ooo.oo Accident, legal expenses, etc ss>oolo Total expense $37,780.00 Surplus cash to pay dividends on stock $32,720.00

NUMBER 31

REPORTS FILED Costs Estimated for the Union Township Roads Five Macadam Road Petitioned for and an Election May be Called in April. Viewers John T Ault and L. W Lewton and Surveyor Baumgartner have completed their reports and estimates of the cost of the Scham erlob. Hart, Stegmeyer. Ahr and Blakey macadam road all in Union township and the same will come up for action of the <’ommi<»eioners at their next session anises some tnmg arises to occasion delay a day will then be set for an election. This election can be called for sometime in April when the elec torate there may vote for or against the construction of all five roads Sentiment favorable to the roads is daily being created The people of Union township have begun to figure that good macadam roads iare not a luxury bul a necessity and that the oo®t of owning such roads is far from being the extrav tgsnoe that we ought suppose. For many years Union township has been paying its equal share nth every other township for the repair of these roads In all these years of paying not one cent of repair went to rmon township because they had no macadam I roads These five petitions now show their good sense in fornouialy ing a system whereby in a few j years the entire township will b* (benetUtai by good roads It is th® best and the fairest way to improve ‘their roads In the coming townJ ship election it is thesr intention to vote every r sad and to bmld them as fast as it can be done. At the | present tune there is no indebted n®M for this sort o' improvement against the township, GOOD GUESSES

Noah Loch Awarded Prize ta Gae«i»< Cosiest. Noab A Loch, ol this city, attended the hardware dealers' conventjou at Indianapolis last weak. All the various wholesale dealers were represented and used various means to advertise their ware* The Indianapolis Test and Awning company had a novel scheme. They Lad a big watch, the fare of which was coverad with cloth, and each dealer present was allowed to guess as to when the watch would stop, Mr Loch's guess was that it would step at twenty three minutes and right seconds after rive. This moruing he ww notified that the watch had slopped ,ust nine second* later than tn* guess, and his guess being the nearest, he hail been awarded the premium, a dozen tirere-imed buggy storm aprons, worth S o.dd. DECLARED INSANE — Jasper a Well lo Do Citizen of Jefferson Township. Jasper L-etnng aged fifty five years, a well known and well to do oilmen of Jefferson township was this morning declared of, unsound mind at an inquest held by a board consisting of Dre Keusser and Schenk of Berne and Squire Ault He will be taken to the East Haven Asylum at Richmond as soon as a vacancy can be declared for this county. His trouble was brought on by despondency,