Daily Democrat, Volume 4, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 22 February 1906 — Page 1

VOLUME IV

death calls Estimable Woman From Earthly Life Mrs. L. A. Graham Died Early This Morning— Had Been in Poor Health for Many Months. slro Ella May Graham, wife of L A. Graham, died at 12:06 thia morning from septic poison, with which She has suffered since last Saturday. She has been in poor health for a year or more, being afflicted with appendicitis, rheuma tlwn and other ailments,and though everything possible was done for her. the life so precious to her hus band and babies and other relatives could not be saved. From the moment that the poison developed in her system, there was little ho{>e extended by the physicians Mrs. (Iraham youngest daughter of Bazel and Mary Hendricks and was born in Washington township. September 26, 1874, being thirty one years, three months and twenty six days old. She was mat red September 24, 1893 to L. A Graham, and has since resided in thia city Her father died in 1888 and a little son, two years old died in 1900. She leaves iieside the sad hearted husband, three children the oldest aged Bine and the youngest but a balie, a few months eld. The other relatives are her mother, one brother. James A. Hen cricks, of two sisters, Mrs. Hattie Sells and Mrs. Alliaugh. the later of Elwood; three half brothers. J I)., 0. T. and J. W. Hendricks, tw, half sisters, Mrs. Simooke and Mias Jane Hendricks The deceased was a model home woman, her every thought being for her family, but she had many acquaintances in the city who had learned to love her. She was an earnest Christian, a member of the Methodist church and a member of the Daughters of Rebekah lodge. This order will have charge of the funeral services, which will be held Sunday after noon at 1:30 o’clock, Rev, John C. White conducting same. Interment wili be made at Maplewood oeme tery. GONE SOUTH H. L. Conter Left Last Night for Jonesboro lit Will Tale Charge of the Jonesboro Ice Cream Company, a New Business for Jonesboro. H. L. Confer left last night for Jonesboro, Arkansas., where he will hereafter represent the J. W. Place company with their branch establishment in the manuafoture of ice cream and softdrinks. A new building will erected and by March 15 it is expected that business will be begun. It will be known as the Jonesboro loe Cream company, and will be a branch to their large industry in this city. The Jonevboro plant will have a capacity of one thousand gallons » day and with the enterprise and hustling propensities of Mr. Conter, the business will soon become one of the best business additions to Jonesboro. The firm here oom pleted their harvesting ot ice and are now ready and prepared for the summer season and the business that is their.

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CLUB MET Shakespeare Ladies Held Meeting With Mrs. Dugan. The Shakespeare club met yester day afternoon with Mrs. C. A Dugan, and the session was one of the best the club has held. The attend ance was large and the interest shown was above the average. Mrs ‘Dugan'delivered the principal paper, her subject being “The Shameful Misuse of Wealth," which was rendered in a pleasing manner and many new thoughts and ideas were gleaned therefrom. The meeting* are more than interesting and are popular with its members. A HOLIDAY Washington’s Birthday Celebrated Today Qaiei Event In Dtcatir-Observed In Washington. Chicago and Elsewhere. Washington s Birthday the 174th anniversary of the birth of the greatest of all Americans was ob served quietly in Decatur today. The banks and postoftloe were closed and the mail carriers, both city and rural had a holiday. The event was celebrated in the schools ihere last Friday, but various kinds of enteratainmenta will be held by several churones and lodges this evening By United Preu News Association. Washington, D. C., Feb 22 —The birthday of the Father of Our Country was observed in all de jiartments of the government today. The national colors were displayed everywhere Congress alone eintinued doing business A remnant of fifty veterans of the vast army that fought in the Max lean war t met here today, seeking to have congress increase theii pen sion, making a total aldltion of 15,000,000 the first year •peclal Telegram To The Democrat Chicago, Feb. 22.—Secretary of War Taft today addresed a tremen dous gathering of public school children at a celebration of Wash ingten's birthday at the audito rium theatre. Business was sus pended here today. TOMORROW 1$ Day of Humiliation and Prayer-All Over the Land. Let us unite our prayers that our land may be delivered from the evils with which it is confronted, for such an outpouring of the Holy Spirit as will reaoh the hearts of the heedless and unconcerned, and for a great revival that will awaken the entire church. Can we have 2,000 prayers February 23 from Decatur morning and evenings. Diplomatic Place. Spacial Telagrstr To Ths Democrat Washington, D. C. Feb. 22. Da nied renomination for congress, the friends of General Grasvenor are endeavoring to secure a high dip lomatio plaoe for him, Chinese Outbreak. By United Frees News Association. Manila, P. 1., Feb. 22.-Chinese people here have been notified ;that an outbreak against foreigners will occur February 24th. __

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUA

FIRST ROUND A Republican Hands Out a Few Hot Ones He Addres es i Few Pertinent Remarks to the Cdltor of His Party Organ. It is a plain proposition to every reader of the Decatur Journal that it cannot disguise its hand unv longer on the congressional tight Heretofore the Daily Journal haposed as an independent payer, seeking only togi’o the news but in its issue of the 21« t Inst it comes out in nearly a column article in which it undertakes to picture Mr. Cromer as a man who is entirely under the control of Vice President Fairbanks, and throughout the article the writer seems to be wearing a very wry face Suppose the Journal is right in this conjecture, how many re publicans and democrats of this great district would believe that onr congressman was committing an nnnardonable sin. were he to consult and advise, and yes, even vote in the lower house in accord anoe with the views of one of the very few great men of thia country, and who hns tor years been one of the chief advisors of the presidents and their cabinets, especially the lamented McKinley r.nd our present chief magistrate. Would it not be better, yea. far better, to pin our faith to thia district than to soldier under the flag of one whose sole ambition for the past few years has been either to rule or rum the destinies of his district. Would it not be more sane to follow the m spirationa of Mr Chas. W Fair banks, pet haps the next president of thia great republic, than those of Uncle George MoCullogh, who goes to Washington ami prefers charges against all the federal office holders in the Eighth district, and whose influence has lost every man bis ambition whenever he championed his cause. The Journal begins to speak like one of the boys to whom Mr Stillwell ha* promised the postoftloe. Never mind, Keu yon, there are others acting like wise. G, O. P. LADELLE HOME

Returns After Successful Western Trip Has Bten Absent Nine Months and Has Given His Performance in All the Clj Theatres. Prof. FredC. LaDelle, one of the very best magicians in the country, arrived home last evening, after a nine months trip through the west, the most successful in his career. Mr. LaDelle is near the top in his profession and has been complimented by all the theatical managers and by the kings of ma gio, whenever they have seen him lierform. He does an eighteen min ute specialty act, using twenty five head of guinea pigs, pigeons, ducks, chickens, etc. He will rest here one month and then expects to leave for New York, Atlantic City aud will play at the summer resorts along the Atlantic coast this sum mer. Tbe Elks lodge are consider ing employing Mr. LaDelle to give an entertainment for their benefit while at home and he may conclude to do so. If he does every citizen of Decatur should see his wonderful act.

A GOOD TIME ~r Enjoyed nt the Kukelhan Home In Root Township, The Misses Sophia, Emma »nd Lulu Kukelhan estimable young la dies of their community and daugh ter* or Wm. Kukelhan a prosperous farmer of Root township are receiving the thanks and congratula lions of their many young friends for having so delightfully enter tained them at their beautiful country home last Tuesday even ing Games music refreshments and more games were all in order and all those whoae good fortune it | was io be in the inner circle en .joyed themselves to the utmost Among those present were Minnie I Fuelling, Otto Fuelling, Hu?o Franz, Liota Nelson, Josie Mumma , Grace Dutcher, Henry Fuelling, Albert Frans, Crist Bucher. Law i renoo Nelson Fred Fuelling and John Cline SPEED PROGRAM This Years’ Fair Will be a Live One ■ I' "" " Rick the Btst Ever Offered $2,500 in Parses Four Days Races. The Gieal Northern Indiana Fair assooitlion have issued ajueat and attractive postal card folder, rep resenting a modern barn and printed on the outside this whol i some advice, "Its too late to leek the stable door when the steed is stolen. ’ The folder contains the ! sprfwl program for the 1906 fair to ibe held August 28. 29, 30, 31. Con Crary to former custom there will be four days of racing, beginning on Tuesday with a three year old pace or trot, three heats in five, purse *7; one half mile run two in three, purse |SO Wednesday 3:21 trot, three in five, 1300, 2 19 pace, three in five, |3OO, ,half mile run, two tn three. Thursday. 2 30 pace, three in five, <350; 2:45 trot, three in five |350. Friday 2 19 I trot three in five |350; 2:17 pace three in five *350; half mile run two in three *SO; one niile run two in three *IOO. The entries clos.- at 10 o’clock Friday night August 2lth The purse* aggregate *3OOO and it’is by far the best program ever offered the race lover* of Ad am* county. Doni' forgot this fact the Great Northern fair this year will be the biggest in history FAREWELL PARTY Given for Mr. and Mrs. William Briener Tuesday Evening. On last Tuesday evening triends to the number of twenty *our gath ered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W Ilham Briener. Those ptrment were Mr. and Mrs. E E Zimmer man and family, Mr and Mrs. R. Beery and family, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Briener and family, Mr. *nd Mrs. Harve Beery, Mr. and Mrs G. H. Bright, Mrs 8011, Clint Zim merman, Floyd Bright. Milton Zim merman. Misses Bade Crist and Edith Beery and Milton Griffon. The evening was spent in popping command pulling taffy and having i a general good time. They de parted at a late hour, regretting i that Mr. and Mrs. Briener are go ; ing to leave the neighborhood, but i wishing them happiness and sue- I cess in their new home. <

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COURT NEWS Daniel Troutner on Trial for Larceny Andrewt Trial Tomorrow-Coanty Files a New Cue—Will of Birney Hackman Probated. I Daniel Troutner, accused of stealing turkeys from one L. L. Ruppert, was begun in circuit court I this morning Troutner is a man : forty year* old and bls wife and {daughter are with him in court The mime is alleged to have been Committed last July. J. C. Moran 1* pr socuting>nd J- C DeVosa ts defending The caw* will likely go to the jury this evening The suit is on a grand jury indictment The court room was well filled with sjiectatnr* The case against Robert and Mercy Andrew* on a charge of lar oeny, which wa« «et t<>r today had to be carried over until owing to the Troutner trial occupy Ing the entire day Ira F France st al. vs Calvin Miller *1 al, suit on account and bond, demand 1700 separate de murrer filed by each defendant to complaint. George B Hcbott v* George W Schott, for appointment of admin tatrator for absentee and to have him declared dead, oefault of de fendant, proof of notice of pnblioa lion filed County AttorneyJC. J Dutt tiled a now ease thi* afternoon entitled the State of Indiana ex rel C D. ls*wton, auditor of Adams county vs Wesley \V Mumma et al. com plaint to foreclose school fund mortgage; demand **oo. The will of Barney Hackman was probated in Court today, bequeath ing all hi* estate to hut wife, Mary Hackman so long as she remain bis widow. The will was written February 16th the same day he died FILE REPORT Insurance Committee Conclude Their Work

Rcccomend Drastic Legislation and Suggests Plans Giving Policy Holders Control, • pedal Telegram To The Democrat Albany. N Y Feb. 22 —The re port of the insurance investigation committee was pretwntad to the legislature today It contains rec ommendations drastic of remedial legislation and suggests law amendments preventing the for mation of mutual companies with out a capital stock composed of ti re hundred policy holders to transact life insurance business. It also recommends a law against inoor poration of assessment companies, but ennabling oonqianiee to re incorporate, providing they adopt the reserve standard of old line companies. It suggests a plan for giving tbe policy holders oon trol and suggests an act providing that the term of office of all present directors of New York oompxnina be ended Novemlier 15th next, and suggests that before that term ex pires the policy holders be given an opportunity nnder the new plan to elect directors of their own ohosing.

NUMBER 34

A CREDIT I Detroit Paper Speaks Weil of Porter J. Wh'te. The production of G aethe • master pioce. “Faust," at the Whitney opera house yesterday afternoon and evening, by Porter J. White s company, was a credit to the theater and every one connected with the play. Goethe's powerful page from the book or life, that tuohea the height of human piwtaa and the depth* of human despair, and is destined to last a* long a* men and women shall love aud suffer, following, as it did. a sao cession of meio dramas and farce i comedies, must have awakened tits patrons of the play house to a deeper realix ttiou of the moaning lof existence and it is a matter i woitby of record that at both p*r I formanoes the audience evinced the II strongest interest in the unf tiding 1 1 * AfiJof the story Primarily the author lof “Faust' is to tie thanked for the intellectual feast, but the au< tie nos ewee no small debt of gratitude to ' Porter J White and his associates '■for an oarnwd and worthy^rentier ling of the play, and for the ado Hquate and attractive soenic embe! i lishmeni with which Mr White : ba* enhanced hi* production The i setting for Margureite's garden was i particularly beautiful, a veritable I rove bower with the Uli spire* of old Nur>iraburg rising tn the dis lance The electrical effects were numerous an<i elaborate —Detroit Free Press At Bosse s opera house Friday night GENEVA NEWS Little James Butler Painfully Injured — Htiidktrchltf Sale Is On —Cokcert Amuwment by Eastern Star Is Called Off. <4eoeva. Ind . Feb 2‘J —James, the little s>n O' Mr and Mr* Tom Butler, met with rather a as rums and painful accident Wednesday morning when be was playing with an express wagon, and as th* result of the same be will carry • soar lon bis upper lip all bi* life He had Uken the longue anti front wheel* off the wagon and was holding up the front part of the bed and pushing it along the side walk He was running and stum bled and before he could catch j himself he fell, striking bis face on the edge of the tin bed and cutting two ugly gashes in his upper lip. one along side of the noee and another lower down on the lip Dr Price was called to dress the injuries and found it neoesAarv to take two stitches in order to close the latter cut. Th* ladies of the Methodist church are Conducting a handker chief sale in the Hutton 'intiding today and from all reports they are having J a very successful sale. The handkerchiefs, and there were a great many of them, were donated to the ladies and are being sold at great bargains A person am get any kind of a handkerchief that they want, from the very handsum? one to the common every day “bandanner.” The music lovers are doomed to disappointment. Tuesday it was reported that they would be given a treat by having an opportunity of hearing a concert which would be given by a concert oomjrany autos Chicago, which was to appear here under the au spices of the Eastern Star lodge. For reasons unavoidable tbe lodge found it necessary to cancel the dates with the company and now we will have no concert.