Daily Democrat, Volume 4, Number 76, Decatur, Adams County, 13 March 1906 — Page 1

VOLUME IV

merchants met Organize Business Mens Association will TaKe Up Various Things of Benefit io the City and the Surrounding Community. The Donatur Marchant*' A«ocla tion was launched last evening at a mating hel<l at the Commercial 0 rooms The ly room was crowded, practically every bui-ness man in town being pies ent and the interest showed that the men are in earnest. H R. y z acted as chairman and Lee Vance as secretary. The purposes , the organization are many, principally the improvement of Dwntarasa trade center and a market for farm products. An ~ts >rt to reduce freight rates to De iatur will be made, thus enabling th- merchants to sell their good- at a lower figure. Thotighest prices wi Ibe paid to farmers ter their g >ds and the movement may re - ilt in a business man's elevat< r being erected. Fake advertising is t be "cut out'' and in a hundred and one ways in the orgnization to benefit themselves, the city and community. Charles F. True was chi -en as president for the fir»t year, M Burns, vice president; F. \ Mills, secretary; and Charles \ glewede, t treasurer W H Nachtrieb, Will P. Schrock and H. J Yager Vere appointed as a committee to draft by laws. The a*»o elation will meet at the same place next Monday evening to complete their orgnization. IS VERY SICK Cll > Wtmhoff Suffering From a Severe Attack. Otto VVernhoff, one of tte best known young men in the city, is seriously sick with kidney trouble and other ailments For several years he had been employed at the Hensley jewelry store until t a months ago. when he began a Course in the Fort Wayne Busi ness college. He lias been feeling badly for several weeas and two weeks ago came homo and has since been under the care of a physi Cian. Yesterday Drs. Cotsello and 0. D. Clark held a consultation, when it was decided that every thing possible was being done for th- patient, it is l>eLeved Otto will recover, but it may require •wveral months. GET YOUR SHARE Each Man, Woman and Child Should Have $31.73. Kick man, woman and child in the United States has, or ought to have, |31,73 in c ish, according to »statement just sent out by the secretary of the treasury at Wash ington. There are now, he says, F4.194.Q00 people in the country and 12,671,302,503 in actual money io circulation. This gives cld "Per Capita"—whoever he is—tn.73. If there is anybody who bwi’t got that much money in his clilbes it is because somebody else has his share. Six mililon dollars ,n gold vanished from circulation ’luring February. There is still enough left to give every nurnan being in the United States seven dollirs and a half. The {general stock of money in the county now iaoks onlv 1109 892 of amounting to three billions. -. . —- ■ i ■ — ■ « -*—

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BUYS RINK Arthur Mangold Will Conduct the SKalintl Rink. Arthur Mangold has purhased the skating rink and assumed con irol of same today. The former managers have been figuring on closing this place tor several days and have been looking for a buyer for their supply of skates This place of amusement was opened to the public by the new management today whose endeavor will be to keep it in clean and sanitary con dition, so that it will be a fit place for ladies to go and pass away the afternoon or evening. Mr Man gold is a hustler and we predict afbright future for him. Those d wiring to skate will be nooomo d kted this evening. LOSE JOBS • R. 0. Johnson and Father-In-Law are Out Appointment of Johnson as Deputy Postmaster at Kendalville Causes a Stir and Removal Follows. R. O. Johnson, formerly of this city, but later of Arizona, and mil later of Kendallville, Ind . where he was recently appointed deputy postmaster by hie father in law, passed through here this turning enroute to Washington, where he will, nodoutt, make an effort in his own behalf, as his father in law and he were both removed from office yesterday. The Fort Wayne News tells the story as fol lows: The dispatches from Wash ington today carry the announce ment that G. B. Alexander has been appointed postmaster at Ken dallville.vioe Christopher Browand, removed. This is the outcome of a peculiar situation there growing out of a recommends tion made by Mr. Gilbert a year ago. Mr. Brow and was strongly endorsed by the old soldiers of Kendallville and the friends cf every other candidate placed themselves in the attitude of preferring Browand unless their own candidate coula win As Bro wand was soemwhat of an in valid at the time, the appointment was much criticised Kendallville *vas recognized as the place where the congressman would have most trouble when he came up for re elecion It has been arranged that Mr Osborne, one Ct the owners of the Kendallville Standard, the republican organ of the eastern pait of the county, was to I»e the assist ant postmaster, but Mr. Browand, after securing his commission, up set the plats by bringing his son in law, Roswell O Johnson, from Douglas, Arizona, to be his assistant Mr. Browand was taken sick, however, immediately and the ap pointment of his assistant was temporarily held up. It became necessary for the postmaster to go t o a sanitarium in Indianapolis and an inspector was detailed to inves tigate and make a report on the situation. This was done, and the removal of Brownand was reo ommended. The appointment of Alexander restores the man who was postmas'er when Browand was appointed. Mr. Alexander had served four years with entire credit to himself and the appointing pow or. He will appoint Mr. Osborn as bis aststant, thus clearing away the causes f>r pa-ty trouble in the east end of Noble county. Mr. Johnson was formerly a school teacher in Adams county and was the republican candidate for joint- senator in 1900 against S. B. Fleming, but was defeated. The Adams county politicians speak of him in the highest teims as a man and as to his competency, but be had never lived in Kendallville prior to his. apnointment as deputy postmaster t! »r?. I

DECATUR, INDIANA, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, IVOG.

COURT HOUSE Congressman Cromer to Speak in Decatur The Primary Campaign Opens in Earnest Thursday Evening at the Court House. He is coming Congressman George W. Cromer will apeak in the court room tn this city at eight o'clock, Thursday evening of this week. Thi< annonoemet will be bailed with di light by the many enthusl .i-i.followers of the eight years congressman from the etgktb die triot. He comes tearing words cf cheer to those who hail him as their chn f. and v» ilh a goed will to those who honestly oppose him, but with words of bitter reproach and righteous condemnation tor those who have been skylarking and rntsrepieeenting him tefore the people. He has no soeret" now The tale of the inner circle will l>e related without fear or favor and he will omit nothing The court room will bi packed by both his friends and hi* foes, and you are sure to hear something that will be well worth the hearing Thursday evening ASLEEP AT SWITCH Speaker Joe Cannon Makes Break in Congress. ■ Special Telegrarr To The Democrat Washington, D C.. March 13.— ! "The hour of twelve o’clock having i arrived," as the oongreeastonal records say every dav. Speaker Cannon rapped with bis gavel for order and said,"Chaplain will offer prayer." The speaker stood gaz ing abstractedly int > space while the blind chaplain made his prayer When he had finished there was a pause of a second or two when Uncle Joe came out of his reverie and said, "The chaplain will offer prayer." The shaker's clerk nudged him and the chaplain turned bis sigbless eyes on htm in surprise. Uncle 'Joe realized, he had made a mistake. "Oh. hell, I chaplain, the joke's on me." DAMAGE SUIT Monroeville Woman Ask for SIO,OOO Damages. Minnie Dewert administratrix of the estate of William Dewerj, has filed an action against William K Noble at Fort Wayne for ♦ 10,000 damages for the death of said Dewert. Mr. Noble owned a hoop mill near Monroeville last De cember. Wiliam Dewert was em ployed in it. The complainant seta forth that the superintendent or foreman of the mill took no pre cautions for the safey of the men employed and that the explosion of an exhaust pipe leading from the boiler, {which killed the said William Dewert, was due to its being rusted and imperfect and the explosion the result of negh genoe. The plaintiff asks damages for the estate of the dead man in the sun of 110,000. W. and E. Leonard are tfttorneys.

THE SHOW Hooligan's Troubles Will Drive Yours Away. There's something real good coming to Decatur, Thursday, March 15, one night only. The jolliest, funniest, most langhab.e <h medy ever written, and that is the people's favorite. "Holigan s Troubles " It s funmer’than a fir Ou* That s what other p topic say who have seen it, became it's full of happy moments. Something doinir all the lime from rise of cur tain to finish The best comedian*, the greatest danwrn, the sweetest singers, newest novellie*, upto d*te specialists can lie seen in I " Hooligan » Troubles.” clean, olev er, refined You will laugh, roar, j scream and grow fat Two and a half hours of solid fun and many ■ pleasing surprises Bring the chd Idren; fetch grandna and grandpa ■lt will mane them healthy and ; happy, and laugh for weeks after |they have seen "Hooligan '« Troub 1 >». ” If yon have cares, if you I have the blues, if your bn*ines« goes wrong, " Hooligan's Trouble* i will force you to forget troubles The crazy soiree crow and comical donkey throw an audience mto tits of laughter. When von see it once you will like it so well yon will want to see it over again j You can laugh till you cry You can cry till you—well, you f*»el foolish about it. “Hooligan hat always been p >pular with th* boy* and girls—with everybody, and a ! favorite with the newspaper* It has made million* laugh Consul erable inquiries have been made asking when tickets go to sale | Watchout for Hooligan He steals everything in sight Ciming I Thursday. March I*. one night Heats on sale Tuesday morning | COURT NEWS Short Session was Held This Morning issues in an AccMfit Salt. Four Cases of More or Less Importance Set for Next Week. The session of the Adams circuit court this morning was a short one the routine being about as usual. State of Indiana on relation of C. D. Lewton, auditor, vs W. W Mumma et al, suit to foreclose, school fund mortgage, demand <■'oo, appearance by D. B Erwin for Mum ma Ap;>earance bv J. ('. Moran for Peter Holthouse, rule to answer Prescott K. Dedrtok et al vs Peter Baumgartner et al. demurrer overruled, demurrer to Cross oom plaint overruled Riply tiled to defendant's answer. Answer to cross complaint filed While no action has been t-ken in the Fred Rohrer case lately, it i< presumed it will not come up for trial until the next term of court. There are no cases set for trial this week, the only one ret being Gephrat vs Lung et al, which has been compromised and dismissed There are four cases are set for trial next week ai follows On Monday [Pearl F. Peel vs Roy Scales, tastardy ; Tuesday, German Fire insurance company vs Graham & Lower, demand 1400: Wednes day, state vs Jim Richards, larceny j and buiglary ; Friday, William Hall vs John H. Rii ft et al,suit on note, ♦ 150. It seems now as thonghall the cases will lie for trial and the week should be busier than for some time.

A MURDER — Infirmary Inmate Kills a Comrade Terrible Affair In the Franklin PoorFarm Murderer Is Seventy-Five . Years Old. • y United Press Nsws Association. Franklin, Ind . March 13.— Cyrus Brown, aged eighty o”e, an inmate of the County infirmary, was murdered last night by Thomas Darrel, aged sevennty five Darrell. Brown : and Samuel Kiphart occupied one | room, slrt ping on tingle beds ! A'bottt mid night Kephart hoard I some one walk across the room and ' call to Biown, and noticed liarreli standing at the aide of Brown e ibid He heard him say that two angle* came to him in his dream* and t 4<l him to kill him, meaning Brown Brown tried to pacify i Darrell, but the lat’er {inked up ■a heavy iron cuspidor and beet i Biown over the head, *triking him tt-rriflio blow* a«d tna*hing hi* | head to a pulp Kephart is * par al to and can > nly speak tn » whis per and is helni-ss Io move him self, and was thus tit a >le U> obtain I help Darrell not noticing Kephart went into the next room aud told another inmate named Cleveland wh«t he hart done Cleveland : sounded the alarm and Darrell was placed in jail. He cries incessantly and says there is n« ill feeling be tween him and his victim BOWLING CONTEST Professionals Defeat the Kiondjkes in a Fast Game. The Klondike anrt All Prnfes sional bowling team- cla-msi last evening at the Palace Bowling al ley* in the fourth ga.ne of their jserie*. the. latter winning easily by a total of 3H pins for the three 'game* The contest was witnessed bv a large crowd, the majority of whom seemed 'to sympathize with the Klondike team, and whenever a good plav wa» made gavj vent to their feelings by lustily cheering, but even the efforts of the routers were useless a* the Professional*. were in tine form. The second game was the one which the Kion dike team loot heart, the Prufe* sionals defeating them in this game alone by a total of 269 pins, the other games living won by a margin of 17 and 32 pins respectively The totals of the games were as follows Proferwionala—744, 922, 80S; total 2,471. Klondikers—727, 653 . 773, total 2,151. TAFT TO RESIGN As Secretary of War to Become a Supreme Justice. Washington, D. C., March 31.— Secretary of War Taft will accept the p mion of associate justice of the United Statrs supreme court to soceed Jndge Brown, who is tn failing health Mr Taft leave* the war portfolio with the graetest reluctance, as it eliminates him from presidential possibilities and leave* Fairbanks the only avowed candidate for that place. Raphael to Resign. • pecisl Telegram To The Democrat New York, March 13—It is an nounoed here today that General Raphael Reyes i* soon to resign the presidency of Columbia, owing to an aSioMoa of locomotor ataxit.

NUMBER 7G

ANNUAL SESSION — Romt City Cottagers Mei and Elcc cd Offlcm. The Rome City Cottager- asso riation held their annual meeting at Foit Wayne last night and elect ed the following officers President l.oui* Fox, secretary, Charles W. Weaver, treasurer, William ff. Dreier A committee wa« appointed who will make an effort to have the railroad company pnt electric light* farther down the laxe Rome City is one of the most popa lar summer resort* in Indiana and its growth is noticeable each year. A ttwh broodcry wa* estat lithed last year and BC<X>OO tm»s three : inches long were turned into th* ' lake A few y.-ar* more wtli make I this the best ti«hing grounds in i the country ' SECOND ROUND Cromer Wins Before the Slate Committee Rules Revised. Assessment Reduced ird it was Blue Monday for Horace Stillwell. Tue second r >un 1 go** to Cremer. The tribunal of the state icimmittre yestardsy heard the evi jdenoe and discusions relative to eighth district urnes* and the square deal »« int-rprrt -d bv th ' editors and a few Abera They listened with what patience and fortitude they could muter up, and hen by a vote of twelve t-i one, they told the eighth district com mi'.tee a few thing- in these words 1. Ihst the congressional district c >m tn it tee has no power t. app int a board of repub llcan primary election oommis eioner* In the various counties of any district for the purpose of taking charge of the pri mary election m such counties; but thu under the ru ea of this committee and the established custom >f the p»rty such power vest- only in the county oom mittee 2 That al; candidate* desiring to have their names prin'ed up>>n oongres-ient! primary elec- J tion ballot* shall give notice to the district chairman jf such candidacy and par to said district chairman their proportion of the costa of said primary election at least ten days before the date of .holding each election 3 That the total amount of the assessment shall not ei<Md the coat of printing and distrib uling the ballot* and election supplies and providing polling place* for holding such elec tion s. "The state committee hereby directs and instructs the eighth district committee to *> modify it* rules as to conform with the recommendations herein made The rules above are plain and to the point, and m a nutshell meat.* that the county Committee in each county in the district have fnll power and control of the pri mary election That the only assessment that can be made b v the district committee is for the p-intmg and distribution of the election bailot* and supplies The action of the state committee is a complete knockout blow to all the contention* male by Mr Stilwell and give.* rules for the governing of lh« primary that are similar to those in use in the primary of two years ago All day yesterday was taken up with a rti ecnssion of the affairs in this district, and it was half past seven o’cb>ck. la«t evening t efore they concluded and gave their instruction*.