Daily Democrat, Volume 4, Number 77, Decatur, Adams County, 14 March 1906 — Page 1

VOLUME IV

TALKS PLAIN Hanly is Called an Imperious Mortal Arguments in Sherrick Case ConcludedGoes to Jury at Five O'Clock. Special Telegram To The Democrat In lianapolts, March 11 —The Sherrick case will go to the jury about 5 o'clock this afternoon Al 1 -rneys Harding and Hsrrit -p ke for Sherrick thia morning ani this afternoon Attorney Gen era! Hadley concluded for the state .luige MoCullougbs instructions ware quite lengthy. One of Hard iag » rem irk* caused a sensation m the court room [n the course of his argument he ap ke of the money borrowed by Hanly from Sherrick s funds as auditor of state, with which to pay his campaign assessment, “Heie ia a man,” he said, ‘ who borrowed money from Sherrick an<i now wants to convict the man who lent it to him.” The sotatora in the court room broke in!) applause and there was some stamping 'of feet Judge Mof'ul igh immediately rapjied for or r and instructed the sheriff to ar rest any |>er*ou making a similar uemonstration Harding conun ued ‘ What are you going to corviot Dave Sherrick for' What charge will you oonvic; him on? Will you punish him because he loaned money to Frank Hanley ? Will you convict him because o’ the demands of this imperious mortal, Hanly, to whom as a friend Sherrick lent money - AFTER PATENT George Wemhoff Improves Rural Mail Box A» Arrangement to Aid the Carriers in Getting Out the Stamp Money— Miy be a Winner. George Wemhoff has perfected a I»tent m relation to the rural route mail box Carriers have al ways experienced considerable trouble in handling money that is thrown into the mail boxes for atampe and postal cards, especially do they notice this in cold weather The farmet throws the money on the bottom of the cold mail box and in an instant the ooin gets cold the ootsequenoe being that when the mail man comes along and endeav ora to pick up thia coin it is so cold that it sticks to either his fingers or to the not tom of the mail box The government has been endeav oring for some time to secure some arrratgemet to remedy this but up to the present time have met with failure Mr Wemhoff, without doubt, with his patent has solved the problem and if he can get the government to adopt it he will pa the winner. The device ia simple. The model ia shaped lire a small iron bink with a slot in the top in which to drop the coin. At the bottom of the bank is a email lever which, when pressed down, causes the ooin to fly cut in to the carter's hand. The ooin re ceiver seta inside the mail box and takes up but little room and is a great improvement over the present system. George will immediately have his device patented.

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DENTISTS MET Organized Adams County Association— Will Have Black List. The four dentists in Decatur, i Drs .1, y. Neptune, Key Archbold, C E N ptune and Burt Mangold. I met last night and organized the ; Adams county Dental association Dr. J. Neptune was el*c<ed pres ident and Dr. Roy Arrohbold score tary The purpose of the combine tion .s to oppose advertising fake or shop dentists as they aie known It was also decided to make the price for extracting teeth fifty cents straight, the previous rate having been twenty five cents after the! first tooth A black list will be arranged containing the list of these who have railed pnrpoee’y to pty their bills and tuts will be strictly adhered to COURT NEWS ~ Replevin Suit Filed for Valuable Property Extension of Time Granted to R 0 Johnson to Prepare His Appeal in Amacher Ditch Case. Merrvman Ar Sutton as attorneys or Jacob H Zahr and Frank Sul ' livan have filed suit against John ! (' Manley asking for the replevin :of a strawberry roan stallion valued at |75 a one horse wagon worth I 10. a set of harness valued at |2S, curry comb and brus i |1 50, bridle |5. and halter *l, the total value tton being 1*25.50. Damage in the sum of 150 is also asked of the de fendani for the unlawful holding of and detenton of said property. William H. Caldwell vs the Um vernal Oil company et al, foreolos are of mortgage and petition for receiver Edith V’. Graham asked to be made a party defendant to the suit; so ordered. R, O. Johnson, remonstrator and defendant in the Amacuer ditch case tiled a motion thia morning be fore Special Judge Fox fur an ex tension of time in which to Com plete their bill of exceptions in the appeal of said cause Motion was sustained and an extension of thir ty days granted A marriage lioense issued at the clerk s office today was to Robert B Black and Charlotte M Drew, both of Geneva The groom i* an otl pumper forty five years old i and the bride a dress maker thirty six years cdd. It is the first ven tue for each in the matrimonial line ARRANGEMENTS MADE Hon R, S. Peterson to Preside st Cromer Meeting. Indications point to a- crowded courtroom Thursday evening nt whioh time and place Congressman George W. Cromer will appear in the lime light. He will address tte people of Adams county upon the congressional primary issues and it is expected he will stir the animals. His many friends here are jubilant since the state com tn it tee took such decisive action, and they will henceforth make the campaign with renewed hopes of victory. Hon. R 8. Peterson, one of the old war horses tn the republican party, will preisde at the Cromer meeting.

DECATUR, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1906.

SLEEP OF DEATH Fell Upon Ferdinand Klkkman Had Suffered With Lang Fever a Week bat was Supposed to be Improving. Ferdinand Klickman who has been sink the past week, died and denly Tuesday morning at 730 o'clock from lung fever Early in the morning seemed to be better and went to sleep and died while sleeping, seemingly without anv pstn Mr Klickman was born m , Prussia. Germany. tn tbetiwn of Berkingbreck In the year lbW. Feb ruary 18, being 43 years and "2 days old He was married at the ! place of bis birth to Miss Gu»ts 1 Yak* and moved to America in • 1*»O, and settled in Ottawa county, Ohio, later moving on a farm in i French township. Adam* county, and lived on the same farm until 1 two week* ago wt< n he purchased ■nd moved <n the farm where he died He leaves to mourn their he* a wife, seven children, four daugh ten* and three sons . four brothers and one »i»t«r and an aged mother One son died in infancy. The fu neral will be held by Rev Vitx al the Reform church, one half mile | north o'Honduras <*t 11 <> ->ck a m , Friday Friends and mourn ers will meet at house at Bam He was oee of French township » most respected citizens, always ready and willing to do his part as a ue.ghbor, and fey his >ia-?h the family lose a loving husband and a kind father and the community an bone«t and upright citizen DR. EMICK DEAD Well Known Citizen of Lien Giove Saccambs to Disease. Dr George Enick the wel known veterinary surgeon of Linn Grove, passed away at hie home at 0:45 Saturday evening The immediate cause of his death was inflamation of the kidneys. Dr. Emick has iieen ailing for the past two years, but he was still able to be about his work until about Christmas time of last year From that time on his condition was worse and he was confined to bis home much of the time A week ago last Thur* day his condition took a decided change for the worse and his life was despaired of Funeral aervi oee were held from the Evangel! cal church m Linn Grove at 3 o'clock Monday afternon He was a faitnful member of said church the remains were taken to Orville, Ohio, on the night train Burial was made Jin the cemetery near that town Tuesday afternoon, where his Wife, one son and one daughter are resting Dr Giorge Emick was born in Wayne county, Ohio, Jnune, 184 S, bringing his age Jal death to #2 year* He was a farmer and horse dealer in that county for a number of years after which he moved to Craig, Nebraska, where his wife diet! as ♦er living there 10 years After the death of his wife he again lived in Wayne county another year. Eleven years ago he oime to Linn Grove with his children where he has since lived and, as in Nebraska, practiced veterinary surgery with good success The deceased leaves two sons and one daughter, Harry. Clem and Miss Della, and one brother and three sisters wao live in Ohio. The be raft children have the sympithv of the community in the loss of the loving father. The family h%s no relatives in this community, but many warm friends. — Berne Witness.

REAL WINTER S eiß Io Have Landed at Last-Storm Is General. Winter seems to have landed, a little late, but the real thing A peculiar fact or this time of year Is that the snow extends from New Yo k to Montana and the thermometers of the country range from twenty above zero to twenty below M ire snow for Chiosg That is aliout all the weather man had tour today. There will be more snow tonight, and still more snow tomorrow, on leas Professor Cox is much mistaken, which it seldom the case No {articular change in temperature it expected, the minimum tonight being about twenty five degrees above zero. The east winds will oonti nue Uo I nsnaly cold weather prevails in the northwest, where blizzards are add Ing to the trouble of the railways In Montana th* worst storm of the winter raged all night, the ther tvomefer registering twenty below zero It is not believed that the cold weather will last longer than • few days ARE READY Committee Reports Ready for Thursday Evening The Civic Improvtmenl • Society will B«tio Active Life Thartdsy Evtnittc Toe committee, designated st the meeting th* ( vic Improve meet Society are ail ready to re port, and will do so Thursday evening Th* meeting 'or that evening will be at 7 o'clock al the < immerciai Club rooms, and all 'interested «b'>" 1 be pr nipt ml on hand There is c insiderable doing that evening but the adap lion of constitution and election of oltioers will take bit a short time, anc yon will b»- free t.. hll any other engagement afterwards Bo let nothing keep you from this meeting Au invitation is ex tended to anyone and everyone who wants to associate themselves with a cause looking to the b> au tifying of our city The society newts yoar help and your ?cun eel Thus far an unusual interest ia being manifested, and some mighty goo! sensible things have been suggested for accomplishment during the coming summer At teud the meeting Thursday even ing and join the society NEXT FRIDAY Detective Assodetlon-Put in Toor Application. The regular quarterly meeting of th* Adam* County Detective asao elation will be held at th* Meiber hall Friday morning, at 10 o'clock Bus mess of importance Uai hand and every member should lie pre* ent. In addition we may add that every business man in Deoatur should belong to this associa’ion The treasury now has on hand a fund of about 1500, st >adily increas tog. which is to be used to hunt down criminals ano m other wavs for the good of the aswociatation It is a good thing for the oommundy and every honest man is eligible Put in your application no differ enje whtther you are. a firmer, merchant or retired citizsn. The membership fee is and the dues twenty five cents a month—surely cheap enough for the bene tits to be derived.

DOCTORS MET Organized District Medics! Society Seven Counties Included In the AstccUtloa- Several Decatur Phjtklant are Memben. For the purpose of wing ng th* physto.an* of the norlhea»tarn •*«' tion of the state of fediana into closer telaUon* and thereby ad vane.ng tbe'.r social and scientific Inter**'*, the Twelfth District Indi ana Mwlii’ja. m-ty ~rgan —•! at a meeting held Tootsy m the aeaembiy f'»J® ■'? the court b u»»Fort Wayne Th* new society tn clade* with-.a tte memb*t«bip phy tHdann in the oonnttes of A, *n. Adam* DeKalb Lagrange Noble. StflßbsMß, Whitley and Weis and ’he a a* number of physician* wh«> were n attendst' - * was an evidence | of the interest tn th* n*w asocta turn TtM» foilowing officers were ! elected President. Dr William H My*r*. Fort Wayne fir»t vtoe president. Dr L H Cook. Bin fl ton neund vton presigent. Dr Frank Brougbvn. Waterloo secretary. Dr K K Wheei.ck Fort Wayne tre *ur»r Dr W F < arver, AIM .r. After the irganiestl n a number < t addresees were delivered incioding talks by Dr J 8 Boyers and Dr P B Th .ma, ,f th » Cits Dr H D Bnave «of ttttt.city *i« attend ed th* meeting AN HEIR Adami Cmh Man CUimt ta be With Bit Format. H ue / the mty newspape’s have recently come oat in big beaditnee giving detai:* atxjnt a vast estate in Holland to wblob hundred* of Americans w nil fad heir* Th* hist ry of the estate tn brief is •his The >bad Metzgar a very wea thy H Lander who fijuriehM in the 17th ’cnlarv loaned the Dutch king large sums of m> oey Metzga- died and hi* «l was ato on by the king Fifteen month after the king confiscated th* prop »rty Lstar toe will was ♦- cured and the heirs demanded a settlement from the g >vernm*nt During the **♦ t*w years the heirs In America have been works tng on th* case Holland re*'cg niz*e th* justice >f the claim, and th* only bar to settlemeat i* the en.irmous sum involved, over »2<M),ooo,(yv The feature about the ooee that make* it also of lorn, interval s the fast that Grandpa John Shtgley living tn the north eul part of town claims to be a le«al heir —Berne Witness CENTRAL BUILDING Coantv Diplont Fximisaiioa to be Given Saturday. At the Centra, Huh School Sat urday. County S-perintendent <>p linger will hold a counts diploma eramtaaiion Suoh applicant* will te required to pass a good examina tion English, grammar, physiol ogy, arithmetic, United State* history, geography, raiding, orthogr i phy. penmanship and music. An average of eighty percent is re quired, Jnot failing below seventy percent in any one branch Tc take t‘ is examination, candidate* must also have completed the full eight year> course.

NUMBER 77

FOR WAR Lnited S atts it Preparing ott the Culet. Evidently the United States army officisss are expecting war with Cbm*, at laast th* order sent »ot recently by the war department would indicate so. Recruiting off! oers ad over th* country have re cwtved notice to bs m re lenient in their examinations an t Increase the number of raw recruit* A sat prising thing and «6 h show* th* •eore ey that !• being practiced in the matteer, wa« that the order was Gened bv (ctreniar fr m the *ntra! •tatlons in ad the »tat»*» and an or der w*» append*.! at the h re queatlng that it be returned to the entra stati >n is •-n •« th* <■ m teet wete n I*<l Th# idea is that men are t o be sent to training sta tion* as fast as p >•* b e and put through thetr o ur»* of training ant assigned to tb*:r c-»a» u»ie* «s rsptdlv as possible *< that in case rd war th* army • N- we suop'ted Tbe men wav not be given tnetr full amir** at the training st* ’ions It is stated specifically tn the order that ts trouble comee op th* men will be taken from the »tk • .c* - ■ ; th-v have n.l Iw-n thr- ‘gh th* wh i* -urse ' train:ng Th* last rep rt of the war dr psrtment -n tbe ncinber of men in tbe army there were 5* <WO. T!g- nn nier ahowed is 'l3 oc Th a >«»»« roim fur 7.000 before tbe az my is up to it* limit GENEVA NEWS Masonic Lod®e Buys a Stereoplican Machine Tj Awtti is Givut Dtsr« Werl —Jr. Ffitt Movib< Hu Other Inta the Gicadraiat Blscl. «t*Mva Ind. March 4— A s'er eoptieon ha« been a! I .*! to tbe ptrapbenaiu r the Ma* mo rder bree and they are now ready to outer all degrees in an up to fate manner Toe utbt arrived today from Mclnt sb f Cb 'ego. and was given * trial fljis aven-.ng-prortng very aatiafact ry Taere are not many lodges that have th * feature but the Geneva order wh' h s always up to tbe line were bound to be. as one member sold. tber- with the g > d* Lob dito'i is getting ready for bust sees Dr C R Price i» busy moving ibs officv fixtures from the room he hssooco ed;n ibe Pyle holding to the *ui«e of room* above tbe W'.estjmilhner store in tbe Glen denning block, where h* will bare a thorongbly and neatly arrange.! ffiie Dr Prine ha* dec. led to make ‘his place this permanent home and ha* just closed a deal for the Robert Brown prepraty ta High street The eternal question— Why have you no hotel - From the way the psople of Ge nev* are talking of the concert which is to be given tn tbe Metho diet cbr.rch on Tueeday evening March 27, it is a foregone cot clue ion that the capacity of the church will be tested for everyone save that they are going to attend Tae con cert is being given un ier the »us pices of the stewards of the church tc make up a deficiency in the ;>as tor s salary and it is guaranteed to be one of the best attractions ever brought here Tbe member* cf the company are the Misses But ler, soprano; Vernon, violinist; Diggs, pianist, and Schreck, reader. Business is pi ’king ap very con *t.ierably for the snew shovel .