Daily Democrat, Volume 4, Number 147, Decatur, Adams County, 4 June 1906 — Page 1

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statesman dead Arthur P. Gorman Called from Labors ruious democratic senator | (J Before the Public Half a f gaatnry. Beginning Hi* Career u a Senate Page ji, , tips M Fee HpecUl I Nadu 1’ C.. Jime_.4.-S*n L; Art!- tr Pugh Gorman ‘lied at hi* L, fare today after an illneca <>£ L,„; weeks. He *»* ~lie *’* ,h ’' L| t,..«(! DetnoeraUe statesmen in L nmntry and Ma name has been before several convention* Li«ndidate for the presidency. !> t . ... bora in Maryland »> IS-'”i J "fWv y 2. w BFSATOR GORMAN. ial wb< only thirteen yearn old, ki hi. |>olitieal career, iMgiving it spp 'meat a« a jour., in th. luted Stat.-. Senate, in which ca►My >,<• served fourteen yran» In 1*» h« »a« made collector of revt*i far the fifth Maryland distrirt id «i |n»<i he was elected a» a stat* t-"’- .tittoe ll*- was re-elected two ►»r» later and cluweii sjieaker of jhi-. From 1871 t« 1875 he sen- *' •« »t»t. M-nator and front 18H'> to ss v I‘iutad States senator. He '»• agaii. elected aentaor by the legbt»n (J f l.ML't, and served until th* pwatit .fair, though in poor health h* greater |>art of the time, lie M ber-' in public life for over half l*nttin and was one of the abler Ikiaas... . it. .....

hi t| H . country TH* wnat.ir died at 9:10 thia nwmfrom an attack of heart trouble, bfewing hi* long period of illheallb- ■ 4i*t before the phyaician could P>*» Funeral arrangement* have h* **»n Th* aenate adjourned today out •f r*»pe«-t to Senator Gorman. •tWERs IN ALLEN COUNTY **Menu Who Won Out tn the Primary _____ i Democrats of Allen county r* named one of the attongest tick- ** »bteh ever had a tight in that l«H»nty. The winner* in the late bfiaary u,. t hew follow ing isbh- met ' ' ’.ab>t Williti.i F Rank* ‘hm-aentativea--William S. Well* ?* rt ft Parker, William H ''Wenieht. Circuit Court—Edward •awke. J dg K Superior Court —Samuel M «*ek. Attorney—Albert E •Maas. •e Ullt y t lerk—Joseph N. Mason ■' 4llt y Auditor—George W. Lu - h»uth. . ”U h t v Treasurer—William H. ""'niann. '’ nn, . v Sheriff—Joe F. Getz. , t ' Un b r Coroner-. Dr. A. J. Kesler. uui ‘ty Surveyor— David F. Spindtan ‘ Unty Assessor—William Egge /^®missioners —F William Franke ph Tonkel, John B. Wyss.

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(runaway WAS EXCITING! Team Duke* Down Second Street and | Three Miles Into the Country. A runaway occurred tiu» morning on Second street, and that it did not do -erious damage is a mirai'le. A team belonging to George Cook from near Salem »a- hitched in front of Eiehenbergrr restaurant when Charles Sulivan came driving up in hi« automobile. The animals immediately took fright and broke loogi, running at a break nei-k »|>e*d north down Second street and narrowly ngissed several wagons and buggies The team ran traigbt north for three mile. Is-fore they stopped. Mr. Sullivan in the meantime, found Mr. Cook and the two took Sullivan'* auto and went in pursuit of the team, finding them near Monmouth Mr. Cook attaehr- no blame >u Mr Sullivan The horses were unnjttred and the only filing broken about the outfit wa* a tug TWO DEATHS Result horn the White Plague .. BOTH WERE YOUNG PEOPLE Fred Hotneyer of Frudheim and Mias Sophia Workman Caller from Earthly Scene! | Fr*d H •tney-r. thirty-six year* old. •on of Mr and Mr» t'hri., H«iu*y*r. I who reside at Fri—ibeiui. died Sat iday at "pe o'clock at the home of Uta parents. after an illness, of die weeks duration. death resulting from r.it.sumptlot Hr bad bean working for the past several years at South Hand m a shipping clerk in one of the large mill* and was held tn high esteem by hi* emp!<»y*r». H- tank sick live wekes ago ami was furred to r >ign hi- p.siiion. coining home, and going immediately to hi* parent*' home, where hr suffered until Saturday The funeral service* will be held Tu--*dav afternoon at one o'elock at the Fnedbeim ehun-h and interment will be tnada in the Friedhemi cemetery Hr leaves a father, mother and two brothers to mourn their !<»'

Ml** Sophia Workman, aged twenty three years, die>| yesterday afternoon at five o'clock at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mr». Henry Workman, went of this city, after a several year*' illne** with eonaump ti<»n. Mi»» Sophia arose Sundnv morning feeling much better and ate a hearty dinner and was preparing to take a ride with »>mc company that wa* spending the day with her parent*. Before completing her toilet, however, she ««» seize.l with a fainting spell ami gradually sank until death relieved her nt five o clock She wa- a popular young lady tn itis.it community ami waa an exjiert needle worker, ami thus spent much of her tittie during her declining days. The funeral service# will be belli Tuesday afternoon, the cortege leaving the h -iise at one o'clock and driving to the Magley Reformed church,

where Rev Vicar will officiate. Inter un lit will lie made in the Mastley cemetery. tsfee t* the »erond child that Mi. and Mr*. Workman have lost tn the past two month* from this dread i disease and they have the sympathy of the entire community. MRS ALLEN IS DEAD. — Mr*. Belle Allen died at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, after an illness of several month* with eune* of the stomach. Th. funeral service* will he conducted at four o'clock toinoi • row afternoon from the home of her brother. Judge R. K. Erw in. Friend* desiring to view the remains may do SO from nine o’clock to eleven tomorrow. Mrs. Allen was thirty-nine years old.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, June 4, 1906.

COURT NEWS Mrs. Bricker Asks for a Divorce LAST WEEK OF THE TERM Vacation Begin* Monday Grover Everett Give* Himself Up Other Court Items The la»t week of the April term of court leegall Imlay The ten week*’ vacation will begin with next M-«n---day. Attorney Jacob Butcher filed a new divorce vase entitled Berth* F. Brick er vs William F. Hnck*r The *wi pie were married September 14, IW>. land lived together until March 2, 11802. when Aw defendant abamkow i , his family. Other charge* are made land a plain divorce, the custody of tlw one chilli, Mane, aged eight and suitable provision for the rare i»f said child are asked Charles Ihcer v» Cits of l>e.-a! >,.! bill ,»f except urns tiled by defendant. I ( preparatory to appealing the *»•«• ■OeeMWieeMWMMSSW Iwtlvrs of gua-.i.Hisi.ip Is r le . i issued to Edward Moaer for Francis! F. Mower. He ilicl bond for M3®. I which was approved. . Grover Everett, against whom an! affidavit was Hied, Iti blank. 4 week, ago for stealing a revolver, gave list*. I ss>lf up to Slwrsff Buller Sunday. lie? banded over the revolver and gn»», bruid for his appearance in nuirt Clem KnofT was |d»c,-d m jail Su: j day to srne out an old fine and costs. A new rase Bird today wa« entitled Harry Detwl ' • I’heeler M Krnyoi. et ill , furealosure of mortgage, demand ♦.l.ffM), and apphcatnfti for receivet Marriage licenses have be< ti issued to O. V hilling and Mary C, St<o <■ liuriwr, Arthur < I'onlius and Gene Sntioti. smkmmmwmimmsis INSURANCE CASE IS DECIDED Supreme Court of Missouri Decidea

a Qustton • Jefferson City, M>i„ June .3.- The state supreme court en bane handed down an opinion of importace to four hundred thousand policy holders of Missouri and several million policy holders ill fraternal associations throughout the United States The caw was that of Man Westerman vs the Supreme lodge of Knights of Pythias, in which the plaintiff received judgment for in I lie St. Louin Circuit court for the death of her husband, who joined the asaoriation m IMffo. The decision of the supreme court reversed thU finding Tl.’i' ’lilt wins prosecuted theory that the defendant company we* under the same law as regular Ife insurance companies. The aniwiatiun forfeited the pdicy for failure to make a monthly payment in August, Iffill. Westerman died m Jan nary, IWO2. The plaintiff contended that the monthly payment for six y, er* prior U> the forfeiture hail ere-; ated a reserve in behalf of the beiietletary to pay for extended insurance | iH-yond the period of death, ami the eerlitieate was m>n-forfcitable under the statute of Missouri, which was copied from the noii-torfeiture statute of Massachusetts and adopted by three fourths of the states of the United States. Judge Fox wrote the opinion which holds that the defendant is a fraternal society ami not liable as a regular life insurance company. It is ■ stated that this decision is die most J ini|M>rtant to fraternal societies that has been handed down in many years as the plan upon which fraternal societies are organized was involved.

MR FLEDDERJOHANN HONORED( Elected Member of Central Electric | AsMcutwri Mr. Charles F Shelton, superinten-1 dent us tran»|>ortati<Ht of the Fort Wayne A Wabash V alley traction >-<>tn|>any. and Mr. W II Fledderyohaiin, president ami manager of the Fort Wayne A Sprinffrfeld Traetioi eoni|>any acre yestenlay notiHe,l that they had been appointed memliei* „f a local committee of the < ential I lee t.i< Kan. v .i-uwH-ialio.i At a recent u<-*img of the association it waa deci In’ to have a b>e*| committee tn each nf the important pninta in tlhio and Indiana, mi order that the official* ,»f the aaaoctalkm might keep m close touch with condition* in all parts of the territory covered by tlw lltta* represented in the assiwiatfaii The cities Hl ahirii ; rmntnitt,-* were named «rc I’lrvr ' laud, T-k.-do. Findlay. Lima. Fort ' Wayne, In liaiiap»li*. llavloii. C-duiu * bu«, t'liwiunali. Canton and Young* i town. Mr Shelton and Mr Flad»l»r johann went named as the committee for Fort Wayne and Mr H F Ibeke.l • iipertntei lent of the Fort Wavne. V an Wert A Lima road, wa* wfaetcl a* a committermsti at Lima, t Him Fort Wayt* Journal G s/ette DEATH CAME As a Relief to Tim F. Golden DIED AT FORT WAYNE ... Fonaarly Ltvad in This Count, Had Many Relative* H«rv ~ Furwtal at Gvnava Tomor:o* John C M ran n- eivr | « > I last even nig fruin Fort W syn* aoiw-um : th*- death of bis brother-tu la* Tjuuothy F thddau The end cam,- at . •i» ••‘clm’k. after an illness of several I tit*,»!lis* durati-m, death resulting | from Bright’s disease. He as, forty | two yrar» nf age. and was a native of I Adams county, and formerly made his I home 111 Jefferwm township, this iconiity, following law vocation »t a| farmer A years ago be move! t<» Maruni, when- ba »«• engaged tn the real r«tate business, going from there to Fort‘Warne, witere he has

been conducting a grocery store for several year* IL- »a* • member of the St. Patrick'* (’attonhe church. He 'leaves a wife and four children to I mourn thrir !<>•». The remain* will j Im- shipped to Geneva tomorrow morning. where the funeral services will be h<-hl and interment made Mr Golden wa* well known in this city, having conducted considerable business hen- during his life THE ROAD ELECTION RETURNS Seven Macadam* Carry in Saint Mary* The official returns from the St Mary* township macadam road elce | tion, show* the following result* Name of road. Yes. N<> Irvin Carter “3 2ti Pleasant Mill* I<>» liE. W Dailey <W W |J. W Broadheck fid 27 iPh pi.i A Fort Wayne ... *>9 2f> 'Grant Strickler 7* 23 Decatur A Willshire SJ 13 The return* were filed today by W. H.* Teepie, inspector. SENATOR BURTON RESIGNS Bcrlpp*-Mcßas Special. Top-ku, Ka*., J mu- 4 Senator 1 Burton today resigned as United ' States senator, following his conviction and tin* affirmation of the same by the federal supreme court. His, resignation was promptly accepted by Governor Hoch. |

I JUNE SESSION Macadam Road Business Held the Boards BUSINESS RUSHING THIS TERM Six Bridges and That Many A butt manta and Three Road* Sold ThU Morning I The I*-ar-I of comnussi.ieers me' 1 i m tfeetr Jun* sawsu,-. th,* nvort icg I j and opened w ith macadam road bu*i>| Hires iiohhlig the right-of Way The I road petitmt** of H F Mrtlili and I |A. M Fwfaer Were ftje-l, their p»t«of | !<»f pttMfagtmn being duly riotesi. Bids were upeued for six bridges. | I the \ttl< 4 Bridge Co getting thr* - F»x Bruigv t o got two. and E J i I Neu,nvvh •an ler ofw Rids were also ojsetied for abuttm*<it* and esmcrele ff>«,r»„ I al Miller < getting As* nt them Rpd Hoffman A [Huiwr on* Hs-.i® w crr ** tf *--:■* '■’'Hslru I |to,n »f th* M-.ur.- Tuwnsinp Centra) I tnuml*-r two, F-r-i H ,ffma fa-mg t ,- ; I |»'»*«*•! **>■* *•**'* m!*** Iftt*-I i • f*«’ tUfWr '*4 *»* i, | H eyfan A Wahwah To# .lop at *>>.- , K - Ml, il*»l M *r - Io ld< - '■ tkt(> X’» X C• >* ■ < * , ' | > tcjHfl * tiff* O Kr#-J-- I! Krv4 H I*4 I rr« «mi jit Yav'atinn f<»r a wtu**h | a fie I bb Mun J a Th* | •AMw tiTWrtr* W«fv hMi th* k***** | ot a n>aJ Th** f«>r | tHjtradatti nwsui wa* aii<t |aiui witt th* I | rotir*** lift th* wUiwjuM *tr»4< i Th* board »f rv»»ew iu»t thu Uluru-1 mg, ill* appointed member* being Harvev Harruff and C F Magl- s, of I H-**l toW’-ship Th* other members of the bmxrd are th* auditor, trvssnr er and county assessor They bejran I Im- work.

OBITUARY Mary Ethel Burkhea-t ««« horn at IVs-atur, Ind.. Feb Iff, IH7U, and died at Fort Wayne, May id. !•»»., age W years, J months and II day* Eight years ago «he was KUUTWd to Mr John Sampson, to which unurn were given five children, two boys and three girls, aged 7.6, .3. and the tn- ! faut twin* but a few day* old. About I the time of tier marriage to Mr Satnpaon. she •«» tit to jou. herwelf !by r>-|» nt».-. and faith to another friend winch friend WS* her Divine Lord. With Him. we believe <4ir also lived in loving fellow *ln|>a ri«i service through these year* that have leonio and g«U!C. At ii.-r e-mv e-. on, wh>- h .irr-d I became :i iw-ttlher of wa d chwlrh, which relation wa* continued until their removal to Fort Wayne, but her dosing word* to husband end fricuil* strongly indicated that h-r relation with her Ihviue friend and Lord was unbroken t» the end. Though her spirit took tte flight *o soon, iii the very summer of life, and at n season when all nature seemed to vie in making life delightful, yet we shall trust she has lived long enough, and well enough, to make poMibie an eternal life among environments the best that her Divine friend and Lord could provide. She had the happy faculty of making friend*, who, in a very large de- ( gree. share with the husband am! children, the parents and all rela-j fives, in Iwaring the great sorrow I winch has come to them. j

Number 147

CURTIS JOHNSON IS PAROLED Will be Released from Prison by Jily Fir»t Judge F.rwm la ill r*e*i|4 at a lettrr from ''i- sarde . rtf tl>-- Jeffervoaville reformatory, notifying him that his request forth« iMir-de of Curtis Johnson, had been rw-Hrnised and the necessary steje, arw n<>* being taken to release Johnson He will probably he freed by Juy l*t. If his fnenda here see-are him employment. Item being ><ie of the rales at th* instilutum. Ctirfai was sent up several vear* ago for forgrer' He has hrvt> a goo! a.,tk-r and a prisoner and his letter* to hi» -d,| mother here null-ate that he has deUrmtnml to make * [ mar of himself when given the ofipivr tunity. Hi* motbsr wept for joy wb*n told Vewterday that her son W*s to be release-1 GENEVA NEWS Henry Chrisman Buried Yesterday WAA AN OLD CITIZEN Bluff fan Waa th* Bunday Ball Game By tha Scare cf Fu-xr ta Zara. -a, J iu« * Hen» , Chrisman, I He *•* Hftv.it years, ten months I and thrw* day* <4d and bad rest .fad years H- leaves thrfa- dsaghter. vid tfrv bt-lber* to tw-irn. Ke* H F .upy ■•• 1-■ Lie fu-o.VJ-.1, wbrnb wwt» held st the Um Grove Christian < .urch. and interment was made at it-.nk-r Hilt wmWery Hitiffton lie feat «• I the l-eal faag* ! fa-tv rstetday in a ts.t game ->f had. ' -iß* -lefea’ and yet It 4<ms«*t »*•*», so ba<: --ftb- liiM- home : »,«» team that has had much more prae Ur«- Hianulorfer was in (be box for G.-,.-vs a .1 ws. giw, ip-d .opport

All the home le ys p.ay»d good w. and the fs< t that tin* •*• the sceoi.d ganie -»f the sc**-si must be taken into e»»n»-Lr*tioti when the game i» diM-iiseesi The Hlufft-in team i» * fa*< aggregation of fellow* who are Up on Ibeir toea throughout the whole game Hiufftou’* bat ter v, Hvyd ami Thoma*, an- there with the gnu*!* The G.neva luitteri. Biefwlorfer ami • ling, are not ao shadowy, either Bovd bad 12 atnkevut* to hi* credit an<l Biely had 3 G-orva «-«iired 2 hit* and mad* d ern>r*, while th* visitor* gathered in M hit* and found 3 ern»r* I 1 r* were l,'*hl |>eople u aUrudaiwe, and alt had their money • Tin- -co,,- io is t mg* wa* I;MI<: I * H It K ■» 0 9 G 0 t? < »♦ 4 4 .} 4 J 9 ‘J d G *> ® # •* ® - ♦ CHAUNCEY STEELE IS IN JAIL Re Captured Yesterday While Visit* iting at, Home. Chauncey Steell’, who forged the name of his brother-in-law, John I unhurt, to two check-, which he cashed, and who. after his arrest, was released on bond and then skipped out. was captured yesterday at hi* parents' home in the west part of town. H**s now in jail and will likely remain then* until the September term of rnurt. as he will have a difficult time to secure bail now. He wa* lake: by Marshal Grve and D-. 'sheriff Butler. He tried to e-.-ap |and started to tight, but the sight of Butler's revolver made him stau-.i jquiet and be good.