Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 21 February 1907 — Page 1

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HfGLES TAKE CITY ■w Aerie Instituted Here E Te-day. Bveral .hundred .visitors. I Hrk Began at Nine O'clock This I and Will Continue Until I Late This Evening. I is Eagles' day and the city I Hp put on her cloak of gaity and •x. | Hided a hearty welcome t<> the visir. I H; members of this order Every I sH re and °® ce rooni " ‘ l> j 'Htl. the national colors, red -.■kite I Hd blue, which are the colors of t|;:- | and the city looked as if we I celebrating the fourth of .ini'. i ■tery train coming into the city t .,_ | brought members of this order I this evening several litindred vis Eagles are assisting in establish, an order in this city. The class I Consisted of eighty.two and in < rdet | Ko get through with the work it was | to commence the --ed. I K- at nine thirty o clock t at which time the entire class j at the Elks' lodge room, i bad been turned over to the for their institution and here received instructions and the | At ten thirty the officers I a few days ago were duly in. | ■E a!!ed after which the meeting stood until two thirty o clock : the candidate' av the hall, together with the visiting and formed a line of march, j K>' seeding to the interurban depot they met the degree t-am from HSort Wayne and extended to tlo-m a j welcome. At three fifteen a line of parade was formed HBrhich was headed by the Loch City |Kand, and in which ever;, visiting. r<>. Erether with the local class, took start, parade lasted until four o'clock, the degree work was conferred the candidates. The degree work Kirill no doubt last until a late hour the class is a large one and it will some time to work on the entire ■■Hclass. A banquet and smoker is ■scheduled for this evening at eight ■o'clock at the Meibers hall and a neat ■program has been arranged for this which is as follows: Henry ■Thomas, toastmaster; Responses to ■toasts by D. D. Coffee, Welcome Ad. l( Hßdress; Herb H. Evans. South Bend. ■Fraternaliam; Wm. Eggeman. Eort ■ Wayne, An Eagle as a Citizen: Fred ■ Hoffer, Willshire. Earl Ex; ■as an Eagle. These responses will ■be followed by informal talks by 'he ■ visiting members. During the ban. ■ quet music will be funn-tb-d by the ■ Med Miller orchestra. The "in of ■ town cites represented in "ir (i!v ■ today, are Fort Waym For'..md Aim. ■ Chester, Van Wert, Delphos eiimi. I *■ Huntington, Bluffton. Ohio A. ■ shire and St. Marys. Tin as ■ instituted are among the ■ :.: ns ■of our city and there is no I I that the future success | k assured, and that they >?. . : ■ i I I beyond expectations. \ MRS. THAW STILL ON STAND ■ Undergoes Another S.ege C Gross-Questions New York, Feb. 21.-The Thaw or I was resumed today. An agre>-n>ent I was reached not to hold a ses»i m I tomorrow on account of " being I Washington’s birthday Exeiyu . I was again on the stand. I '. I of yesterday having, renew. ,i I age. Jerome questioned her length on “the Dead Rat a Paris I restaurant Where she, Han? and I Shubert, a theatrical man. ■ ■ '" k I lunch. ... ... ; CAME IN LAST NIGHT I Rev. Tilman Hobson, the Evangelist, is in the City. Rev. Tlman Hobson came in "’■■ - late Clover Leaf trail last i ight. m 1 " J sing the meeting at which ! • * ■ scheduled to be present. He wii. I on deck for the services tm Vl I which are expected to be the real op -.due JS| ftnitlg of a three weeks e.w■ I work.

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IT IS NOBODY'S BUSINESS A Person Has a Right to Marry or Not as They Like. The campaign that for centuries has been waged against men who have reached or passed 35 years with, out being married is on lust now ■ i’ll trust- j’. vigo" Writers in maga. I.?’;-, rers of b sexes some of •hv daily Dpwspape' ■ and even a fetv clergymen are prodding and whackitig old bachelors. “Smart Alecks" in sev. era! state legislatures are proposing to lay on them a special tax. It. is not the right of a man or woman oi any collection of men or women or both to meddle with the most delicate of all the concerns of a private citizen. Whether he elect to remain single or to marry is no more the business of others than his church connection or his choice of political par. ties. It is fair to assume that every old bachelor has a reason for his celibacy, but it is nobody's right to poke his nose or his fingers into that purely private matter. GROW IN INTEREST Evangelistic Meetings At Presbyterian Church. LAST NIGHT’S WAS SPLENDID Rev. Masters and Mr. Yarnell of Ft. Wayne are Assisting—Be Sure to Attend. The services at the Presbyterian church are growing in interest. Last night was by far she best meeting of the week. The Rev. Henry B. Mas. ters. pastor of the First church of Ft. Wayne, is the speaker on each evening he delivered a very Impressive sermon on the subject, The loss of the soul, from the text, “What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and loose his soul; or what soul.” Rev. Masters is an eloquent divine. He has a strong sympathetic voice and combined with a magnetic personality which wins his auditors at once. He is thoroughly imbued with the spirit of Christ; he has a message from God to give to the people he aims to exalt Christ as the Savior of men. The kind and affectionate entreaty to a better life helped and everybody enjoyed the meeting. Rev. Masters will speak tonight and tomorrow night. Mr. Yarnell rendered two very beau. tful and impressive solos at last night s service. His singing reaches all hearts. He sings with so much feeling and coming from the heart has its effect for good upon the audience. His enunciation is perfect. His tenor voice, cultured, clear and resonant, is at its best when rendering one of the sweet songs of the gospel. Last night he sang with telling effect the sweet song by Ambrose, -One Sweetly Solemn Thought." And also by request the selection sung on Monday night, “Jesus Saviour Pilot Me." An especial pleasing feature of the service last night was the splendid singing rendered by the large choir of young people. Fifteen young girls sang a very pretty selection entitled, Tn Early Youth," which all enjoyedThe choir of young people will sing a couple of selections tonight. Rev. Masters gives up his work in a large city church at Fort Wayne to assist in these meeting; and Mr. Yarnell is one of the representative business men of the same city, being the president of several large factories as well as being the head of 'one of the largest wholesale hardware stores in the city. Yet he gives gladly his time and comes to Decatur to sing the gospel story, and help lead men to Christ. It is a rare treat for the people of Decatur to have the privilege of hearing these representative men. On Friday night a luncheon will be served in the church parlors for men only. Mr. Yarnell will conduct a service for men after the refreshments i e served. All the men members and friends of the congregation are cordially invited to attend this service. The refreshments will be served at six o'clock, sharp, on Friday night. The regular service at 7:15. Everyj body welcome.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening February 21, 1907.

RUNNING DEBATE Takes Off a Million From Forestry Bureau. GETTING SICK OF PHILIPPINES By a Vote of Twenty-Eight to FortyTwo Smoot Retains His Seat in the Senate. Washington, Feb. 21.—Senator Hemenway finally won his fight against the enormous appropriation propoed for the bureau of forestry, of the Agricultural Department, by 11,000,000 being lopped off the amount. The junior Indiana senator was engaged in a running debate most of yesterday afternoon. In His final appeal to the senate to stop the extravagant appropriation of money, he said: "I wish to say if the expenditures by the different , depart, ments were to be increased at onehalf or one-fourth this rate, when we come to the close of the fiscal year 1908 we would find a deficiency that would absolutely wipe every man out of congress who was here, or it ought to do it. Washington, Feb. 21. —It does not require a particularly keen observer to see that the administration is daily growing more and more sick of the burden of carrying the Philippines. No one now pretends to argue that the islands have proved a good financial investment. On the contrary the officials are covering up the figures showing the cost of maintaining civil and military forces in the archipelago so that the exact drain on the government can not be ascertained. Washington, Feb. 21. —The senate this afternoon voted in favor of Reed Smoot, the Mormon member, retaining his seat. The vote was 28 to 42. The Indiana senators did not take the same view of the case. Senator Hemenway announced that he would vote to unseat the Mormon. Senator Beveridge made the fact known some time ago that he would vote to keep the much discusjed man in the senate. POLffICALCONTEST Results In Democratic Victory At Berne. A NEW COUNCILMAN ELECTED. Norman Jacobs Chosen to Succeed Charles Harkless —Five Candidates in Field. Berne, Ind., Feb. 21.—An interest, ing contest was decided by the city council here last evening, when Norman Jacobs, a democrat, was elected to succeed Charles Harkless, republican, as councilman, thus converting the political standing of the council from Republican to Democratic. The council of this town is composed of three members, since last fall’s elec, tion comprising two republicans and one democrat. Mr. Harkless, a republican, resigned recently and moved on a farm near Decatur. The question of his successor was thus left to the two remaining councilmeri, a republican and a democrat. There were five candidates and the contest continued for over two hours in the council room, finally resulting in a victory for Jacobs, a democrat. The contest created quite a little interest, and the result gives general satisfaction. o— ARE NOW IN LUCKEY BUILDING Keller Incubator Company Moved This Week. The Keller Incubator Company are now located in the Luckey building and as soon as their machinery is properly placed, the of this well kpown Incubator will be begun under the incorporation made last week. John S. Colchin is in charge and soon business is'expected to go at a rapid pace.

INTEREST IN COURT’S DECISION Prohibitionists Show interest in Judge Artman’s Decision. Prohibitionists and temperance peo. pie generally are manifesting more than passing interest in the recent decision of Judge Samuel M. Artman of Lebanon that the saloon has no legal right of existence and the license system itself is unconstitutional. Inquiries relative to the decision have come from all parts of the country with the result that 100,000 copies of this most remarkable decision were ‘ ordered printed by C. E. Newlin, who was one Os the committtee which pressed the fight in Judge Artman’s court. This bulk of circulars will be mailed to all who inquire, and from letters received they will reach every state in the Union. AN EXCITING TIME Close Vote On High License Bill Yesterday. HE CHANGED HIS VOTE. Representative Ratliff Saved the Bill by Changing His Vote—An Amendment. Our dispatches yesterday were not wrong in depicting an exciting time in the lower house yesterday during the vote on high license. Before the announcement of the vote by the speaker on the Mattingly SI,OOO license bill, Representative Ratliff, a republican of Richmond, arose and asked that his vote be changed from “aye” to "no.” Other members arose asserting that the member frpm Wayne (Ratliff) could not change his vote at that time as it was too late. Speaker Branch ruled that any mem. her had the privilege of changing his vote at any time before the announcement of the vote was made. Ratliff’s vote was then recorded as voting “No.” During the discussion several of the members gathered around Representative Jackson (dem.) from Rush county and repeatedly urged him to have his voe changed “no” to “aye.” Jackson, however, remained firm in his stand and refused to change his vote. Had Representative Ratliff not changed his vote from "aye” to "no” the liquor measure would have been indefinitely postponed. Forty republicans and eight democrats were in favor of passing the bill to second reading; eight republicans and thirty-nine democrats voted to indefinitely postpone the measure. Five members were absent, all of whom were republicans. In changing his vote Representative Ratliff gave as a reason that he had an amendment or two which he desired to introduce when the bill again came up. One of them it' is understood provides for local option by counties. o ED BEELER’S STORE IS ROBBED Lagoda, Ind., Feb. 21. —Burglars cracked the safe in Ed Beeler’s gen. eral store here today and got two hundred dollars in cash and four hundred dollars in merchandise. The Mr. Beeler referred to above formerly lived here and managed the Big Store.

AN ANGRY SEA ENGULFS MANY SOULS

Nearly a Hundred Perish Off Coast Os Rotterdam.

EVERY SOUL ABOARD WAS LOST Terrble Catastrophe Occurred This Morning—Steamer Be- n Lost — Americans o. Vestel. ( Rptterdam, Feb. 21. —The Great

COURT HOUSE NEWS Murray Found Guilty And Fined. WILL APPEAL THE CASE Nelson Bricker Cate Goes to the Jury —Ellis Acquitted on One Charge. The jury in the case of the state vs. G. D. Murray, returned a verdict at 10:30 last evening after being out nearly twelve hours, finding the defendant guilty of keeping his saloon open on Sunday, and assessing a fine of SIO.OO and costs. The defendant will appeal the case to the supreme court. The state vs. Nelson Bricker, assault and battery, was argued this morning, the evidence being heard yesterday afternoon. The jury retired at 10:30 this morning. State vs. Lafayette Ellis, keeping saloon open on Sunday, was heard yesterday afternoon, before Judge Er. win, found not guilty and discharged. Alice L. Ray, administratrix of the Shelby Ray estate, filed an inventory of the personal property, showing $1,093.96. His stock of merchandise was ordered retailed at private sale for cash. A marriage license has been issued to Jonas A. Liby, aged thirty and Emma Yarris, aged twenty.five, both of this county. ■ - oFRIENDSSURPRISED Two Geneva Young People Are Married. ARE WEDDED AT NEWPORT, KY. Cornelius Schaefer and Lola Ford Surprise Their Friends by Getting Married. The marriage of Cornelius Schaefer 24 and Lola Ford, 22, both of Geneva, occurred at Newport, Ky., on last Thursday, Feb. 14th, as was announc. ed in the Cincinnati Enquirer. The marriage occurred without the knowledge of parents and friends, and while their marriage was opposed in no way bj' any one, it took on the more romantic hue of an elopement. The bride was the hello grl at the Geneva Telephone Co.’s office. She departed Thursday and was joined by her affianced somewhere along the line, he having departed prior to that. The last heird from them was that they had returned to Converse, Ind., where it is presumed they are awaiting parental forgiveness. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Ford, and the groom is the only son of G. W. Schaefer and graudated from the Geneva schools in 1900. Both bride and groom are popular with all, and have the best wihes of all for their future happiness. —-Geneva Herald.

Eatem Railway’s steamer Berlin, bound from Harwich, England to Rotterdam, was wrecked on a sandbank just outside the harbor today. The loss of life is estimated at 141. A tremendous sea washed over the -‘>4 - after being struck an- . big ship pounded to pieces before any rescue was possible. Every soul on board is supposed to have perished. Several

TO BE NO MORE SODA v. . P ,. t ■ ■ 1. >-■ ,J... Chief Chemist Wiley to Make an Investigation. Soda fountain “tonics” whose virtues as non-intoxicating, harmless and refreshing beverages are attractively placarded in many drug stores, are to become the subject of future investigations by the United States bureau of chemistry. Under the direction of Dr. H. W. Wiley, chief chemist of the agricultural department, the nature of the ingredients of these alleged harmless beverages is to be determined and if it is found that caffein, cocaine and other drugs are used in sufficient quantities to make the compounds insidiously dangerous to the consumer, action will be taken to prevent the manufacture and sale of the articles in their present form. ON NEXTMONDAY Township Assessors To Meet In This City. FOUR MACADAM ROAD SALES. Bond* to Sell Next Tuesday—J. N. Fristoe as Delinquent Tax Collector. County Assessor Gentis is arranging for the meeting of the township trustees, which will occur next Monday. This year the real estate will be assessed, and that means much additional labor for those in charge of making values. The township assessors will begin on the first day of March and have sxty days in which to complete their work. The board of review will 'begin their work’ the first Monday in June. Four macadam roads are advertised for sale the first day of the next term of commissioners’ court, March 4th. The roads to be sold are -the Root and treble roads one and two, Brushwood College two, and the Reiter and Buhlman road in Root township. Another petition for a macadam road in Kirkland township, will be presented the commissioners at their March term. Many inquiries are coming in to Treasurer Lachot, asking for particulars as to the macadam road bond sale, which is on next Tuesday. On that date bonds for the Brushwood College No. 1 in Hartford township, the Magley and Preble on township line between Kirkland and Preble, and the William Hockemeyer in Root township, will be offered for sale. J. N. Fristoe as delinquent tax collector, is getting in his fine Italian hand in great shape. He began his duties the first of this month, and since then has handed over to the county exchequer something like SLSOO. The various oil companies in the county have paid the bulk of the above amount. Auditor Lewton looked up the records and found that Geneva and Wabash township have received $40,041.. 81 in taxes from the G. R. & I. railroad since 1§72, thirty-four years. Os this amount Geneva has received $8,748.60 and the township $31,293.26. (Continned on Page 2.)

Americans were aboard the steamer which left Harwich at ten o’clock last night and had almost completed the voyage when the disaster occurred. When the big ship went aground the shock evidently shook it to pieces. Persons on other vessels nearby, but were unable to reach the doomed ship say that at the first shock scores of people ran up on deck only to be washed overboard by the waves. The only passage list known was on board the Berlin and was destroyed with the ship. OA. B. Bailey of Monroe, was a bus. iness caller to our city today.

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