Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 56, Decatur, Adams County, 6 March 1907 — Page 1

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WILL BRICK THIRD Eg From Monroe to Adams Street at Once COUNCIL APPROVES THE REPORT Will Let Contract With Madison 5 Street Improvement—Will Hire a Street Sweeper. The council met in regular session Tuesday evening at the Library, Mayor Coffee presiding and every councilman answering to roll call, and the council at once proceeded to get down to business. John Sprague submitted a proposition to the council, whereby he would buy a street sweeper and would keep all the brick streets in the city clean and remove the dirt at a salary of sixty dollars per month, his contract to run seven months in each year and for a period of three years. Mr. Sprague proposes to buy an up-to-date sweeper and if he secures the contract will endeavor to keep the streets in a presentable condition. The sweeping of the streets will be done after night. Van Camp moved that the street and sewer committee be empowered to contract for a man to clean the streets at a salary not more than sixty dollars per month. This motion carried. The street and seyer committee to whom was referred the petition of the property owners along Third street, asking for a biick street, filed their report and recommended that the petition be adopted in all things and that the sidewalks be constructed next to the curb and that the plans and Specifications be prepared and thfli Street be sold in connection with Madison street. The report of the committee was adopted. The report of the finance committee upon the reports of the clerk and treasurer for January was read, in which they recommended that the reports be adopted as they were correct in every respect. The report was adopted. The following bills were then allowed: L. C. Helm $ 7.00 Peter Kirsch 1000 C. Vogt 70.00 Sunday Creek Coal Co 525.29 W. , E>J'ulk 249.58 Gec.tjCeiser Co 1.81 bank 255.00 fitjSwiUtinn labor 48.80 Feri Wayne Electric Wks.... 21.79 Detroit Lubricator Co 2.11 Monarch Electric Wire Co. ... 145.77 Bau foundry 28.50 M. J.pfylott 256.70 M. J, gMylott 48.1 u Wm. teary 10.00 Sam Frank 45.00 L. G. Billingham 41 -7a George Henneford 6.45 No Other business the Council they adjourned t<> meet Thursda ■ evening in special si -n. K- ——o — THE EPOST CARD REGULATIONS Postoffice Department Prescribes the Materials March C.—Ar. issued by the postn. - .hijEnl providing new regime i governing the size, form and «. ir ' P ost car( l s entering tlm StiCh host cards must be niaib --'dHEped piece of cardboard : ' A .vHpog three and nine-sixteen 1five and nine-sixteenths iuclu Thsy must in form and it of paper be sni>-i aHKh. government post card.-, may I of any color, not :mert< with 8 legible address and ’ - sheets of paper nno UMpti to them on condition th i conjetely adhere to the card 1 wKg particles of glass, nr 'al. • tinsel or other stßk will not be accepted foi " ’pt when inclosed in < :••• battling NELSON at TRIAL 1 Scr'nns-McT’.ai- st York, March 6 — ended the Thaw more attention Thaw party, the testimony the newspap l ought to have a m< da!

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MUNCIE GIRL IS MARRIED To a Wealthy New York Jew and is Happy. Miss Mae Kimball of Muncie, was married six months ago at Converse, Ind., and the wedding has just been announced in New York, by Louis Hurweitz, the husband. Mr. Hurweitz is a wealthy Jew w’ho travels for a jewelry houSe. At Muncie he met Miss Kimball, who is a Gentile, but the difference in their religion did not prevent them from falling in love with each other. The wedding at Converse, six months ago, was the outcome of the courtship.’ Because of their conflicting religious views the wedding was kept secret. It has now been made public by the husband himself after a stormy scene with his parents. Several days ago Hurweitz asked his mother in New York what she would do if he were to marry a girl of different religious faith. “I w’ould not permit you to remain in my house,” she said; “I would not want to see either of you.” Hurweitz said nothing further to his mother, but later tolA his brother that he had married a Gentile and was not going home any more. He proposed to take his mother at her word. He then published the following in several New York papers: ‘ Louis J. Hurweitz of 18 East One Hundred and Fifth street, wishes to announce his marriage to Miss Mae Kimball of Muncie, which took place at Converse, Ind., September 3, 1906.” Mrs. Mae Kimball Hurweitz was a stenographer employed in various Muncie offices. She Is now with her husband in New York and writes to friends that she is living happily, the fact that her husband is a Jew and she a Gentile proving no obstacle. ATBAPTISTCHURCH Special Services to be Held Sunday E. E. BERGMAN IS HERE Making an Effort to Revive the Interest at the Church In Thia City. At the request of Rev. Albert Ogle, superintendent of State Missions, E Ernest Bergman is in Decatur looking after the Baptists’ interests. Many members have been seen and all are very much in favor of getting in the rush of spring trade. To those that cannot be seen personally .by Mr. Bergman, he wishes to say that a called meeting will take place Sunday, and it is his earnest desire that every member of the Baptist church be present at that time. Will the churches in the city and their pastors join with us in an earnest prayer that Decatur church will again flourish? An invitation is extended to those of this city who are not attending other churches. We are expecting a grand time and want all who can consistently do so, enjoy a day with the Lord. The services of the day will be as follows: Sunday school at 9:30, preaching at 10:30. Theme for the morning service, "Let us find ourselves." Preaching again in the evening at 7:30- Theme for evening, "The importance of right thinking." At the close of the evening service we wish t<> ascertain the will of the church toward a series of meeting. In view of this let every member be present. E. ERNEST BERGMAN. o — FATHER IS DANGEROUSLY ILL S. E. Shamp received a telegram today from Akron, Ind., stating that his father, Jeses Shamp, was seriously ill with Bright's disease, and that the • e nd was momentarily expected. Mr. ■ shami> is seventy-five years of age, and has been suffering from Bright's •! direase for the past two years or L, i Sam will leave this evening for , 0 be at his father's bedside. BOTH VICTIMS DIED TODAY ,|i tnapolis. March 6. —William Gill Mrs. Fred Schwomeyer, shot yes- ; p v tbe latter's husband when . found them together, died this

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening March 6, 1907.

HEARST HAS PLAN How Corporations Should be Controlled PRESIDENT HAS APPOINTMENTS Railroads Given Jolt on Weighing Mail —Gilhams Gets in His Work at the Treasury. Washington, March 6. —William R. Hearst, who still aspires to be the Democratic leader in the national campaign next year, or who at least hopes to put his impress on the platform adopted by the next Democratic national convention, laid before congress just before it adjourned, his idea as to how corporations engaged in commerce among the several states should be controlled. His plea is embodied in a printed bill forty-four pages long. He had no hope that his suggestions would be considered at this session, and he has small hope that they will receive consideration at the next session. He says his only idea in introducing the bill is to get his plan before the country. Washington, March 6. —The president has a good many desirable offices to dispose of within the next few weeks, including the vice-governorship of the Philippine islands, the collectorship of Santo Domingo and various minor places. Members of congress are putting in recommendations for friends who desire to be recognized in the distribution of the patronage, but from the way the president talks he will exercise his own judgment in securing men for the vacancies. Washington, March 6. —The president has struck a severe blow at the railroads by having George B. Cortelyou, just before he retired as postmaster general, issue an order that the average daily weight of mail carried by the railroads shall be ascertained by using as a divisor the actual number of days, including Sunday, in the weighing. Washington, March 6. —Representative Gilhams called on Secretary Shaw and persuaded him to raise the government deposit in the First National bank of Fort Wayne from $70,000 to $150,000. This bank was made a government depository only last week. It was the last official act of Secretary Shaw before he relinquished the treasury portfolio. NO STEAM ENGINE Is Necessary for Efficient Fire Protection COMMITTEE MAKES A REPORT After a Visit to Fort Wayne —Advise Purchase of Hose Wagon and Chemical Engine.

The regular meeting of the Decatur Ifujsiness Men'js Association was scheduled for last evening, but the presiding officers failed to appear and but little real business was transacted. The committee appointed to ascertain the cost of putting in a paid fire department, recommended that a combination hose wagon and chemical engine be purchased, a suitable building constructed and a team secured. also several men employed so that the apparatus may be on the scene of the fire as quickly as possible after an alarm is sent in. Members of the committee visited Fort Wayne, where the chief advised them not to buy a steamer, but instead, to remedy any defect at the water station. as this direct system is now supplanting the steam engines in all cities. This report will probably be accepted and the plans executed as quickly as possible. Quite a number of business men were present and some time was taken up with discussing the factory proposition and other improvements for a Greater Decatur. The session was enthusiastic and another meeting will be iffild soon.

MRS. LUCINDA SAUTBINE DEAD Well Known Lady—Had Many Relatives in This County. A her home at Craigville at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon, Mrs. Lucinad Sautbine succumbed to cancer of the stomach, after an affliction of over a year in duration. The funeral services will take place at the Zion church at Honduras at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, followed by the interment of the remains in the church cemetery. Mrs. Sautbine was born in Pennsylvania and while yet a child came with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Bollinger, to this county, settling on a farm nine miles east of this city. Unon her marriage to Isaac Sautbine she moved to Craigville and has since made that place her home. Her husband's death occurred a number of years ago. Eight children survive her, they being Charles of Craigville, David of Bowersville, Minn., William of near Preble, Adams county; Phillip of North Dakota, Mrs. William Ward of Decatur, Mrs. Rose Stoutenberry of near Decatur, and Roy and Ada who lived with their mother. She also leaves five brothers and sisters, Mrs. John Ashbaucher of this city, Mrs. Sophia Andrews of Decatur, Mrs. Wilma Wagner of Berne, Ephraim Bollinger of Monroe and Henry Bollinger of eight miles east of this city— Bluffton Banner. IT wiLL~BE~BUILT Traction Line From Celina to Bluffton PASSING THROUGH GENEVA Company for its Promotion is Incorporated—Bluffton Capita!i*s at the Head. L. C. Justus was in Indianapolis yesterday filing the papers for the incorporation of the Bluffton, Geneva & Celina Traction Co., an interurban which it is expected will be built from this city to Celina, 0., this summer and fall. The capital stock of the company is given at $30,000 and the incorporators are R. F. Cummins, L. C .Justus, Sam Bender, Abe Simmons, F. C. Daily, W. A. Kunkei and D. W. Brown. Other Bluffton capitalists will be stockholders in the new road but though it will be composed of several who own stock in the M. B. & E., it will be a distinct organization and in no way connected with that road. The road was promoted by Bluffton people early last spring and work on it had progressed to such an extent that surveys has been made and considerable right-of-way taken when the project was dropped for the winter. The line is to run east from this city past the Six Mile church, close to Vera Cruz, and through Linn Grove to Geneva, and from thence direct to Celina. There it connects with the Ohio system of interurbans which give it connections with Dayton, Cleveland Columbus and Toledo. The western terminal will be in this city and while it will be entirely independent of the M. B. & E., traffic arrangements may be made by which business will be routed over both lines. The preliminary work is in such a condition that a contract for construction can be made in a short time and actual work commenced probably by the time the frost is out of the ground. The line from here to Geneva will be built first 'and it is expected to complete at least that much of the road and possibly all of it by November 1. This will make Bluffton's fourth interurban, all of them having terminals here and it will open a territory that is not covered by any other line. For bringing in local business it will, therefore, be as good or better than any other line running into the C’ty.—Bluffton News o NOTICE TO F. O. E.’s. There will be a meeting of the Eagle Aerie No. 1570 at the hall above the Wines Shoe Store on next Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock. All tr are urgently requested to be present, as matters of importance will be discussed. D. D. COFFEE W. P,

SOUTHERN ADAMS Revival Services at the U. B. Church RETAIL DRUGGISTS’ MEETING Roller Skating Still Popular—Louise Blocker lll—William McCollum is at Liberty. (Special Correspondence.) Geneva, Ind., March 6. —Revival services are being conducted at the U. B. church and from all indications much good will be derived from these meetings. It is predicted that many of the unsaved will launch safely in the arms of the Almighty, by the intense interest that is being taken at each meeting, by the many who attend. It is not known how long the meetings will continue, but nothing will be left undone that may tend to help in this effort for the betterment of humanity. The Adams County Retail Druggists association held their semi-annual meeting at this place Tuesday, in which much business of importance was transacted. Druggists from all over the county were present and much interest was manifested throughout the meeting. Roller skating is growing more popular each day at Geneva. Mr. Thompson of Rockford, who formerly owned the skates and other paraphernalia, disposed of them to local men, who are conducting the rink in an ideal manner. The floor has been improved upon and the many patrons of this popular amusement are enjoying themselves in great style. On Thursday afternoons, none but ladies are permitted to put skates on, and it is whispered that they are enjoying the pastime more than any of the other patrons, as with none but the fair sex present, they need not be so careful about taking an occasional tumble. Mrs. Louise Blocker, while working at the Shamrock hotel Tuesday even ing, was overtaken by a stroke ci heart trouble, to which she is subject, and fainted away. A physician was hastily summoned to administer medical aid to the afflicted woman and within a few moments she had rallied sufficiently to be taken to her room. The physician states that her condition is not serious. Mrs. Blocker is rapidly regaining strength and it is hoped that she will have fully recovered within a few days. William McCollum, the man, who, with the assistance of his brother, Hiram, escaped from the lock-up here a few weeks ago, after being arrested for stealing a cable, has made good his escape. The officers traced the two men to Celina, but after that not even a fleeting glimpse of the much wanted outlaws could be secured. While the law has not taken its course on these thieves, all Geneva rejoices in knowing that they are far from their midst. BLUFFTON IS THE SLOWEST Os all Places on Earth and Mrs. Mock Deserts Her “Hubby.” The stale little cemetery known as Bluffton, located on the Clover Leaf, west of Peterson is so slow that the fact is set out in a divorce complaint, and to add to the humiliation of the few inhabitants of 'he burg the fact is being her Idod through the metropolitan press. Th? Cincinnati Post in its issue of Tuesday printed th? following dispatch under a glaring headline, which read: Town Not Gay; Wife Deserts.”

Muncie, Ind., March 4.—Because a town is “too slow" is no excus? tor a wife to desert her husband, so Judge -'turgls of th° Wells Circuit court, he'd in the case of ex-Mayor John ..lock. B'uffton, who sued for divorce. The former mayor married Miss liargaret Dempsey. She said: "Os all the tailing to no. .. uaobaad to leave the town, she went back to New York.

ABE SIMMONS IN BIG CASE

Attorney for Defendant in $70,000 Case in Chicago. Abe Simmons is in Chicago as one of the attorneys for the defemfdnts in a law suit in which $70j)OO is, involved. The suit grows out of an oil deal, the litigants being some of the most prominent residents of Kenwood, a Chicago suburb. The defendants are Lafayette McWilliams, well known in this city from deals he made here, Daniel M. Lord, formerly of the Lord & Thomas advertising agency, and D. W. Kimball, an oil promoter. The plaintiffs are neighbors of McWilliams and fellow members of the Athletic and Union Clubs, according to Chicago dispatches. They allege that McWilliams, Lord and Kimball under the representations of wanting to let their friends in on a good thing, sold them an interest in oil leases for $70,000, and they allege further that the defendants said that they would invest a like amount in the same properties. Instead of doing this the plaintiffs allege that McWilliams and his partners never invested a cent and that the $70,000 sale price was $12,500 more than the defendants paid for the leases. In the suit demand is made for $64,000. The defendants in their defense set up the claim that they simply acted as broker and made a legitimate deal in which they realized only their fair profit.—Bluffton News. BOLDLY DEFIANT House Passed Bill Over Governor’s Veto OF INTEREST IN DECATUR Bill is One Permitting Assessments Against City and County Property for Improvements. Two bills vetoed by Governor Hanly were pasesd over his head last evening by the legislature. One was a bill to raise the salaries of the members of the board of safety from S6OO to SI2OO. The other was a bill to make the most of public improvements a lien on property abutting on the improvement. The latter bill is of great importance in Decatur. According to the present law no assessment could be colelcted against cities or counties for improvement, for instance in paving Madison street, the county can not be assessed for the court house square. This new bill was for the purpose of correcting that unfair law. The governor vetoed it saying the first section providing for the future was good law, but the second section which provides for legalizing payments heretofore made by any such municipality in any such proceedings is bad because these claims, and there are said to be several in the state, are questions for courts to decide and wholly outside the domain of the legislature. Concluding Governor Hanly said: “All such contracts were entered into by the persons holding them with full knowledge of the law as it at that time existed. Such persons made their contracts with full knowledge, and they now have no right to ask this General Assembly to make a new contract for them. Some ?f their claims may be meritorious; if so, the courts will so decide. “Validating acts should always be scanned with care, and should receive favorable consideration only w'hen it is clear that no substantial rights will be affected thereby. “There is, it seems to me, no process of reasoning by which an act can be justified which creates a lien upon public property because of a past transaction, w’here none exists by reason of the law’ now in force." However, the legislature boldly passed the bill over the governor's head by a vote of 59 to 24. o Indianapolis, March 6. —Today vas a busy one in the senate. The public depository bill was take; up as a special order at ten o'clock. Afterward the county treasurers bill came up and the Sunday base ball bill was I made ready for final passage. In the I house the bill to prohibit bucket I shops was placed on final passage.

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