Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 84, Decatur, Adams County, 4 April 1907 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume V. Number 84

DIED AT BOULDER Mrs. Ed Brushwiller’s Sufferings Cease LEFT HERE LAST FRIDAY 111 Several Months and Was Taken to Colorado as Last Hope That She She Might Regain Health. A message was received late yesterday afternoon by Miss Anna Winines from Ed Brushwiller from Boul■der, Colorado, announcing the death ;of his wife and stating that the end [came Wednesday morning. Although a report of this description was expected by the many friends of Mr. Brushwiller, still the message and announcement came as a shock. Mrs. Brushwiller for some time*past, had been ailing from a disease that the doctors said was consumption and a few weeks ago they informed Mr. . Brushwiller that they could do nothing more for bis wife and that the only thing that would benefit her would be a change in the climate, and advised him take this wife to Colorado. Mr. Brushwiller, though a poor man, nt once proceeded to dispose of his personal property and his little horn** la the west part of the city and on last Triday, together with his family started on the long trip to Colorado, hopeful that the climate would benefit his wife to such a degree that she would soon get well. They arrived at Boulder, Colo., on Sunday morning and were met by a few friends who had quarters for them, within a square of Professor Hartman's home, and in a letter received Tuesday stated that Mrs. Brushwiller had stood the trip well and was feeling somebetter. However, Wednesday morning the relapse came and she peacefully slept away. The remains will be shipped to Matthews, Ind., their old home, where the funeral services will be held. Mr. Brushwiller and family have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community and everything that can be done for himself and family will be done by willing hands. o HANLY DISHES OUT THE PLUMS Governor Still 111, But Names Three New Officials. Indianapolis, April 4. —On his fortyfourth birthday anniversary today, Goveror Hanly, who is ill, remained at his home and handed out plums to John W. McCardle of New Richmond, who will be the new member of the state tax board, and Lawson M. Harvey and Charles I. Ha ia were appointed judges of the Marlon county Superior court. THAW FOUND SANE New York, April 4.—The Thaw lunacy commission's report finds Thaw sane. It had been understood that the Thaw commission was divided on the question. Shortly after noon Dr. Pretzel who, with the other commissioners, had been in Justice Fitzgerald’s office, decided on accepting the report. Notwithstanding rumors, the report was unanimous that Thaw is sane. This means that the trial will be taken up where it was left off. The report is the most important action thus far in the trial. It saves Thaw from going to the state asylum, but it may kill the doubt which the defense might create in the minds of the jury, as to Thaw's sanity. New York, April 4.—The lunacy commission in the Harry Thaw case handed its report to Justice Fitzgerald at 10:30 this morning. Immediately Justice Fitzgerald announced a recess until two o’clock this afternoon, when he will probably announce his opinion. He spent the morning reading over the report. This is the anniversary day of the marriage of Harry and Evelyn. With the thought that no possible harm would come to him on his wedding anniversary, Harry thought the repot t of the lunacy 'commission would be an anniversary’ gift. Evelyn shared with her husband in his confidence a chance for his freedom was the way Thaw and his young wife expressed their hope. Both are glad they will know the result of the commission to day. While Justice Fitzgerald is not bound to accept the report, it is taken for granted that he will do so.

MAY TEST CONSTITUTIONALITY New Depoftory Law Is Operative After First of Next Year. The new depository law, which will go into effect Jan. 1, 1908, may never become operative, for it is believed that since the treasurers of the state have received their increase in salaries and are sure of them, they will test the constitutionality of the law which take the responsibility for the deposit of the public funds out of their hands. Shoud the treasurer succeed in what is believed is likely to be their hands. Should the treasurers succourts they will reap a rich reward from the public moneys, for they will receive their increased salaries and at the same time continue to profit from the interest on the public funds deposited in their favorite banks. The salary increase law is separate from the depository law, although the former was passed in anticipation of the latter, and both become effective at the same time. FEWER SCHOOLS Will Result if New Plans are Executed TWELVE PUPILS A MINIMMUM According o Plan of Centralization as Favored by the Recent Legislature. Believing that the centralization of the country schools will be the ultimate result of the plans now on foot through the whole state, the recent legislature went a long ways to further this plan in passing the educational bill. As the result of one section of the bill more than 1,000 schools have been wiped out of the state and the pupils are given the educational advantages that centralization brings. State Superintendent F. A. Cotton has just issued his monthly bulletin to the teachers of Indiana and in it he discusses various parts of the new law governing schools. Part of the bulletin says: This is an act providing for the discontinuance of all township schools with twelve pupils or fewer, and for the transportation of pupils. The act also permits the abandonment of schools with fifteen pupils or fewer. The trustees are required to furnish free transportation in sanitary wagons for all pupils from the abandoned schools to the central schools. The drivers of the wagons are held responsible for the safety and conduct of the children to and from central schools. The importance of this act for the betterment of district schools through consolidation can not be estimated. It says that trustees shall abandon the school when the enrollment is twelve or fewer and that he may abandon when the enrollment is fifteen. It will close at once from one thousand to twelve hundred schools and in the next few years will close a thousand more. This removes one of the obstacles that have stood in the way of equal educational opportunity for town and country children. The township is the unit of our school system. The interests of the township are generally common. With strong teachers in a central school, capable of taking the initiative in adjusting the school work to the needs of the community, it is safe to say that this law will be a long step in the direction of putting the country child upon the same plane with the city child in school advntages, and in a good many respects the country child will have superior advantages. oTO ORGANIZE A LODGE HERE L. H. Graves Employed by the Knights and Ladies of Honor. Mr. L. H. Graves, a deputy under the employ of the Supreme Lodge of Knights and Ladies of Honor, of Indianapolis, has just come into the city for the purpose of organizing a lodge of that order. He is a young man yet he states that he has personally written over 1,000 names for this! order. He comes from Fort Wayne, where the second lodge has been organized, and it is his intention to organize a lodge of this order in Decatur, It is an old organization and has a large and select membership in ’ Indiana, as well as in every other state in the Union.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, April 4, 1907.

CONTINUEDSESSION Held by the City Council Last Evening OFFER IS MADE TO W. E. FULK To Employ Him as Line and Meter Superintendent—Blds For Coal to be Received. The common council met in continued session last evening. Mayor Coffee presiding and every councilman being present, except Chronister. A resolution governing the improvemenl of Third street was read and adopted and the clerk was ordered to give notice to the abutting property owners when to hear objections. The mayor filed his quarterly report which was read and upon motion was referred to the finance committee. Christen moved that a list of all the detached orders now in the possession of the city clerk be made into a list and reported to the council at their next meeting. The finance committee made their report on the clerk’s and treasurer’s report for the month of February, finding them in all things correct and ordering them spread of record. Upon motion by Burns, the council at their next regular meeting, will receive bids for coal to be furnished for the ensuing year. Christen then moved that the finance committte purchase a car of sample coal from the W. J. Hamilton Coal Company of Columbus, 0., for testing purposes. Burns then moved that the council empty W. E. Fulk to act in the capacity of water works superintendent and his duties to be merely to look after the reading of meters and looking after the water lines, and he to have no jurisdiction at or over the plant and his salary to be fifty dollars a month. This motion'carried by a unanimous vote of the council. Whether or not Mr. Fulk will accept the position we are unable to state, as he was non-committal when advised concerning tne actions of the council. Upon motion by Martin the bill of W. E. Fulk for last month’s services, was allowed and the clerk was ordered to draw his warrant for the same. No further business coming up the council adjourned. o— CONFERENCE TO OPEN SOON Enormity of the Work This Great Body is Doing. As the time approaches for holding the sixty-fourth annual session of the North Indiana M. E. conference which will be held at the Market street M. E. church in Logansport, with Bishop McDowell of Chicago, presiding, interest begins to center in this great church organization, whose church machinery is not excelled by any religious organization in the world and a few carefully compiled facts regard ing the enormity of the work this conference is doing will, to many people, prove a matter of great interest at this time. The North Indiana conference comprises all the territory in the northeast quarter of the state and is divided into six districts, the Ft. Wayne, Gohen, Logansport, Muncie, Richmond and Wabash. Each district is under the supervision of a presiding eider. The conference is comprised of 266 active ministers and twentyeight probationers, making a total of 294. In addition to this there are 212 local preachers. One hundred and thirty-three preachers of the conference have died since the conference was organized sixty-four years ago. There are now fifty-four widows of preachers belonging to the North Indiana M. E. conference. There were 495 churches, valued at $2,659,600. There are 8,483 probationers and 57,691 members in full connection within the bounds of this conference, an increase during the year of 1,378. For buildings and repairs on churches and parsonages $122,579 was paid out last year. The total amount paid out last year to the ministers as salaries was $173,526, a net increase of over $5,949. There are 485 Sunday schools, with 7,444 officers and teachers and 56,811 pupils. The average attendance last year was 36,347. There are 258 senior Epworth league chapters and 161 Junior societies. The seniors have a membership of 32,210 and the juniors 22,103. o — DICK LYON IS DEAD. South Bend, Ind., April 4 — Richard Lyon, a well known newspaper man, and editor of the Tribune, died today.

APPROVED FORMER DECISION Sheriffs’ “In and Out Fees" Belong to the County. Indianapolis, April 4—The supreme court has approved the decision of the appellate court that sheriffs are not entitled to the “in and out fees” for receiving and discharging prisoners, but must pay them into the county treasury as part of the fund from which the sheriffs’ salaries are paid. It overruled a motion to transfer and decide the case of Thomas Starr vs. the board of commissioners, which was recently affirmed by the appellate court. These fees in Marion county amount to some hundreds of dollars every month, being fifty cents for each prisoner, half paid when he enters the jail and the other half when he is discharged. The legislature passed an act declaring that the sheriffs should have these fees, notwithstanding the courts had decided they were not entitled to them, but the act was vetoed by the governor. DEATH’S HARVEST Includes Mrs. Schuler of Preble Township WAS WELL KNOWN LADY Died of Consumption—Three-Year-Old Daughter of J. M. Springer Also Answers Final Summons. Mrs. Jacob Schuler, aged forty-eight years, and one of the best known women of Prebie township, died this morning at two thirty o’clock, after an illness of a year’s duration, death resulting from that dread disease consumption. Mrs. Sjhuler contracted a heavy cold a little over a year ago which seemed to settle on her lungs and which gradually ran into consumption, the end coming this morning. The funeral services will be held Sunday morning at the Preble Lutheran church, Rev. Klausing officiating and interment will be made in the Lutheran cemetery. She leaves a husband, one daughter and five sons to mourn their loss. The three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Springer, who reside near Steele’s Park, died this morning, after an illness of several days’ duration, death resulting from a complication of diseases. The funeral services will be held Friday morning at ten o’clock at the house, Rev. John C. White officiating, and interment will be made in the Ray cemetery. o — SETTLE DIVORCE CASE COSTS If You Think You Will Ever Want to Wed Again. And it’s coming to pass, that you fellows who have been divorced and want to marry again will have to dig up the costs of the divorce suit if you have not already done so, before you can have another marriage license. If you have become badly entangled with love’s sweet dreams and had discovered that she was also wrestling with the same sort of honey-and-syrup thrills, and if you and the sweet thing should go together to the county clerk’s office to obtain a legal sanction to live together and if the clerk should look over the court records and find that you had not paid the costs in your recent divorce case, should gently but firmly inform you that there would be nothing in a matrimonial way until you had paid up—say, now, wouldn’t it jar you? The above query may be a trifle long, but all hypothetical questions are long, you must remember. But if you admit that this would jar you it might be well for you to square that little matter of court costs before applying for another marriage license — that is, if you are thinking of contracting another marriage—for it is a safe wager that the lemon box will be passed to you by the suave and gentlemanly clerk If the books show something on the debt side. And you know how awfully awful she would feel in case you were jarred like this. It might not be amiss to state that a couple had this experience In a neighboring town and the would-be groom had to walk out of the clerk’s office minus the desired marriage license because he had not paid the court costs of his recent divorce.

A HOME TALENT I “Uncle Rube” Here on April 12th WILL BE A GOOD SHOW Given Under Auspices of the Ladies’ Aid Society of the Christian Church. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Christian church will give their second annual local talent show at Bosse’s opera houes, Friday, April 12. They will present “Uncle Rube,” or “An Idyll of the Vermont Hills,” a comedy-drama by one of America’s foremost play wrights, Charles Townsend. “Uncle Rube” is a rural epic in four acts, with a chorus of beautiful young ladies, an entirely new feature in the line of home talents. The cast has been carefully selected for their especial fitness for their respective parts, and present an array of talent above the ordinary. There will be mirth, music and laughter, beautiful costumes, calcium lights, electrical effects and in fas all the accesories that go to make up a first-class road production. The admission will be twen-ty-five cents, no extra charge for reserved seats and the ladies of the Aid society will make a thorough canvass of the city with their tickets and are deserving of success, as they will use the proceeds of the show to pay the brick street assessments of the Christian church, and as their congregation is a small one they respectfully solicit your patronage with the guarantee that if you don’t get value received for your quarter they will gladly refund your money. Visit “Uncle Rube” at Bosse’s opera house, Friday, April 12. SIGNS WITH BLUFFON TEAM Tom Railing Puts His Name to a Contract. In response to a call from the management of this city, Tom Railing came over from Decatur this afternoon and before he left his signature was attached to a contract which provides that in the event of his playing independent ball during the summer, his playing will be done in a Bluffton uniform. Railing expressly stipulated that should the Boston Americans place a demand on his services, the present contract would not be in effect. No one could ask that he sacrifice a chance to work in fast company for a place on an independent team and for this reason, no one objected to his having his contract so arranged. Railing will, in the event of his playing with Bluffton, cancel his engagements to pitch for the Shamrocks and will be one of the best trio of pitchers any independent team can boast, Boyd, Congo and Big Tom. With that outlay Bluffton will be ready to go against the best. —Bluffton Banner.

In days gone by, Bluffton has said some harsh things about Big Tom, but just the same we knew they admired him. We do not hesitate to say that in getting Railing they have signed the greatest young pitcher In the country. Beyond doubt he could have made good with Boston, but their games were too far from home. It's a safe bet that he will win more games than all the other pitchers on the Bluffton team combined. THE VIOLIN RECITAL, A violin recital will be given at the opera house on April 16th, by Tony Holthouse and his pupils, assisted by the following well known excellent musical talent of Decatur: Misses Mae Niblick, Myrtle Beachler and Clara Terveer and Messrs. Jesse Emsberger, Hugh Hite and Louis Holthouse. The above names speak for themselves, and as an interesting program has been arranged, the public has the assurance of an unusually fine entertainment. Do not fall to hear what will be a delightful musical treat. Tickets may be purchased from Don Burke or at the Holthouse Drug Co., price, 25 cents to any part of the house. o TEACHERS WERE TAKEN BACK Bloomington, Ind., April 4. —Nine teachers, who resigned from their positions in the High School recently, who were in sympathy with the strike, made application for their old positions today and the school board accepted them. Thus ends the Bloomington school trouble.

A THOROUGH EDUCATION Something More About the Excellence of Taylor University. Think of it! Taylor University makes it possible for you to take a four year's course in the College of Liberal Arts, at one hundred and thir-ty-seven dollars per year. This amount covers all expenses of board, tuition, room and heat for nine months. If you have done thorough High school or academic work, you are ready to to enter the course which will finish with one of the following degrees: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Physiology, or Bachelor of Literature. Your requirements for entry to and graduation from these courses are equal to any of the standard colleges. Low price does not mean slack work, by any means. Good men and women are putting money into our hnads to help that we may keep the price within reach of all. If you have not done your High school or academic, three years course, is just the place for you. Ask for catalogue. Phone 28. GEO. C. ULMER, Financial Agent. differentltory Panama Canal Work Not so Rosy HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES Indiana Banks are Business Wonders —Petition Against the Watch T rust. Washington, April 4. —Congressman Henry T. Rainey of Illinois, who refused to join the congressional junket to the Isthmus of Panama, and went down to the canal strip on his own hook, comes back with a story that is altogether different from that told by the personally conducted representatives. The report of his observations so impressed the canal office here that Secretary Bishop caught an outgoing Panama steamer by telephone at New York today and gave instructions that newspaper clippings of Mr. Rainey’s interview should be taken to the officials on the isthmus and that his criticisms should be carefully looked into. Washington, April 4. —In the seven years that have elapsed since the adoption of the act of March 14, 1900, authorizing the incorporation of na tional banks with minimum capital of $25,000 the State of Indiana has done wonders in the banking business. In this period 119 new national banks, with a total capitalization of $7,450,000, have been organized in the state. Three-fourths of these banks started with a capitaliaztion of less than $50,000 and fifty-one with a capitalization of over that amount. Washington, April 4. —A committee of independent watch manufacturers from Ohio and Pennsylvania, headed by Representive Kennedy, of the former state, today laid before the president a petition affecting the operations of the so-called watch trust. The president sent the petition to the Attorney General. The committee included Thomas T. Kyle of Springfield, O.; Julius Whiting and A. L. Sackett of Canton, William Wagner of Cleveland, and H. J. Johnson of Pittsburg. MEETING FRIDAY EVENING W. R. C. President Wants to See a Large Attendance. At the meeting held Friday evening, March 15, there was a good attend ance, and one application was seconded and referred. The president wishes all members to be present, especially the officers and color-bearers, on Friday, April 5, as there will be business of interest to you, for it is time every member of the W. R. C. should begin planning to attend the annual department convention, to be held in Fort Wayne, May 22. At these conventions we gain new enthusiasm for our work, become personally acquainted with each other, broadening our ideas as the true methods of inculcating the spirit of patriotism. Let us make this convention the banner one of Indiana. - Carrie Nation, the Kansas saloon raider, the hatchet smasher of barrooms, is a native of Kentucky, but resided in Missouri in early youth. Her first husband was so addicted to strong drink that she separated from him. Her second husband was an editor but he could not stand her spectacular methods and obtained a divorce from her She is still in the smashing business.

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COURTHOUSE NEWS Nearing Close of the February Session CRIMINAL CASES ARE DISMISSED On Motion by Proecutor —The Mathias Shaffer Property Was Ordered Sold. The February term of the circuit court is drawing to a close, but two days remaining. Monday morning, the April term opens and about the first duty of Judge Erwin will be the charge to the grand jury, which may be a rather forceful one. The petit jury, announced yesterday, will not report until April 22, two weeks from next Monday. Benjamin F. Burkett, indicted for trespass, was discharged on motion by Prosecutor Heller. Robert Young, true name unknowm, indicted by the November grand jury, for allowing minors to play pool, and who has since left the city, was discharged on motion by the prosecuting attorney. Similar motions were made in the cases of the state vs. Charles D. Murray and Henry Ostermeyer, allowing persons in their saloons on Sunday and they were discharged, the evidence against them being insufficient. Peterson & Moran as attorneys for Lafayette Ellis, who was fined S3O and costs for selling liquor to minors, have asked an appeal to the appellate court. The controversy in the settlement of the Mathias Shaffer estate, E. X. Ehinger, administrator, was heard this morning and the court ordered the administrator to sell the property, at private sale for not less than appraised value,, after four weeks’ notice has been given by publication and posting of notices, property to be sold free of liens. James C. Harmon, administrator of the Sarah Jane Harmon estate, ordered a deed which was approved. Inventory number two was filed by O. L. Vance, guardian for Otis J. Riley. A current report was also filed. R. D. Patterson, guardian for Roy Patterson, filed his current report, which was approved. Levi Sprunger, guardian for Lydia Zurclier and six other, filed his final report as to Anna and was discharged as to her. HORSE TRADE MUST BE SQUARE New Law Makes it a Crime to Conceal Any Facts. It has been a rule since man can remember that when people swapped horses they traded only for what they could see, unless a warranty was demanded and given. The man who could dope a horse so that no one could detect its bad effects was counted a smooth article and all the other fellows would slap him on the back. When a man got the worst of it in a “swap” he had no recourse in many instances. All there remained for him to do was to keep quiet until another “sucker” came along. But now comes the legislature and changes all this by passing a law which not only forbids the use of drugs or any article to conceal the fact that a horse is sick, lame or otherwise defective, but requires a trader to even run down his own horse. The law says, “whosoever shall sell or offer to sell or exchange any horse or mule, knowing the same to be afflicted with 'glanders’ or any infectious or contagious disease, or knowing it to be afflicted with the ‘heaves’ or to be ‘broken winded’ or a ‘cribber,’ and shall conceal the existence of such diseases from the person to whom he is offering the animal, shall be fined not more than SSOO, to which may be added Imprisonment in the jail or workhouse not longer than six months.” In a nutshell the law prohibits the employment of any trick, artifice, drug or any device to conceal the existence |of any disease or defect.