Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 53, Decatur, Adams County, 1 March 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 53.

GRIP WAS FATAL Hannah Ewell Succumbs After Only Few Days’ Illness—Not Bedfast. DIED LAST EVENING At Home Near Preble—Funeral Will be Held Sunday Morning. Grip, with complications, proved fatal to Mrs. Hannah Ewell, widow of Charles Ewell, a prominent lady of Preble township, who succumbed Thursday evening at 5:30 -o’clock at the home of her son, Otto, after only a few days’ illness. In fact she had not been practically bedfast and only Thursday noon was able to go to the dinner table with the others, though on account/of difficulty in swallowing, she was unable to eat. While she had been in failing health a year or two, she became really ill only last Tuesday evening with the grip, and other things causing a general break down. A cold Milch settled in her head seemed to affect her hearing, and also her throat. She grew better again, however, and Thursday morning ate her breakfast with the others, and again at noon iried te take her dinner with them, the difficulty in swallowing being '• orse at that time. She grew gradually worse until relieved by death. Mrs. Ewell's maiden name was Hannah Nahrwold, she being a daughter of Diedrock Nahrwold. She was born in this county May 2, 1844, and at death was sixty-seven years, seven months and twenty-seven days of age. With the exception of a period spent in Williamsport, Poe and Fort Wayne, her entire life has been passed here, and tor the last forty-five years has residet on or near the place where she died Her husband, Charles -Swell, ■ Jed last August third, and there survive her, three sons: Otto, with whom lie lived; Theodore and Charles of Preble township. Two daughters, Mrs. V. illiam Koldewey and Mrs. Otto Hoffman, have preceded her in death. The following brothers and sisters also survive: Mrs. Henry Itoehrman, Preble township; Mrs. Dietrich Horman, Chas. Nahrwald, Dich Nahrwald, Fred Nahrv aid, kort Wayne. Mrs. Ewell was a highly beloved woman and her death causes untold soriow ini her large circle of friends and relatives. The funeral will be held Sunday morning. The procession will leave the house at 1:30 o’clock for the St. Paul's Lutheran church at Preble, where the services will be held at 11:30 o'clock by the Kev. Koch. oHOLE WILL BE EXHIBIT “0.” When Prosecutor R. C. Parrish unbends his dignity enough to stoop, the most unobservant person can see in the top of his brand-new “up-to-date Lizzy" gray hat, a hole large and smooth-cut as a nickel scorched around the edge. This is not a hole cut by a cullet aimed at his head, nor is it an air-holeto prevent baldness, nor even ti hole burned therein by the hot-head-edness of this young man. It is the result of a prank played by Sheriff T J. Durkin, who, heeding the danger of lacing home to dinner, thought he would give vent to his boyish spirit by burning a hole hr the prosecutor's hat with his lighted cigar. The hat—or the hole, rather- will probably be used as "exhibit 'O’ ” in the case which Parrish is planning -to bring against Mr. Durkin, charging Sheriff T. J. Durkin with •‘Willfully, humorously mid fun-lovingly, with a lighted cigar, which the said Durkin then and there held in his hand, burning a hole in a hat belonging to one R. C. Parrish, and 'allied at sssssssss. damaging said hat to the extent of ssssssss, the purpose then and there being to create fun for the said T. J. Durkin.’’ As the case has not yet been filed, and as of course no arrest has yet been made, those reading this are warned to keep the news of the impending filing of the case a secret, under danger of “contempt,’’ in violation of which Durkin, bearing of the proposed suit, might take to flight, and the coroner be given the job of not only trying to serve the warrant, but also of holding an Inquest. Dent Spencer has returned from a few days’ stav at Vincennes, Ind, "i ere he was visiting with friends

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CLOSES MINISTRY IN GENEVA. At the morning service last also the quarterly conference business session. Rev. Harbour announced his > declination to accept the Geneva pastorate another year, as he felt that it was his duty to go to help care for the aged parents of Mrs. Harbour Rev. Harbour has labored faithfully end , Superintendent Beatty was sorry to get this statement, as he has long ' known him and has a deep regard for him as a minister of the gospel. Rev. Harbour announced that he would . open revival services on this Thursday night.—Geneva Herald. A LARGE CONTRACT Work of Double Tracking the Erie Between Marion, Ohio, and Hammond. L TAKES A BIG FORCE Twenty-five Hundred Labor1 ers Will be Used Between Lima and Huntington. i , —— ’ The double-tracking of the Chicago ‘ Erie railroad is one of the biggest t jobs in the country tor the coming [ summer and is attracting much attention everywhere. A large part of the r line east of Marion, Ohio, has been . double-tracked and this year a new line extending from Marion, Ohio, to . Hammond, Ind., will be constructed, j Fop this purpose a bond issue of ten 1 million dollars has been made and the , survey began. The work of building s the grade, the bridges and laying the ! steel along this two hundred miles is . a job that will allow no loss of time. . To rush the work the line has beeh cut I up into districts of about twelve to . fifteen miles, with resident engineers i each. An engineer is working each way out of Lima, there is one at Hep- . burn, another one at Ohio City, one in t Decatur, one in Tocsin, two in Hunt- ■ ington and so on along the line. This work will require a month or six . weeks, and before that time it is likei ly the contract will have been let and . rhe real work commenced. It is likely , that ten thousand men, mostly foreigners, will be employed between Marion . and Hammond in building the grade and about 600 of that number will work on this district, which extends from near Wren, Ohio, to a point about three miles west of here. Besides there a large number of expert workmen will be necessary to build the railroad bridge over the St. Mary’s river, one of the important parts of the job. It is probably that the entire work will not be finished before January Ist, next. The fact that twentyfive hundred men will be working between Lima and Huntington will be noticeable in Decatur, especially about pay-day times, when the men will break for the towns. The squad of engineers at work here has been increased to seven men. o “MISSOURI GIRL’’ COMING SOON. , The character of “Zeke Dobson,” the country boy in ‘The Missouri Girl,” is one of unique conception. Among the many imiiersonatlons of the rural types offered to the theater-going public, there uro but few limited cases where the author has even attempted to portray this interesting character as he is seen in real life. The stage character of the farmer Is six thoroughly impressed on our minds that it is almost impossible tor ns to Imagine a rural play without the usual impossible characters that are, in many cases, a serious draw-back to an otherwise good play. “Zeke.” as played by the droll comedian, Mr. Frank Farrell, is a true portrayal of an honest, bright, intelligent country boy; his dialect and . ctions are both peculiar and droll end he says and does what is natural. When in the city he makes ludicrous mistakes and his idea of “city folks” and the remarks he makes about them are extremely comical, but at the same time true to life. “The Missouri Girl" will be seen at the Bosse opera house or. Monday, March 4th. ELKS’ DOINGS. Big doings are assured for the Elks this evening, th eelectlon of officers being the principal business of she evening, to serve for the ensuing year. Several other questions of interest will be on Iffind for discussion, and a large attendance of members Is desired. ‘

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, March 1, 1912.

ALL IN READINESS Wabash Completes Arrangements for North Indiana Methodist Conference. HELD THIS MONTH Is Fourth Time That City Has Been Hostess to the Meeting. I All arrangements have been completed for the coming conference of the Methodist Episcopal church of ! northern Indiana, which will be held at Wabash frpm March 27 to April 2. The lay electoral conference will meet on Friday of the conference week to elect delegates to the general conference, and is composed of one representative from each congregation in the conference. Over 1,000 delegates will be there for the big meeting and the homes of Wabash people of all denominations will be thrown open 1 for the entertainment of visitors. The North Indiana conference was organized on October 16, ’1844. and then comprised the northern half of Indiana. Eight years later the conference was divided and the Northwest Indiana conference was organized. At , this time there are 65,000 members of ! conference and the property is val- j tied at 53,400,000.. This will be the fourth time Wabash has entertained the conference. The big meeting was held there in 1863, the . second in 1881, and the last time in 1888. Many of the most prominent : men in the middle west will be there lo take part. Tlishop David H. Moore, I D. D. LL. D., of Cincinnati, will be in charge of the conference this year. ; The Rev. Dr. B. S. Hollopeter is presiding elder of the' district, and the Rev. D. H. Guild pastor of the Wabash church. BURNED TO DEATH I Mrs. Theodore Kennedy Receives Message of Sudden Death of Friend. .. ■■ ■ 4 *7. . ‘mrs. UPTEGRAFF — Os Pittsburg, Pa., and Well Known Here—Spent Last Winter as Her Guest. I Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 29. Dear Aunt Lou.—This is to advise you that grandma died suddenly last evening at 8:30 o'clock as a result of ! her dress catching on fire. JOHN UPTEGRAFF I The above messsgf was received) Thursday by Mrs. Theodore Kennedy, j telling of the sad and fatal misfortune ! which befell Mrs. Julia Uptegraff, an j aged lady, causing her ueath so sud ' denly and unexpectedly. was well : known here and only last year spent' the entire winter witn Mrs. Kennedy, j coming in the early fall and remain- ' ing until the spring, during which time ! she formeda wide acquaintance on aV i count of her Kind and lovely disposi tion, and was endeared to all whom she met. She was a lady well advanced tn years, her age being seventyfour years, and had for many years been making her home with her son, John Jlptegraff. No particulars as to how the sad affair took plkce was received end Mrs. Kennedy is expecting a letter at any time, giving a more full explanation of the death of her near friend. She leaves to mourn their loss four sons and a large host of friends and relatives. WINCHESTER SERVICES. Special services will be in order at i the Winchester church, one mile south ! and two miles west of Monroe, one week from next Sunday, when Dr. William Dillon of Huntington. Ind., editor of the Christian Conservator, will be the speaker at both the morning and evening services. REV. BEABER, Pastor Berne Circuit. Auglaize Coji- ' ference, U. B. Churcn.

MR. BREMERKAMP PALL BEARER. The funeral services of the late Joseph M. Winch were held at the Catholic church, East Walnut street, the requiem mass being read at 9 o'clock by Father T. J. Travers. The church was niled with friends paying their last tribute of respect. There were many beautiful floral offerings. As pall bearers were chosen eight lifelong friends of Mr. Minch, they being L. E. Beard, Dr. M. M. Moran, John Bonifas. Frank Schirack, William G. Reinhard, Herman H. Brcide, William E. Gigandet and Henry H. Bremerkamp, the latter of Decatur. Portland (lommercial-Review. BLODGETT HERE Staff Correspondent of the Indianapolis News in Town Last Evening. MR, HOFFMAN. TOO Politics Begins to Stir—Republican Headquarters Opened at Berne. Billy Blodgett, special correspondent of the Indianapolis News, who has , beer, on the job for thirty odd years, I has traveled over the country from i I coast to coast, has been aboard the i I flyers with ever presidential candi-| ' date for a score of years, and whose' dope is read each season with incres I ing interest, was in Decatur several I | hours Thursday evening. He is cover- ‘ j ing the Eighth district, looking up the ■ ! early campaign news, getting a line on l “things” in general for the coming I battle, which he says will be a warm cne. His‘Adams county letter will ap- | pear in this evening’s issue of the ' News. vI — Colonel Bill Hoffman, former cus-! todian of the state bouse under Gov- j ernor Durbin, secretary of the Indiana I senate for three or four terms, field I man for the old republican guard, and incidental!) the state agent for| the Sterling Fire Insurance company,; i was in Decatur Thursday afternoon [ on business. He appointed Gallogly I : A- Johnson his agents for the fire insurance company and spent several hours in accumulating information as to the politics of this section. Mr i Hoffman's home is at Anderson, but i j he knows the entire state as he does Madison fOuiity and has taken an active part in the State politics for years. He can always tell ydii just how an election will turn out; sometimes he guesses right, sometimes lie don't. County Chairman Bosse will have the democratic headquarters open 1 Saturday and any persons, committeemen or otherwise, who wish informati, should call there. It’s a good place to rest and visit anyway. So go up and see the chairman. County republican headquarters were opened at Berne today, and will • be kept open from now on, it is said. Republicans from the north part of | ; the county tre invited to call when [ j convenient SELLS BERNE STAND. ’ ~ I E. D. Engeler, New Decatui Business Man, to Move l-amiiy Here. A deal was closed yesterday afternoon by which Phil Souders and Clay-j ton Smith, with others, came into poss<®sion>of the dry goods and grocery sloe? of E. D. Engeler. The store will i be closed today and tomorrow to take the invoice. Next week Mr. Souder will go to the market and buy a heavy stock of spring goods to Oil up the store. Mr. Engeler has been in busi-1 ness here for many years and enjoyed 1 a good trade, and he hopes that the ' same liberal patronage will be accorded his successors. Ho will move to Decatur, where he recently bought an ' interest in the True & Runyon store, i 1 Not only will he be missed in Berne, ; but Mrs. Engeler as well, who has sen- ’ ed and pleased the public many a time 1 with her excellent singing.—Berne ’ Witness. ' —T-, ; NOTICE, KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS! I Monday, March 4th, regular meet-| 1 ing of the council. An address by all prominent brother and several impor , 1 tant business matters require the at- j t tendance of all members. I

WINTER OF 1885 / Has This One Beat for Zero Weather, According to Observer’s StsSement. FROST IN JUNE Also Had Nineteen Inches of Snow During Latter Part « of January. | Many Decatur people think that the winter now drawing to a close is the most severe in the history of the city. This has been severe enough I but it has not been the record-breaker [that ninny of us imagine. Those who > are observers of the weather conditions state that the year I 1885 has the record for the greatest cold spell. It is said that during the I year tbfe month of January did not cc.nI tain a day on which the mercury stood above 32, the freezing point. From 32 j above it ranged down to 31 below. The I month opened cold, there being a I temperature of 5 below on the second. ! Following that there was a period of ' steady, but not extreme cold until the i 17th. Then it began to drop until on i the 22nd it registered 31 below. After that it warmed up a bit, and I on the 24th the mercury stood at 28 ! above. Then it dropped to zero weather again, but the last of the month 1 warmed up and January colsedi with ! a temperature of 20 above. February of that year, like February of this, vied with January intrying to ; establish an Arctic temperature. In 'one respect it beat January, for elev- ■ cn days straight, it having a temperature below zero. March that year was colder than the month usually is, the temperature being below freezing on all but three days. i On January 27th of that year, accord- : ing to old citizens who made note of ; the fact, there were 19 inches of snow, ' and during the June of that year there I was a light frost. - READY FOR WORK z Township Assessors Meet With County Assessor Gentis Today. FIX THE SCHEDULE < ”— Os Assessment Values—Not Much Change—Hay is Higher This Year. All of thetownship assessors, with three deputies from out of town, including John Hirschey and Mr. Springer of Berne, and Albert Burris of Geneva, met with County Assessor ! George Gentis today. They received ftheiu supplies ready for beginning active work Monday, and then spent the ' day in fixing the schedule of assess- | inent values, which will tend toward (making the assessments equal over j ti>e entire county. To offset any dll i : ference, however, the assessors will ' meet wiiil the county assessor every | Saturday for three weeks, when the i assessments will be gone over and j | any changes toward equiliza- | tion will be made. The next meeting j will be held a week from tomorrow. The schedule as adopted this morning shows very little change over the prices set for last year. Hay, how ever, is higher, and will be appraised at from $8 to sl2 per ton. Wagons, buggies, implements, machines, house bold goods, etc., wilhbe taken at standard valuations. Cattle valuations show the following: Yearlings and under, $7 to $10; yearlings and over, $8 to sls; fat cattle will be taken by the pound; cows, from sls to S3O. Good farm horses, $75 to $150; colts, two years old. $75 to $100; yearling cults, $25 to SSO. Hogs will be rated at three cents a pound, sheep at $2 and up per head. Grain —Wheat, 70c: corn, 35c; oats, 30c; barley, 60c. Chickens, common, will be listed at $3 per dozen. The appraisement of land is made only every four years and as this was done last spring, wll' i be given no consideration this year.

THE SEALERS WILL MEET. The city and county sealers in In diana, who have been appointed in accordance with the provisions of the weights and measures act passed by the 1911 assembly, will meet at the state house in a three-day session oi instruction, March 21, 22 and 23, acsording to an announcement from 11. E. Barnard, state chemist, yesterday, Mr. Barnard said all sealers in the state would attend and that manufacturers of various articles which come under the supervision of the weights and measures officials also would al tend. COURT HOUSE NEWS Yaney-Foreman Case Will Probably be Given to Jury Tomorrow Morning. EVIDENCE FINISHED Today—Attorneys Arguing Case—Foreign Will Made in 1845 Admitted. . I The final report of Henry J. Fuelling, I of Paul Blalsey, was allowed I and the guardian discharged. The guardian was ordered to assign the ■ S2OO he held against Elise Goertz, which was done in open court. i Amos P. Beatty, administrator of ’ i' ; the Albert Buhler estate, filed petition ! for sale of real estate. Summons was i ordered returnable March 14th. The Farmers and Merchants' State ; | Bank vs. John H. Koenig and William > I , i Fuelling, note, S6OO. Cause submitted '! by agreement. Judgment for plaintiff i for $561.85 and costs. As William . i Fuelling is surety only on the note for I Koenig, Koenig's property is to be ’ ■ first exhausted before levying on Fuel- . ling’s property. Murray Hotel Co. vs. Ft. Wayne & Springfield Railway Co., S2OO, Api pearance by Lutz for defendant. Rule to answer. County Recorder Andrew Wellley ’ has filed quarterly report with the. * bounty commissioners to be acteu upon by the county commissioners at their March session. As December, Mie first month of the quarter, is included in the term of ex-Recordei I Hervey S. Steele, whose report was approved January Ist, the report includes only the term of Mr. W x elfley for January and February. The‘total leceipts during the two months was $428.69 The source ot this is as follows: -From deeds, $186; iiioitgages, $113.35; mechanic’s liens, $175; chattel mortgages, $31.90; mortgage releases, S3O; assignments, $5.75; power of attorney, 50c; mortgage releases, $18; mortgage assignments, $3.90; miscellaneous, $37.50. The jury in the damage case ol John P. Chenoweth against James M. Gilbert returned its verdict, at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, finding for the plaintiff in the sum of S2O. Mr. Chenoweth alleged that he was injured, v hen a teaip so horses belonging to Mr. Gilbert frightened and ran into the rear of his rig. The plaintiff al ieged the horses were left standing or I the road. The accident occurred in Jackson township.—Bluffton News. Real estate transfers: Clara S [Wheat to Corn \ Reynolds. 80 acres j Wabash tp„ $4006; Cora A. Reynolds | so Clyde Dunn, 80 acres, Wabash tp. $4000; Reason Shaffer to Christiar MeschbergOr, 40 acres, Monroe tp.. $5.- ' *00; Frank P. Halberstadt to Fre<’ I Belbaum, 60 acres, .Monroe tp., $7, : 200; Berne Witness Co. td Andrev J Gottschalk, lot. 7, Berne, $2500; Sam i uel Simison to Elsie A. Emery, 20 acres, Wabash tp., $1600; Rosa A Snimp to David D. llabeggei. 45 acres Blue Creek tp.. quit claim deed. $3000: Minnie Meyer et al. to Eliza Hodge, lo acres Root tp., quit claim !eed, $56 German Bldg. Loan Assn, to Jacob' Atz„ lot 141, Geneva, $2800: David' Sprunger to Grover Coook, lot 39u Berne, $700; Adam Neuenschwande to Emanuel Neuenschwander, lot 351, Berne, $1400; Finley Striker to Magdalene Schwartz, realty in Blue Creek tp.. $7 The evidence in the Yaney-Forema I paternity case on trial before Special CONTINVTS» PAGE TWO.

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COFFERS OF PAST Bring to Mind of S. F. Whitman Interestng Memories of Decatur OF 23 YEARS AGO Writes Letter Mentioning Old Friends—He Made Good in Oklahoma. The democrat is in receipt of a very interesting letter from S. F. Whitman of McAlester, Oklahoma, who lived here twenty-three years ago. Mr. I Whitman has made good in the west and is now a member of the house of representatives of Oklahoma, and is chairman of the committee on public ! printing, and a member of the coini mi'ttee on public buildings and retrenchment and reform. A recent copy ■ ot the Democrat fell into his hands and ! brought him memories of friends he knew here twenty-three years ago. J. jH. Heller, now editor, was but a boy ] when he knew him then, and other ' familiar names in the county inspired jhim to write tiie following article: . : McAlester, Okla., Feb. 27, 1912. i The Democrat, Decatur, Indiana: , ! Through the courtesy of a friend 1 just received a copy of your paper daily and weekly, of February 22nd, and after a careful reading (the names of the publishers also added some interest), the temptation was too great ! and I am found rummaging the coffers of the past and thinking perhaps it’s only a passing fancy when you say it’s Judge Merryman now, and of how some one found my old friend, Pete , Holthouse in a snow-drift. Then I read of the Old Adams County bank, there was not a thing said about “Old.” as I used to remember it. Another ad- . vertisement that looked natural was Niblick & Co., The Schafer Saddlery Co., Charlie Voglewede, and many other names that are very familiar are found in your columns. This is certainly interesting to me, when I reflect that it will be twenty-three years in September since I left Decatqr I A word about the state of Oklahoma. It's al Ithat has ever been claimed for it, and more. I have re- : sided here for fourteen years and its ■ 1 resources ale just in the beginning ot oevelopment. Talk about live wires; we have the best of them. Every state in the union is represented in our population and all foreign countries. Do . you know that we doubled our population in the last decade, and will do so in the next. Two of our cities made [ the largest per cent of gain in the last , census, Oklahoma City and Muskogee, . Our little city went from 9,600 in 1007 to 13,000 in 191?; that's some gain in itself. Now that we Lave the privilege [ of selling the surface of the coal lands . J by an act of congress just passed, this means the sale of nearly 500,000 acres. McAlester is the center of the great coal belt and in a few years we are an(ticipating a city of 50,000. It will be ' the Pittsburg of the southwest. Talk about the “sunny south;” we have it. ; Fruits of all kinds ar- grown here and . the same grains that you grow, with '■ cotton added. Two crops of potatoes lin a season. Gardens are planted now i and ■ farmers are busy for their spring , ! planting. J That reminds me; we have some ' politics down this way. and so far we II " P Iwn nbio t'> keep Oklahoma in the democratic column. Indiana is represented even in state politics. The first governor, C N Haskell, although a native of Ohio, was admitted to the bar at Bluffton. Ind., in 1880, having studied law iu the office of Rinehart & Rinehart. The president pro ‘.oni of the state senate in the last session. is a "Hoosier,” Hon. J. Elmer Thomas .educated in Depauw. He is mentioned as a possible candidate for governor two years hence. S. F. .WHITMAN ERIE ISSUES NOTES. Ten Million Dollars Borrowed for the Double-tracking. New York, March I—The directors of the Eri« hailroad yesterday authorized the issuance of $10,000,000 five per cent, three-year notes to complete the double-tracking of the line to Chicago. The issuance of the notes is subject to the approval of the public service commission respecting the convertible basis of convertible bonds of the company .which will be deposited as collateral.