Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 5 May 1904 — Page 3

I DR. CANADA Ophthalmic Specialist. ’ Practice limited to the oorrecof defects of the eye. Glasses med to relieve strain, with its I numerous functional symptoms: I ?o improve vision and for loss of I accommodation due to age. REFERENCES the best. At Dr. Coverdale’s office, at i Decatur, Ind., L First Tuesday each month

H The dedication of the large pipe Kgan just recently purchased by the ■, John’s church, seven miles north ■ this city, will occur next Sunday, ■he organ is a fine one, costing the I e urch the sum of 82,500. ■ Tuiv. the infant child of Mr. and ■ v,. Tony Roebuck, who live five east of our city, died Sunday 7 o'clock. Funeral services held Tuesday afternoon at 2 ■ o'-bekat the Methodist church at pleasant Mills. Interment was Hade in Peasant Millie cemetery. H.lb" Hatiae Mayer was eleven Iv, ars old Saturday and during the er ;i n that event was appropriHv (vibrated with the assistance of her little playmates. games were indulged in, Kef■ 'shments served and a delighttime enjoyed. Manager Hiveiy is daily receiving ters from neighboring towns asking IjOY dates here this coming season and ■ from good teams, who will without be placed upon the list. EveryHi.g is progressing in nice shape for ■the opening game Sunday with BcTia and the crowd should be a reKl breaker. Come out and enjoy lyoorself. Hr f'. nnty claims a worlds rec■orl n the case of David Money, one ■oflhe early residents of that county, ■nk old gentleman is 88 years of ■ and is now living in the third ■ which he has erected in the on his farm. The two built before were by him ■ family used until they were out and ready to be torn down ■ replaced by structures more B seeping with the times. Mr. ley is a great hunter, and all his ■Jtime has been spent indulging faorite passion. He and his ■rift have had eight children yet in ■iftieir life there has been but one in the family. Certainly the iple have a rceord of which ■bey may well be proud. They Betti 1 in Jay county in 1836. surprise party’ was held on John B. Miller who just one half mile east of Hon■unis and for once in his life. John ergot that it was his birthday unHfeventy five of his relatives and ■tabors burst in upon him to relM him that he had reached the |||y sixth mile stone. Os course E Miller had a hand in the surand had arranged all the de and certainly furnished all i&nners of amusement for the ■ to even spreading a large super which proved to be the most Mtial thing. A most enjoyable me was had and Mr. Miller was roec to acknowledge the surprise a ate hour all departed to Respective homes wishing him more such happy occassions. d Mrs. W. E. Fulk of this city in attendance. I Cummings an old man of vne, employed on the farm lodane near Williamsport, es north of here was kicked ■ Sunday morning by a virse which he attempted to Mr. Cummings had been tnploy of Mr. Dodane for ne and among his duties t of grooming the horses, he animals had shown signs msness for several days Sunday morning Mr. Downed his employe not to atcurry it. Shortly after Mr. igs had gone out to the 's. Dodane had occasion to the building and she saw igs leaning in pain against 11. She asked him what pened and he replied, “I've ■ hurt.” The injured man was 1 into the house and from statements it was that he had been kicked in by the horse against Dodane had warned himj aid was at once summoned, unfortunate man died in !Sfr se of a few hours.

Charles D. Murray’s saloon has unj dergone a general over hauling and cleaning. A bright new coat of paper ■adorningthe wall, which adds very ■ materially to his business room. Eugene Christen left Sunday for Hot Springs, Ark., where he will take a two months’ treatment at that famous health resort. For several months Mr. Christen has been breaking down, and was finally urged by his friends to seek the change of climate. Fred Bell has purchased a thoroughbred Chester White boar of P. B. Dykeman. The boar is eight months old and a sure prize winner, whose sire is Locust Prince the Chester White which easily captured first prize at the Great Northern Indiana fair last fall and with a pedigree several yards long. William Kechem, one of the earliest settlers of Jefferson township, died Saturday evening, after an illness dating back almost a year, in which a complication of diseases figured. He was seventy-eight years old and had lived in that section of the county for a long number of years. The funeral was held Monday with interment in the Loughdorow cemetery near his home. The horse and buggy found in the Auglaize river near Van Wert was the property of Louis Ickes, an Ohio City liveryman. The outfit was rented to a young man for a drive to Mendon. Ou the way he attempted to cross the Auglaize bridge, but drove over the bank or levee. By dint of good luck he managed to leap to a place of safety. The young man was evidently scared beyond reason and feared punishment for the loss of the horse and did not therefore, return to Ohio City. Judge Smith held court here this afternoon and ordered John Terrell bought before him. The prisoner was carried into the court room by the sheriff and his deputy. Judge Smith reviewed the case thorougly and said that the legislature of Indiana had failed to provide a means of caring for a prisoner under circumstances such as are presented in this case, but he believes it his duty to sentence him and that executive officers may then take care of him by placing him in an asylum. He referred to the 147 Indiana report. Terrells attorneys filed a written suggestion of their clients insanity condition, and filed a motion for the arrest of judgement on the technicality that the indictment contained and impossible date 19003 instead of 1903. _______ penitentary. A dispatch from Washington D. C. says:—“Representative Louenslager of New Jersey, who has discovered that a gang of men is operating not only in his district but throughout the country, particularly in the west, selling the congressional directory at $2.50 a copy, and claiming that the proceeds are going to the e-ection of national industrial school at Washington, or to a home for children at National Park. It is said that these people have been doing a land office business because of the supposed noble purpose for which the money is to be used. There are no such institutions in the district, and the congressional directory is issued from the government printing office at 25 cents a copy to the general public.” Agents for this fake worked all throught his part of Indiana and did a big business. W. Osgood Orton, of South Bend representing the Northern Construction company, which is now building an interurban line from South Bend to Chicago, accompained by H. McClelland a civil engineer, of South Bend, and S. W. Hale and J. W. Heeter of Geneva, were in town this afternoon, coming from Geneva over the proposed interurban line to be built from Celina, 0., to Marion Ind. The Geneva gentlemen have been getting the right of way between here and Geneva and have it far enough along to begin to make preparations to build the line. Mr. Orton stated to a Herald reporter that the country the new road will pass through is more thickly populated than he thought it was, and that he thinks it will be a big success if built. Mr. Me Clelland the surveyor, is getting ready to survey the line and take plans and profiles. He will, with out a doubt begin work within a very short time. The gentleman are well satisfied with Montpelier and think it will make 6ne of the important stations along he line. They took in town before leaving. —Montpelier Herald.

The April meeting of the St. Vincent DePaul has been postponed and will be held in conjunction with the regular May meeting, the last Wednesday in May. The contract for the electric wiring of the new Allison Studabaker block was let to Frank P. 'Bell, he being the lowest and lucky bidder. He will commence work as soon as p’ossible as the same must be completed in a specified time. Dave Andrews who drives the night bus of Peoples and Holthouse had his right foot mashed Friday morning by letting the heavy weight that is carried around with them to hitch the horse to fall or slip on his foot. The weight weighs nearly thirty pounds and fell a distance of about five feet crushing two of his toes to a pulp. He will be laid up for a few days at least. The St. John's, Lutheran church at Williams Sunday had three very interesting services that in the morning bring a dedication of a handsome new pipe organ just installed at a cost of $2200. In the afternoon the services were in celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the church at Williams. The day closed with an organ recital in the evening and in all it will long be remembered by this large and prosperous congregation. The famous Terrell murder case seems finally to be concluded for the present at least, as Sheriff Johnson Saturday received a letter from Governor Durbin granting Terrell a conditional parole and ordering that he be taken at once to the Richmond asylum for the insane. He will be kept there until his complete recovery, when he is to be taken to the Michigan city penitentory to serve out his sentence of life imprisonment, unless otherwise ordered by the chief executive. The generl opinion here is that he will never recover and that his life cannot be prolonged more than a few months. Attorneys over the state are divided in this opinion as to whether the course pursued has been the legal one but Governor Durbin says. “I have dicided to take his action because it seems the humane treatment of the case.” “Is there a man in the audience fiercely exclaimed a female lecturer,“ that has done anything to lighten the burdens on his wife’s shoulders? What do they know of woman's work? Is there a man here”, she continued, folding her arms and looking over the audience with superb scorn “that ever got up in the morning, leaving his tired worn out wife to enjoy her slumber, gone quickly down stairs, made the fire cooked the breakfast, sewed missing buttons on the children’s clothes, darned the family stockings, scoured pots, filled the lamps, swept the kitchen and done all the rest, if necessary day after day uncomplainingly? If there is such a man in the audience let him rise up.” And in the rear of the hall a mild looking man in spectalees, in obedience to the summons, timidly arose. He was the husband of the eloquent speaker. It was the first time he had a chance to assert himself. Those who failed last evening to take advanage of the opportunity to hear the musical concert rendered at Bosse's Opera House by Hellers Famous Juvenile Band of Linn Grove, without doubt missed one of the finest musical concerts that was ever given in our city by a like organization, and were deserving of a much larger crowd than was present but those who were there got the worth of their money. The hand is composed of fifteen members whose ages range from fifteen to twenty one and all of whom are first class musicians and artist in their line. The class of music that this organization rendered was far superior to anything that has ever been played in our city and showed that the band as a whole had worked earnestly to have the same to perfection and they did, for every number leader meant something and the hall was constantly filled with sweet strains of music. Too much credit cannot be given to Burt Heller the leader who is a thorough musician and fully competent to handle any band in the state, he being a graduate from the Conservatory of music at Cincinnati O. and Linn Grove should be proud of him. The concert was fine and we perdict that should they return in the near future they will be greeted by a full house.

Eighteen Decatur ladies members of the Pocahontas order drove to Berne inday to attend the funeral services of Mrs. Dr. Wilson who was a member flf the order. The party included Mesdames James N. Fristoe, James Bain, Cy Weaver, Frank Cowley, Prof. Craig, Ed Murray, Emerson Beavers, Albert Graber, Jesse Smith, Jacob Eady, Enos Peoples, Bud Brokaw, Charles Baker, A. P. Beatty, Al Gerard, John Barnett Dick Burrell and Miss Orpha Barnett. Several other members of the order went to Berne on the afternoon train. Mrs. Victoria J. Wilson, wife of Dr. R. S. Wilson, of Berne, Ind., died at St. Joseph’s hospital at 2 o’clock Saturday morning. A week ago last Thursday she underwent an operation for gallstones. She was improving satisfactorily and rhe ultimate recovery was thought certain. Sunday morning she was left alone in the room for a short time and when the husband entered some time later found her dead. Heart failure is supposed to have been the cause. Mrs. Wilson was a native of Adams county and leaves besides her husband one daughter nineteen years of age. Dr. Wilson was a graduated from the Fort Wayne College of Medicine in 1890 and he and the deceased had many friends here. The remains were sent to Berne on the G. R. &. I, leaving here at 7 o’clock last evening—Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. The commissioners met in regular session and opened the ball by appointing Henry Dirkson, jr., as a reviewer on the P. J. Bryan ditch in the place of C. W. Yager. A liquor license was granted to William Hartings. Failure to give notice in an Indianapolis newspaper spoiled all intention to receive bids on six macadam road contracts, that were advertised to take place at ten o’clock. This caused the board to change the date of letting these contracts to Saturday, May 28. Four more roads were added to the list and now on Jthis day set, ten roads will be contracted, they being the Pleasant Valley & Oak Grove extensions number one and two, Monroe township central, Geneva Ceylon & Wabash township number one, East Washington number two, Decatur & Monroe number three, West Washington number three, Decatur & Bluffton number two, East Washington number three and Decatur & Monroe number four. The combination of capital, better known in this day and age as trusts are again using the pressure and as usual the consumer—he pays -the freight. This time the tobacco trust are using the lever and millions of people will feel the effects thereof. As a result Standard tobacco such as J. T. and Navy which retailed at thirty five cents per pound now costs the*merchants thirty seven cents wholesale and must be sold at forty cents, other grades of plug and fine cut have advanced in proportion. The cause is assigned to the fact that the continental Tobacco Company has purchased the entire crop of the south and have thus forced rapid advance in the market price of the raw material, which continues to soar and at present there is no indication where or when the limit will be reached. In fact it is predicted that the present advance is only the begining and the habit of tobacco using may soon become a luxury. The bad part of it is that the price will keep up for the company who advanced it are financially powerful enough to hold it there. The increase in raw material is already 100 per cent. Bv increasing the cost of this the trust have likewise forced the independent companies to advance their prices and cheap tobacco will soon be a matter of history. So far Decatur merchants have only increased the price per pounnd, but within a short time the size of five and ten cent plug will be reduced or the price advanced.

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Dr. Michael Catcher, proprietor of the East Elkhart sanitarium, near Larwill and one of the most widely known characters in northern Indiana, died Sunday morning after an illness of two weeks’ duration. Death was directly the result of congestion of the lungs follow’ ing a general breaking down of the system. On Monday Dr. Schuman, of Columbia City, was called to attend him and he seemed to be progessing well enough until Thursday, w’hen congestion of both lungs set in and his death was due to this cause. Dr. Gutcher was a native of Germany and was seventy-two years old. He had lived in Whitley and Kosciusko counties for over forty years. He was at one time a huckster or itinerant merchant, and afterw’ard claimed to have discovered a method of healing certain diseases by the use of barks, herbs and a system of steaming the feet and legs. He was very wealthy and his big sanitarium was always filled with patients. Many Decatur people have treated with him and with good results often. Col. Wm. F. Cody, better known as “Buffalo Bill,” asks for a divorce from the wife he married nearly forty years ago. A man in Indianapolis has petitioned for a divorce from a wife married by him in 1863 and who has borne him nine children. In each case cruelty on the part of the woman is the cause for which the separation is asked. It seems to have taken these men a long time to find out their matrimonial ill luck—so long, indeed., as to lead the suspicion that their petitions have on real justice behind them. There are cases, of course where divorce is sanctioned by the law, but we don’t believe that any statute was ever passed with the expectation that it should be applied to cases of the kind mentioned above. If a man and woman have lived together as husband and wife for forty years and then suddenly discover irreconcilable differences of temperment, they might find a cure for their trouble in Jiving apart for a time. In most cases, after trying the experiment, they will be glad enough to live together.

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Judge Vaughn will go to Portland May 23 to try one of the most celebrated cases in the annals of crime in Indiana*' H. B. Gordon and a man named Knox charged with forging check for $15,000 and having attempted to defraud a Portland bank with the check. It is alleged that Gordon and Knox are members of a celebrated gang of crooks who have frequently defrauded members of the American .Bankers Association by similar methods and that association, assisted by the Pinkerton detective agency succeeded in landing two members of the gang at Portland two months ago. One of the men was seen to buy a check for sls at a Cincinnati bank and being recognized as a well known crook a Pinkerton man followed him saw him in consulation with Gordon and Knox at Muncie and then followed the two latter to Portland where he saw Gordon attempt to pass the check in exchange for oil leases. In the meantime the sls check had been raised to $15,000 —Bluffton News. There has been a good deal of misunderstanding regarding a recent act of congress and the interpretation of Secretary Hitchcock in regard to pensioners who are affectted by the age limit. The law in question is an amendment of the act of June, 1890, providing that soldiers shall receive a pension on account of age disability. A great many soldiers formed the notion that the age limit, or disability would entitle them to a pension allowance in addition to any pension which they may be receiving at present or which they may receive in the future. This is not true. The highest rating accorded by the age disability is sl2 per month and any soldier who is receiving as much as sl2 per month is not affected by the law A soldier who has passed the age of 62 years shall be considered disabled one half and shall be rated at $6 per month. A soldier 65 years of age shall be rated at $8 per month and a soldier at 68 shall be rated at $lO per month. A soldier who has reached the age o f 70 years shall be rated at sl2 per month.