Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 5 May 1904 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT EVIRY THCKSDAY MOUSING BY LEW G. ELLINGHAM, PUBLISHER r.. 00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Altered at the p.sstoffice at Decatur. Indiana as second-elaae mail matter OFFICIAL PAPeFofTdAMS THURSDAY, MAY 5. 1904 COUNTY TICKET For Joint Senator JOHN W. TYNDALL For Representative JOHN W. VIZARD For Prosecutor JOHN C. MORAN For Auditor C. D. LEWTON' For Treasurer JOHN F. LACHOT Fcr Sheriff ALBERT A BUTLER For Surveyor L. L. BAUMGARTNER For Coroner JOHN S, FALK For Commissioner First District DAVID WERLING For Commissioner Third District MARTIN LAUGHLIN A VICTORY. The election Tuesday was somewhat close and furious, but nevertheless it was a victory for the democrats. they electing every candidate on their ticket, save and except two councilmen. As usual, the returns afford an interesting study, chief among which is. that democrats vote for men and that republicans vote their ticket, regardless of who composes it. As an illustration, many democrats voted against Mayor Coffee, because they held him responsible for a laxity in the law, and this was completely worked by the g. o. p s. for all it wa? worth. On the other hand, the same moralists shut their eves and voted for Harry Cordua. the only man responsible for law violations, simply because he was on the republican ticket. As evidence of this fact, the vote for the republican candidate for mavor was but twenty-eight votes more than that for the republican candidate for marshal. This should be treasured by the democrats for future reference. But in the face of all this, it was a complete victory. I and we believe the men elected will fulfill their duties fearlessly and honestly The majority in the city council is reversed, and now four demoocrats will have to assume the responsibility formerly held by four re publicans. While it is not our pur pose to give them advice, vet we cannot refrain from this suggestion: The most serious charge with which those interested in the success of the partv ticket had to combat, was that all the progress and all the improvements were given the city by councils, the majority of whom were republicans. The charge was more or less serious, and to some extent true, and it will pay the four democrats, just elected, thereby. We do not mean that you should be reckless and extravagant. but be progressive, alive to the century in which you live, and a good business council. That done, your whole duty will have been accomplished and you will receive the praises that are due you. Twenty-nine ties —excuse us, the campaign is over. Along with about thirty five hundred other Adams county democrats. we rejoice over the election of Hon. .J Tied France, as mayor of Huntington. He achieved a notable victory and is entitled to the honors. The valient work of city chairman, Calvin M filer. and the efficient organization which he turned loose, went a long way in saving the day for the democrats. It was the best organization ever effected in the city, and they did their work and did it well. As the head of the organization the city chairman has demonstrated that be knows several things about politics and knows how to put them into practical use.

At the city election held throughout Indiana, the democrats achieved along line of notable victories. Among them were Auburn. Ligoneer. Columbia City, Bluffton, Huntington. South Bend. Marsaw, Anderson. Lebanon, Alexandria, and nearly every place else. It was finely a democratic day. • After hearing Chairman Watson elaborate upon the achievements of the repbnlican party and its trail of intelligence across the country in his address before the Indiana convention of the grand Id party, one of the delegates went to his. room in the hotel and blew out the gas. The doctors are still working cn him—Fort 'Wayne Journal Gazette.

COURT NEWS Tazewell Fritz vs. Samuel H Teeple. Judgement against defendant for oosts. Gert Reynolds as guardian for his daughter Clara P. Peynolds filed > an inventory. —o — Henry F. Judd guardian for John I NV. Maukey and five ethers filed an ’ account current which was approved. In the case of Frank Gilbert vs Peer E Fugate et. al appearance ■ntered by Attorneys Heller & S-i. and C. J. Lutz. Berne Lumber Company vs. Reu-, ben Clark, et. al. answer and set I off led. rule to reply. Case set for | trial Thursday —o — The estate of Thomas H. Harris ■ was probated in court this morning ' The inventory and appraisement i was tiled and showed lt-ss than s■?'.'. ! James O. Ball was appointed guardian for John £. Fetzer and j gave bond in the sum of SI2M ; which was approved by the court j The case of Henry Nelson vs. ; John S B wers. suit on account of [ s’iv> and which was set for trial today was dismissed and costs paid Amos NV. Guilick vs. Willis and Violet Wagers. commissioner ordered to pay Jonas NVagers administrator $250 cause continued as to further allowances. The cause of Mercy Andrews, exparte. a demand for payment of services rendered. Appealed from board of commissioners, as dismissed. Judgment against plaintiff for costs. William and Jennie Pearse vs. A bra ha L. Kern and others. Seperate answers filed by defendants Demurer overruled and reply tiled by plaintiffs, set for trial Monday May 9th. The suit is to quiet title. The warrants upon several saloon keepers and gamblers have been served and all have given bond. However the names have not yet been entered upon the docket and the names could not be ascertained. William Mayer vs. William Glendening, damages. $5,000 defendants ruled to answer absolute within ten days. This is one of Attorney Shoe kings damage suits between former partners of an oil company.

“ In the case of Penina Silvers, ex parte, peition to vacate certain lot' and alleys in Portland. Judgement against McGinnie for costs. McGinnitie is the Portland attorney who was recently arrested for etn bezzlement. Jesse B. Roop, who was arrested Thursday for operating a lottery and selling tickets has filed bond in the sum of s6oo for his appearance in the circuit court. The case will probably not come to trial before the September term. George Aumiller, guardian vs. Mary D. Downey, partition finding that plaintiff is owner one fifteenth of real estate described in the complaint. Interests of defendants also set out. Jesse C. Sutton appointed commissioners to sell land, bond of $4,000 ordered. The bill of exceptions in the murder case of the State vs. Joseph Osbom was Saturday signed filed and made a part of the record. This means that all is in readiness for the appeal to the big case to the supreme court. The transcript in|eludes 1500 pages typewritten.’

DEATH OF JUDGE TTUDABAKER Continued from first page. the Hon. John K. Evans, well known in the history of the state. To this union were born f ix children Mrs. John Niblick. Mrs. Lizzie E. Morrison. Miss Hattie Studabaker, Mrs. NV. J. Vesey, F- M Wayne. David E. Studabaker. all of whom remain to mourn their loss and John E. who died May 2, 1869 aged eleven year-. Mrs. Studabaker died June 7. 1891. In June of 1--5. Mr. Studabaker was married to Mrs. Jennie Phelps, who survives him and with the children mourn the great loss at this time. Judge Studabaker practical law for thirty one years retiring in 18'3 t enter the banking business. In the law he was associated as a partner with James R Bubo and John P. Quinn both now deceased. He has for years been an extensive st. >ckho’der and director in vari i- | banks including the Old Adams County Bank. Bankers Niti I Bank of Chicago, First National. Marion,Bank of Geneva and Bank | of Berne. The funeral services will be held ■ i Saturday morning at ten o'clock ' from the Methodist church of which, I he was an earnest and sincere member. Rev. NV. fl . Daniels of Fort I NVayne will officiate assisted by 1 Rev. NV. E. McCarty of Hoag. .nd. ; The services will be in charge of the i I. O. O. F. lodge and Bir Ass eia | tion. The lodge will furnish pall j nearers besides which there will be eight honorary pull bearers inciud-: ing old friends from this and other i cities. A meeting of the Adams County bar association was held at four o'clock this afternoon to arrange to attend the funeral services and to appoint proper committees. EARLY RECOLLECTIONS OF DAVID STUDABAKER. I was born on a farm, immediate- • ly north, of what is now the ti wn of Fort Recovery, in Mercer county, in the state of Ohio, on the twelfth •day of August, in the year 1'27. At that time there was no town at j Fort Recovery and only four or five < settlers lived in the neighborhood . AU around for a long distance there ; were no settlers, the Indians camped and hunted about there, and • frequently came to our house. The place now called Fort Recovery, was the ground on which St. Clair was defeated on the fourth of November 1791. The ground was aftterward recovered and a stockade fort built there called by General NVayne Fort Recovery. About twenty acres of land had been cleared next around the Fort, at my earliest recollection, the Fort and Stockade had been burned and the cleared land was a blue grass common, that horses and catttle went there to graze upon. The boys of the neighorbood would gc and!dig in the ground to find leader, bullets, that had been lost there at St. Clairs defeat. In 1832, a boy by the name of Daniel Freeman was digging for bullets on this ground, he struck something that appeared to be solid, ‘and looked like brass. ; He examined further, and the find turned out to be a brass canon that had been lost by General St. Clair at the time of his defeat, and had been buried in the ground by the Indians. They evidently could not use it and probably thought by burying it could prevent the whites from using it. The people in the neighborhood soon heard the news and they gathered to unearth the canon, and shot it, it was a six pounder brass canon I can remember the circumstance of finding the canon aud shooting it distinctly, and think it is the earliest reco’leciun retained in my memory, was then about five years old. in the fall of 1833 my father sold his farm at Fort Recovery, and determined to move into Indiana, and settle on the NValesh where the state 1 road leading from NV inches ter to Fort NVayne crossed the river. Ac ’ cording ly in the fall in the last of ‘ November, he took three men John McDowell, Robert Simmisson and Irwin Simmisson and went down to that place to build a house to move - into. He selected his location on the south bank of the NVabash river, in 1 section seventeen, in what is now • NVabash Township. In a few days ! they built a cabin house composed 5 of small logs, put a clapboard roof - on it, cut a door in it and then returned to Fort Recovery. In going

ro this place they had to cut a road, from the plate on Limberlost where j the old Quaker Trace crossed that creek, down to where he built his house, a distance of about twelve miles. His plan was to move to the new place in the winter, while he I could yet cross the creeks 'and streams on the ice. Accordingly Ihe started about the twentieth of February 1834, the moving oufit j consisted of two teams, one four ■ horse team and one two horse team to haul the household goods. Tne stock was driven along, consisting lof about ten head of horses and I colts and about as many cattle and I one sheep that followed the cattle. This sheep had been raised a pet, I and it got to running with the cat- ■ tie. I can remember that my ■ mother said to let that sheep do as [it pleased, go with the cattle, and take its chances, or stay back. When the cattle were started it choose to follow them, but we were | not long at the new place until the ■ sheep failed to come up with the [cattle, the wolves had got it. The first day we only moved about three miles and staid all night at my uncle Adam Millers. The next day we moved off into the woods, along the new road that had been marked out. I: turned warm and the snow commenced to melt fast, we camped that nisrht on the bank of a little creek. In th? evening commenced raining, and rained pretty much all night, the next morning the snow was gone, and the little creeks were high. The next day we moved a few miles further, to a point in •nr course we would have to cross the Limberlost Creek. The water was so high we could net cross it and we had to camp here and remain five days. At this place there had been a hunt r in previous years built a cimp. on one side there was a very large tree that had fell down this f ormed one side of his camp. He had cut poles and small logs, and built up the other sides, and made the top shed fashion, had peeled elm bark and had covered it, making quite a good roof. NVe moved our beding and beds into this ?amp and got along pretty well. My father and uncle Irwin Simm--son about every morning killed wild turkeys, they were plenty, very fat and tine, so that we had plenty of nice meat to eat. At the ■nd of five days the water had subsided, so that we could comnence moving again. The Limberlost at that point had gone town so they could cross it with wagons but the Lobloly at what is now Geneva, was to high to go through with the wagons, so that my father and the men went down there.cut ash logs, split them in two, put them in Lobloly. pined them together and made a raft, my father h-.d sent back the four horse team, and had but the one wagon to move with. He hauled the household goods from the Tingler Camp down rhe Lobloly where the raft was made. Load after load,, and my uncles Robert Simmisson,lrwin Simmisson and Ruel Risley rafted them across got them on the north side of the Lobloly, the last load the family came in. The wagon was taken apart and floated over on the raft, in the evening the stock was swum across. It took the whole day to move this distance of about two miles. NVe camped in the open on the north bank of the north creek one or two rods east of where the bridge now crosses the creek, at the town of Geneva. A little incident occured after night about the time we were going to bed. The men had cut wood and built up a big blazing fire

OFFICIAL VOTE OF CITY ELECTION, HELD TUESDAY, MAi MAYOR CLERK TREAS MARSHAL COUNCILMES —Ist W COUNCIL 2d ' X i q : : 1 : i i : | fl : PRECINCTS. . : : u ‘I - : 7= : * - -z <- s ■C- = '' u c r' o ?- ii.' S f J -I = J i .1 2 ®’ -5* - 5 i 11 o s <||l I c •- x £ jII £ i ® II J II I II i , I I I First Ward—A 112 103 110 l 106 82 117 83 117 127 71 ■ I ( First Ward—B....<| 55 44 56 51 51 50 28 46 62 44 I 1 Second Ward—A 127 91 133 : 141 110 98 122 122 101 Secund Ward—Bl 52 74 84 85 65 47 56 65 <1 U I 70 Third Ward—A 98 56 115 112 100- 52 J • 90 m Third Ward—B 86 107 124 131 98 83 ‘ 1 L_i.—i—i : "d > I I I D i,a) 1-’| Total 530 475 622 626 506 447 111 163 189 115 178 187 Majarity 55[ | 59 1 I I .I

and some how or other, blinded by down right into the fire. One of the men struck it and killed it, this made quite a little excitement for us children, consisting of myself six years old; my sister the late Mrs. Currv, four years old; and my brother John two years old who died when he was a young man in 1851. The next day which was rhe fourth day of March 1834 we moved to the cabin house, it took us all day to move about two miles and a half to the cabin. Message. R, B. Allison received the following message this morning fium Edward g. Lacv. President Bankers National Bank 111., of which bank Judge Studabaker was a director and one of its largest stock holdrer . Chicago,lll., May 4, 1904 R. B. Allison, Decatur, Ind. Please convev to friends and relatives of Judge Studabaker, assurance of sincere simpathy of myself and official associates, in their great bereavement. NNe have lost anise counsellor and a loyal friend. Edward S. Lacv, President Bankers National Bank. Chicago. 111. To All Odd Fellowo You are earnestly invited to meet at the I. O. O. F. Hall Saturday morning at nine ocloek to participate in the funeral of David Studababer, the last charter member. COURT NEWS. John C- Moran as attorney for Albert and Floyd Brittson filed a suit aginst Mary Light, foreclosure of chattel mortgage, demand $75. In the divorce proceedings of Bessie O. Reynolds vs. Oliver D. Reynolds, publication as notice of non-residence of defendant ordered returnable first day of September term. o Russel H. Asgoodby vs. Jay C. Hamil. dismissed by written agreement and costs paid, plaintiff granted leave to with draw papers The divorce case of Emma Schalder vs. John Schalder was set for trial May 21st. Deposition of witnesses living in Rochester. Indiana ordered taken. The case of Nicholas Gasser vs. L. NV. A. Lucky and J. M. Rose is on trial today before Judge Erwin. The suit is to set aside a conveyance and collect $2,000 damages. Sarah Ayers vs. Alfred A. Ayres case ordered redocketed, motion filed to modify order as to the custody of the children. Only one case is set for trial for next week, that one being Nicholas Gasser vs. Howard NV. A. Luckey and James M. Rose, suit to set aside conveyance and asking for $2,000 damages. It begins Tuesday L. C. De Voss appearing for plainiff and D. D. Heller & Son for defendants. —o— Among the indictments returned by the iecent grand jury is one for forgery and one for embezzlement and larceny. These are believed to be against the young man who forged a check upon Mr. Gerke several months ago and cashed it at the First National bank He embezzled five dollars from Mr. Gerke. After six hours deliberation the

jury in the case of Tazi well p rit I Samuel H. Teeple returned a ZVi fl diet at five o'clock Friday nightT I the plaintiff fixing the amount o’fl coverv at sll. Is the sum asked I It seems impossible that men W( Z| ■ become entangled in a controvert, I over so small an amount and v I come so earnest that they W( ■ engage in a law suit in whieh fl costs with attorney f,. es WoQ j d Jfl gregate S3OO but such j< the t» | facts in this case. The t’ia] * M fl quired two entire days. fl — —~~ flfl The ladies aid society of th. fl Methodist church at Riv ire 'give a big chicken pot pi- dinner« | the church onSutunlay B 7th for the benefit ■ Ah- Umrch. Aj I are invited Io attend amt a H i meal for once in their life. fl County Brandv.B (berry has prepared his r.-ixwt B showing the enuit.-r .-. ■ teachers in the county to be divided as follJows 11 r r , -h:H Frencch. 404; Har*;. rd. n: ■ fl| land. 424.; Monr-e, s:ji ; 404; Root, 384; S'. Marys. s].fl| Union. 423; NVashmA n, - w.'BI bash, 703; Jefferson. 3'’3; Geneva, 3'l an • D -uur ;s;fl The larg-st num. r *■ B one family was that ■ • ipr. g 7ft flg ... Union township v. children between thand twenty 4ne. N.r a colotdifl child was enurn. rat. . Geneva's new bri-k streets look new like a reality, a.- i-ntnttflß has been let to Hipskmd a [of NVabash, for tlm m-tr-a l:tafl| block at $2.09 jier s inare yarifl : Clark J. Lutz an attorney present and hmi in -h.-.'-gal part of th- agr-ement thtfli now exists bet we. n t:.- t wn the contractor. Tn- - t' tersfl. Line sreet,from the .-a-' -t". tj uefl western corporation • and :ifl| total will cost s3l. •“■• indudiifl • brick street, cement walks mifl. sewer. The walk th- -nt:re of the street will C uiiit-rm anifl| when it all is complete w:[[ one of the hands- •Urragiifla fares in any town m the countrfl ; Extreme good jirl-'- w. ; > iiifl ; plaved in building th-- ;-waiittfl?' the time the street > fl there is nothing so adds to tfeflh beauty of such an i-:.: -- . ufly uniformity. Geneva i- andoobtfledly putting on airs and we fogifl? this is but a good beginning. | Victora J. NVilson. n---I'fick.riifl j of Dr. R. S. NVjlson was born flAdams Co., Ind. on -January flf IfefiO and died of hear' tatiure atflfl| St. Joseph Hospital. Ft Wayne.fl which hospital her -t" -wing eflband practiced medicim' i'-’ r ■’ i flf years after graduate:-’ 'r-'J *o‘fl ’ NVayne College of med:« me. 1890. Under the lab--rs Ben Aspy the depart.-: w.'ean. husband united with the Grove Church.; several miles of Berne, nineteen years ago. fl which church she has since bwflj faithful member. NNith her band she was one of the cWfl members of the •.■■nat? . No. 13. On November 30th [years ago she was united matrimony with Dr R f God blessed this union with daughter Myrtle E Wilson. ■■ leaves upon the shore- ot ..“- e j ; grief stricken busband and ing daughter, aged tatber M ■ - brother, besides thr<J. NV. NVilson. Edward '' Minnie F. Sluterleck t "■ departure. Two sister-, a 1 ? and her mother proceeded death. May the Lord e.W« ' sorrow of the bereaved. | 4