Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 19 January 1905 — Page 3

| DR" CfiNfiDA I Ophthalmic Specialist. ■ Practice limited to the oorrec- ■ tlon of defects of th" eye W fitted to relieve strain, with its ■ numerous functional symptoms: ■ to Improve vision and for loss of B acc mmodatiou due to age. g REFERENCES THE BEST. ■ At Dr. Coverdale’s office, at ■ Decatur, Ind., 1 TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 7,1905

Governor-elect Hanley favors the erection of a new hospital for the insane to be known as the Southern Indiana hospital. If erected, it would he located in some city in the southwestern part of the state, probably Terre Haute or Vincennes The funeral services of Russel, the two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Stevens, was held Friyda afternoon at the house on Line street at two o’clock. The Rev. John C. White conducted the services and interment was made in Ma- | piewood cemetery. The floral offering was beautiful and profuse. A farmer’s wife near Butler shot and killed herself because she thought she had too much to do. She was young and had only seven small children to take care of, besides cooking for a crew of corn shelters. Beats all how a woman can kick about a little work like that. But then she was young. Clarence Dullaghan, a former Decatur boy, who for the past six years has been in the regular army, being quartered in California, arrived home Wednesday evening, and expects to make this his future home. His time in the army nas expired. His brother Frank, who joined at the same time, has reenlisted for three years mere, and will stay at the same place. About 6 o’clock Welnesday night Phoebe Amstultz, an inmate at the county infirmary, was stricken with an attack of paralysis, from the effects of which she never survived, and at half past twelve o’clock last night she died. The funeral will take place tomorrow at one o’clock, with intermentat the cemetery at the farm. She has been an inmate of the institution a long time, coming there from Wabash township. Originally her home was at Bluffton .Ohio. She was fifty-six years old. The funds available under the current appropriation for the establishment of rural free delivery postal service have been exhausted and the postoffioe department expects to discontinue at the end of this week the establishment of new routes during the remainder of the present fiscal year unless an emergency appropriation that has been asked for is provided by congress. There are afr&ut 4,000 rpplioations for new rural free delivery routes th it have beers examined into. The discontinuance will not effect rural service already in operation. The Portland Commercial Review said: The first case against former county officers cn official bonds were tiled in the circuit court by Prosecutor Wheat late Thursady evening. 'Fhe defendants are Truman O. Boyd, former county auditor, Rodney D. Hutchens, ex-county treasurer and Lewis Whipple, former sheriff. The suits are demands for money which they are alleged to owe the county, the amount of which are based on figures furnished by Nusbaum & Kenworthy, the Muncie experts who investigated the county books. From the bondsmen of former auditor Boyd $3,000 is the amount demanded. These bondsmen are Lewis Grisell, David F. Hoover, Jacob Ireland. Samuel Mason, Adelma Lupton, Albert Gisell, Simon P. Morrow, John P. Leamon and Nathan B. Hawkins. The bondsmen of Rodney D. Hutchens, who are many, are asked to pay $3,000 for the first term and $5,000 for the second term. Former Sheriff Lewis Whipple’s bondsmen are invited to pay into the county treasury SSOO for the first term and $2,000 for the last term. His bondsmen for the first term were, S. A. D. Whipple, John A. M. Adair, Thomas R. Turner, William A. Humphries, E. E. McGriff, Elijah Lyons and W S. Fleming. For second term they are Elijah Lyons, Oscar H. Adair, J. A. M Adair and E. McGriff.

A pleasant home wedding occurred Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Hunter, the con traoting parties being their daughter, Stella and Mr. Vessie Baker. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Luke. After congratulations the compmy present fared sumptuously in the dining room. The young couple start out in life in their new relations under favorable circumstances, and are followed by the belt wishes of many warm friends. The legislative bill regulating marriages, which was introduced by Rev. I. P. Watts, the legislator from Winchester, is rather stringent. The bill provides that application for a marriage license must be made in the county where the bride has lived for ninety days. Both the applicants must have passed the age of twenty-one and they must show that they have not been habitual users of drugs or alcohol. After the application the county clerk must publish the application. If there are no complaints in thirty days the license will be issued. If there are complaints the matter will be submitted to the circuit court. Mrs. Kathrine Col thin, who lives on Fornax street proved her ability as a police officer Saturday when she arrested Mike Touhey, a well known character and marched him off to jail. Mike was drunk and had fallen on the frozen street, outing an ugly gash in his face from which the blood was streaming. Mrs. Colchin saw him and instead of screaming or fainting picked him up by the coat collar and took him to jail, where he will be carried for until able to appear for trial. This'is perhaps the first arrest ever made by a woman in Decatur. Mike was enroute to the jail to see his son Ed, when he fell down and was unable to get up until he received Mrs. Colchin's ance.assist About a year ago newspapers all over the country published an item to the effect that Anna Oakley, for years the crack' shot with the Buffalo Bill show7 had fallen to the lowest depths of degradation through the liquor and opium habits and had been given a jail sentence at Chicago for stealing a pair of pants to buy liquor. The item was based on a lie told by some disreputable woman under arrest inJJJhicago. The real Anna Oakley, who was raised from girlhood by S. C. Eddington, of this county, with whom Hugh Dougherty also made his home, has never been other than a cultured lady and far from the abject creature pictured in the libellous dispatches. She has now brought suit against the principal p r ess bureaus and newspapers of the United States for damages by reason o f the libelous article and the suits instigated by her aggregate nearly s9oo,ooo.—Bluffton News. In the distribution of committee appointmenst in the lower house of the general assembly, Representative Vizard drew five prizes, being named on the educational, claims, county and township business, public morals and soldiers’ monument committees. The speaker handed down the list Tuesday, and now this branch of the general assembly will buckle down to legislative duties. In answer to an invitation from the senate, Hon, William J. Bryan appeared and addressed a joint session in the senate. He spoke for one hour, and was frequently applauded He commended both the outgoing and incoming governors for their frankness in recommending needed reforms. His address was in a happy vein and was heard by all members of' the legislature, the state officres and other dignitaries in the state oapitol. Important bills already introduced is one to abolish office of truant officer; to forbid vote buying and providing for heavy penalties ; for organization and control of private banks; to make period of contract and revision of school books ten years instead of five; to repeal law of voting subsidies to railroad companies; enabling county commisioners to receive bids on roads without elections; to compel board of commissioners in each county to procure voting machines; to amend the act of 1903 fixing salaries of county officers; to regulate issuance of marriage licenses; to elect county superintendent by the people at the general elections. The above is but drop in the bucket of the number of bills that have already been introduced, which will demonstrate that every member will try to save the country, and that a multiplication of new laws will result.

The county auditor has completed the distribution of revenues for school purposes, th« same being based on congressional, common school and liquor license revenues. It gives to Union township $906. 05; Root $1178.35; Preble, $1295.61; Kirkland, $984.66; Washington, SISOO 84; St. Mary’s, $1476.91; Blue Creek, $1007.79; Munroe, $1571.92; French, $693.19; Hartford, $8097.26; Wabash, $1511.12; Jefferson, $921.75; Decatur, $4558.90; Berne, $1506.18 and Geneva $1286.65. Elmer Johnson, the horse buyer, informed us Thursday that he was buying up horses as fast as posisble, making all preparations to ship a load of Adams county draft horses to Pittsburg on Saturday, where he will hold a sale some time next week. He is buying nothing but the best, as he always has a ready market for that kind and those are the animals that are in demand He is also buying up a car load at Berne, which will not be shipped until some time in February, when he will conduct another big sale. Mr. Johsnon is in the horse business to stay and does not tarry long at the price when he sees a good animal. He also stated that the horse market was now on the boom. The junior class of the Decatur High school met Thursday with Miss Blanch Carroll at her home on Winchester street, and had a merry time. The meeting was only a starter of what will occur every two weeks from now on until the close of school. A regular program had been arranged for the evening’s enjoyment in which each and every member of the class were compelled to take some part, some singing, some speaking and some offering up prayer, and the program in itself was well worth hearing. A special feature of the evening was a mock marriage. Miss Madge Hite and Jesse Helm were the contracting parties and Miss Isabelle Cappel and Ralph Case being bride’s maid and groom’s man and Ro lo Reynolds acted in the capacity of ring boy, that service being used. Mies Ethel Barkley tied the knot, and well she did her duty. A wedding march was played and after the ceremony the’usual congratulations were extended to the happy couple. Other amusements including games and music were introduced and the evening most enjoyably spent. Refreshments were served, atfer which the members of the class departed to meet again in two weeks. In a recent wreck near Chicago, Laurie Maloy, the engineer, a former citizen of this county, received injuries from which he died a few days later. The Monroeville Breeze tells 'the story as folio ws: Tuesday morning, January 3rd, a wreck occurred on the C. E. & I. railroad at Dolon Station, "111., in which Lawrence Maloy received serious injuries which terminated in his death at 6:30 Saturday morning, January 7, 1905, at one of the hospitals in the city of Chicago. The deceased was an engineer on the line on which the accident occurred and was at his post of duty when his engine collided with the engine coming from an opposite direction drawing a passenger train known as the St. Louise Flyer which was badly wrecked in the crash and in which four ether persons were injured besides Mr. Maloy, two of which died a day or two afterwards. The decease' 1 was a son of the late Charles and Margaret Maloy, early settlors of Union township, Adams couny, where Lawrence was born and raised to young manhood. At the death of his parents he started out to seek fortunes in the west, and since that time had traveled over many western and southern states. He was well’known in this section aind had many friends who regret to hear of the fate that befell him. Four brothers and one sister survive him, viz: James, whose residence is unknown; Thomas Dixon of Ohio,; John, of Union township, Adams county ; Edward, of Lebien, Ohio, and Mrs. Rose Fallen, South Ijeblon, Ohio. The brothers report that the death of the deceased was mainly due to the treatment he received while in pain and agony while being brought from the scene of the wreck to the hospital. After being taken from the cars in that great city, awaiting an ambulance, the suffering form was permitted to lie on a truck in the open air and cold for two hours, and it was not until bystanders'threatened trouble the patient was removed to the hospital. The funeral services were i held at Monroeville, Tuesday.

Samuel Railing, who was arrested Tfiihrsday morning by Policeman Reynolds, was given a hearing this morning before Mayor Coffee, where he was allowed to tell his troubles. He denied being intoxicated and stated that the whole cause cf his trouble was from the fact that he was over worked, as bis duties as bar porter for Mose Krohne were so hard that he was unable to stand the strain, and when arrested had merely collapsed and was not intoxicated as the police supposed. The story, although a good one, was overlooked by Mayor Coffee, who fined him the usual amount, nine dollars and thirty cents. He went to jail. There was a gay time Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Ruckman, on rural route seven. It was occasioned by the fifteith birthday anniversary of Mr. Ruckman, his wife being t e leading star in the celebration. Some forty relatives and friends comprised the list of guests, who began to arrive at ten o’clock. From that time until dinner was announced there was much doing, and the dinner proved, to be one of those much relished affairs that you read about. The afternoon was passed in a social way, Prof. Elmer Grimsley, of Hoagland being the clever musical entertainer. The day was a delightful one to all concerned. Marshal Green was called upon last evening to perform the painful duties of arresting Lawyer and Doctor William Hill, of Pleasant Mills, on a charge of being drunk and disorderly. The arrest was made in front of Moser’s gallery, where Bill was swearing vengeance on the party who stole his watch and money. He pleaded with the marshal not to look him up, but his eloquent pleadings did no good, and he was hustled off to jail, where he stayed until this morn ing when he was arraigned before Mayor Coffee. Biil told a pitiful tale of meeting some friends, who influenced him to drink and thrn stole his watch and monev. Ho said he did not miss the above named articles until he got to Moser’s gallery. He plead for mercy and stated he would never drink another drop if only allowed to go free. After duly oonsiderin g the evidence Mayor Coffee concluded Bill was guilty and gave the usual dose, nine thirty. Bill stayed the docket and started for home. The State Sunday school association of Indiana has taken an active interest in Adams county. Their field worker will spend about one month in a tour of township conventions.' The meetings will be held Root and Union townships at Pleasant Grove U. B. church Wednesday evening, Feb 1. Mr. Goller will give his lecture on “The Boy and the Sunday School.” This is a rare treat, humorous and helpful. Thursday afternoon and evening the regular program as given below will be given: Wednesday, Feb. Bth, St. Mary’s township at Rivare M. E. church;Thursday, 9th, a conference at Decatur to be arranged by Rev. A. B. Haist, president of the city association; Friday, 10th, Blue Creek and Jefferson townships at Steele M. E. church; Saturday evening, lltb, lecture «n the “Bov” at Linn Grove Evangelical church; Sunday, 12th, Hartford township convention at Evangelical church at Linn Grove; Tuesday, 14th, Monroe township, at Berne Reform church; Wednesday, Feb. 15, Wabash township at Geneva M. E. church. Unless otherwise mentioned, there wdl be carried out in each case the followins': program: Afternoon session, 1:30 Devotonal service. Address —How Can I be an Effective Teach er by E. D. Goller, state field worker. Round Table—The Sunday School Teacher. Address by local speaker, when one can be secured. Boys' and Girls’ session, 4. Where prac tioable the boys and girls bet ween the ages of six and fourteen will come from the public school direct to the church. Mr. Goller will give a special lesson entitled “Jesus the Light of the World.” The lesson is well illustrated. Evening session 7:00 o’clock Song service. Address—The organized Sunday’ School Work, E. D. Goller Round Table on above topic. Organization of township Sunday school association. Offering for Adams county. Forward movement in Sunday school work. If any superintendent fails to receive programs before January 21 he should write at once to E. D. Goller, Decatur, Ind

This Thursday evening the C. V. M. C. club will give a pedro party at their club rooms in the St’udabaker block. The members are workiong hard and expect to make this occasion one of the leading social events of the season. The rooms are being neatly decorated and put into the best possible shape for this event. A large number of tickets have already been sold and there is no doubt but that a large crowd will be present. The club have made their selection of prizes, which are handsome and expensive, and something that will make any one happy to win. After the contest a lunch will be served, after which the floor will be cleared and the room given over to the dancers. The affair will be great, and those who take advantage of it will be royally entertained. While running at full speed the holier of the engine on passenger train, No. 14, on the Erie exploded between Galion and Kent, Ohio, resulting in the instant death of Engineer Kellar of Galion and Fireman Charles Haflich of the same city, but formerly a Huntington county boy living in Markle where his mother and other relatives are yet residing. The explosion occurred while the train was on the Cincinnati division of the Erie which is uncsr the supervision of Mr. Allen. No report has been made of the accident in this city. Superintendent Barrett gave all the facts he has at hand and said no one knew the cause of the explosion. In snoh cases he says it is impossible to find the cause until the remaining parts of the engine are gathered and an inquest held. Untill that time no one cun have any possible knowledge of the cause. The train left this city about 7 o’clock Tuesday evening and was due in Marion at 10. Beyond Galion it carries no passengers and for that reason no one was hurt The train was wrecked but the damage cannot be ascertained by employes on this' division. Members of crews on the other trains on that part of the road have not yet returned and nothing but rumors are afloat concerning the circumstances leading up to the accident. —Hunt tagton News-Democrat.

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Murder of a close friend of Reprehas not changed his purpose to introduce a bill abolishing capital punishment. Wilson Addington, ex-councilman, in Marion, died last night, as the result of a bullet fired in the dark by some unknown assassin. An oil worker has been arrested, says the Indianapolis News. Condo was city attorney of Marion during the time Addington was in the council. The two had been friends for years. He spoke feelingly of the admirable qualities of the dead man, who, he said, had none but friends in Marion. At the English hotel another representative, speaking of the murder of Addington, remarked to Condo: “I suppose you would be willing to make an exception from the effect of your proposed law in this case, wouldn’t you?” The Marion lawyer, answering slowly, said: “No, I would not. As I feel now, I want to see that dastard, whoever he is, suffer the limit of punishment that the law can give, and that is not death. I want him to spend the rest of his cowadly life in the state prison at hard labor. I want him to go there and endure the living death of knowing that he is there until he dies; that no governor can pardon him. There is where the law is weak and there is where the criminal receives his encouragement. The governor can pardon. Sent up for life the murderer knows that in the course of some years his prayer for deliverenoe may be heeded, and half the terror of imprisonment is taken away. Criminals don’t dread death as they do life imprisonment. At the state prison men who are sent up for life before the indeterminate law took effect, beg daily for death to relieve them. Had it been life in prison for those boy bandits of Chicago instead of sure swift death, there would have keen no chance for the show of gameness, the bravadoes that earned admiration of other misguided young men. Most criminals die ‘game.’ And the spectacle of their death, in which they appear to better advantage than at any lime in life, causes beliefs in the minds of young people that aie terribly wrong. Capital punishment is not, what I ask for the murder of Wilson Addington.”