Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 13 December 1906 — Page 5

Vliamofu/ J fzTb *■ ’ -7 ew style in ■ xial Grade (P OAA i e finishing *pO«Vy ume. I le of our new patterns. I o show you his styles of I Shoes. He should have I ;s, at all prices, for men B len and children. Z 3 DMMOA/D r !NE SHOES THAN ANY I rr IN THE J

MOSES H. BADDERS IS DEAD 1 Well Known Citizen of Monroe and a Pioneer of the County. 1 • - Moses H. Badders, aged sixty-five years and one of the best known citizens of Monroe, died Tuesday evening at his home at ten thirty 1 o’clock after an illness of several i months, death resulting from a com- i plication of diseases. He had been a i resident of the town of Monroe for 1 years and was well known throughout i the country. He served in the late 1 war and was a brave soldier and received an honorable discharge from i the government for his services. The : funeral services will be held Thursday ■ i morning at ten o’clock at Monroe M. | E. church, Rev. Jones officiating and ’ interment will be made in the Ray 1 cemetery. o HE ASKS FOR A REAL GUN Mahlon Paxson of Bluffton, a retired farmer, has asked the government for ■ a cannon. He has collected a private , museum, for which he has refused 11,500. A large of his work is ( devoted to the collection of fire arms ' of various kinds. He has thirty-two guns, * from revolutionary carbines ' down ta the finest fire arm of the ' present 'day, and he has about fifty pistols* of equal variance in age. He* is not satisfied with his collectimr of fire arms, but believes a j cannon would. make his. coll ectioucom- j plete. ' ; ... o , Miss Edna Grim returned to her home at Williams this morning, after i making a pleasant visit here with : friends. [ i i

Clothes for IO jup Ail WeathersJHl fr Remember that /F no CLOTHCRAFT V<K» fa H garment ever has y cause to run away 1 r <-/ from the weather. J W/* \la CLOTHCRAFT isn’t built | .1 that way. ff A\3 CLOTHCRAFT Clothes 0 r? have the qualities—the 'fQ lT wear-resisting goodness \ —which bring lasting sat- 1 1 Ifvz isfaction. All -wool is Id Vji ft I'd one of the. secrets. / gll r V There’s no cattan, no II j/J i shad dy, no unything but I tyOAUr 4WW w cl, in CLOTHCRAFT. . T.v.e makers, don’t want it there anlyoudon’L Ajd every detail of cut < Ml ■ maKe is up to the if V mir;lfc-worthy of the .. . ft. i, q , / comingjto g ® ■» I ( yo;j in to loolfat Ijr s ptices, foa [T fe:O! S ‘BE 1 wUihe you can M | ?|t . ' ; j > get such ciothingr excellence at aTMk lit* Bprices so low pW 1 and ftp reason- \W , able. . « Suits, $lO to $25. >W £\ Overcoats, 17 1 ■• • sl2 to $25. — _ J/ i Holthouse, Schulte & Co. i

WINTER STARTS IN MILDLY Usually Indiana Enjoys Cold Snap by This Time. The weather so far this winter has been delightfully free from zero frosts and chilling snows, and the coal men are sure it’s the warmest winter on record. The ice men, too, who usually have a ton or two of the summer luxury stored away in their saw dust houses by this time, are looking a little sour. However, we have no reason for believing that this pleasant weather will continue during the next three months and a change is very likely most any time, now. Don’t lay away your heavy wraps for a week or two, anyway. .. EMPEROR WILLIAM IS ANGRY (Scripps-Mcßae Special.) Berlin, Dec. 12 —The German Reichstag on the border is being dissolved by Emperor William. The emperor made the threat today that it may mean the end of the present government. t A'dispute on the International appropriation bill between the emperor and the legislature is the cause. -* 0 ■ — THE QUEEN ESTHER MUSICALE Do not fail to visit the bazaar and musicale to be given by the Queen Esther Circle at - the M.- Er church Friday evening. An admission of 25 cents will be charged at the door which admits you to both the bazaar and musicale. Doors open at 6 p. m. Musicale begins at 8:15. Free admission all day Saturday.

THE EPWORTH LEAGUE PROGRAM* . Euterpean Society Tomorrow Evening I —Program for the Ladies’s Aid Society. Mrs. C. D. Lewton pleasantly entertained the members of the Histor- i ical club at her home on North Sec- i ond street, at the regular meeting, I Tuesday evening. 1 The following is the program for i an entertainment to be given by the 1 Epworth League of the M. E. church * on next Sunday evening at seven o’clock: Song by congregation, prayer, | Rev. J. C. White; anthem by the choir, recitation, Mrs. Maud Weimer; music, McKean quartette; recitation, Miss i Blenn Crays; piano duet, Grace McKean and Josephine Krick; address, “Work of the Epworth League,” Rev. J. C. White, music, benediction. Every one is cordially invited to attend this 3 entertainment. , ’ . - i The Young Matrons’ Club and other , guests will be entertained by Mrs. J. ’ H. Heller Thursday afternoon at her , home on North Second street. ] Miss Mae Niblick will entertain the Euterpean Society at her home on , Second street Thursday evening, at , their regular meeting. The main study ■ of the evening will be the life and compositons of the noted musician, , Haydn. The leaders are Mrs. Patterson and Mrs. Gregg. Program of entertainment to be giv- , en by the Ladies’ Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church on Thursday evening, in the church, at 7:30, is as. follows: Selection, male quartette; solo, Miss Florence Sprunger; piano duet, Mrs. Lutz and daughter; selection, Juvenile quartette; solo, Mr. Ernsberger; duet, Misses Kintz; violin solo,. Mr. HolthouSe; mite box opening. Light refreshments will be served. Admission 10 cents. Everybody is invited. About twenty-five men and women walked in on Mrs. Cal Kunkle Monday evening to remind that it was the anniversary of her birth. The evening was very pleasantly spent in games, music, etc. In the progressive bean bag game the prizes were won by Mr. John Peoples and H. Gerke, while the consolations went to Mrs. John Magley and Mrs. D. M. Rice. Light refreshments were served during the evening. Mrs. Fred Bell entertained the Black Rag Club at Bell View yesterday p. m., the guest of honor being Mrs. Frank Bell of Lorain, Ohio. Mrs. C. O. France gave a delightful dinner party the,, event . being in honor of her husband’s twen-ty-ninth birthday anniversary. The guests were Messrs, and Mesdames A. ft. Bell, H. L. Conte'r, J. H. Heller, Mrs. Belle France and Mrs. Corbin. The event w*as thoroughly enjoyed. o A PROBLEM AT REFORMATORY Increasing Number of Convicts Crowding that Institution. What to do with the ever increas- , ing crowd of convicts is the chief problem that is facing the manage- ( ment of the Indiana Reformatory at . the present time. The count is 1,115, ■> while the cell accommodations is only | 960, ox 155 short of the number needed. ( This means that, even allowing for ( the few who are in the hospital or in ] punishment cells, there are always . from 100 to 150 cells occupied by two convicts.- This is regarded as bad for discipline. In addition to this the din- , ing room and chapel will soon be too small for the ever increasing numbers, i The former will barely accommodate eleven hundred, so that allowing fifty feet for the kitchen it will soon be so filled that two shifts of dinners will have to be arranged. < It had been hoped by the manage- ( ment that the congestion would be re- ] lieved by the completion, of the new < cellhouse at the state prison at Mich- £ igan City, but it appears that there < are' now 970 in that institution, with ] only 720 cells, so that the increase } of 200 cells will still leave a defic- £ iency. t -—i> 5 BUSINESS ASSOCIATION MET O. L. Vance Chosen Delegate to State 5 Convention. —————— fThe Decatur Business Men's assecia- / tion held their regular session at the . room of the Conftnercial club Tuesday evening. Vice President M. Burns C presided owing to the absence of the a president, C. F. True. After the rqg- v ular routine business the matter of 0 sending a delegate to the meeting of a the State association at Indianapolis i' was discussed and Mr. O. L. Vance ® chosen to represent the Decatur as- 5 sociation ’at that meeting. s

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If taken at the “sneeze stage” preventics —a toothsome candy tablet — will surely and quickly check an approaching cold or lagrippe. When you first catch cold —or feel it coming on—take Dr. Shoop’s Preventics, and the prompt effect will certainly surprise and please you. Preventics, surely supply the proverbial “ounce of prevention.” Sold in 5 cent and 25 cent boxes by W. H. NACHTRIEB. ■ o MIKE WHELAN IS INSANE ? -X Well Known Clover Leaf Engineer is Held at Toledo. Mike Whelan, a Clover Leaf engineer, well known here, as well as all along the line, has been held on an insanity charge at Toledo. About a month ago he fell from his engine at Waterville and this may have caused tfie derangement of his mind. In speaking of Mr. Whelan the Toledo News-Bee says: “Michael Whelan has for twenty-two years held the throttle on a locomotive. At last he gave way to the strain of modern railroading and # was adjudged insane in probate cojurt on Friday. Whelan became crazed through worry. He was haunted by the fear that his train would figure in some disastrous wreck and the hundreds of lives behind his engine would be snuffed out in some horror of the rails. He brooded over the matter until insanity was evidenced in his actions and his wife was forced to make a complaint to the court concerning him. How long he has been actually insane is problematical and it is probable that during the last few days he was on his engine he was irresponsible and might easily have contributed to the cause of catastrophe,” O' WOULD BE A VERY GOOD LAW Incarceration and Treatment of Inebriates May be a Law. 4 4 ... — . — William Fruechtenecht, Democratic member-elect of the lower house from Allen county, is preparing a bill for the incarceration of inebriates under a law similar to that now on the lowa statute books. He thinks the State should step in and assume the custody of habitual drunkards. The method provided will much the same as in sanity cases, and will require prbof to show the habits of the accused. If found addicted to the drink habit to a certain extent, the commission will have power to commit the man to some place of detention; He may sue ■and obtain a parole” thirty days, but only on condlton that he abstain from liquor. As an Infraction of the role will return the victim of drink to the institution without necessity for new trial. o SENATOR’S SECRETARY BOUNCED For Aiding King Leopbld of Belgium. (Scripps-Mcßae Special.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Thomas W. Garnett, who for many years, has served as secretary to Senator Morgap, has been discharged because of his activity in behalf of King Leopold of Belgium. According to letters just pjHblished, Garnett was commended by Leopold’s personal minister here for helping td put down legislation calling jjor an investigation into the Congo matter. In a letter to King Leopold, Garnett asked for large amounts to carry on this work. * : .. -oA SCOOTING AFFAIR IN RIALTO Heart of New York City Scene of a Bloody Affair. (Scripps-Mcßae Special.) NftW YORK, Dec. 12.—The heart of the Rialto district was the scene of a shooting affair today, when James Rawes, an Englishman, shot down his daughter, Mrs. Morina Brinkworth and then killed himself. The shooting occurred in the Times building. Mrs. Brifikworth said her- father deserted his family in England twenty years ago and since her arrival in this country he became angry because she wouldn’t support him. O Cal. Miller made a business trip to Van Buren today. ■■ ... — A Miraculous Cure. The following statement by H. M. Adams and wife, Henrietta, Pa., will interest parents and others. /A miraculous cure has taken place in our home. Our child had eczema for five years and was pronounced insurable, when we read about Electric Bitters, and concluded to try it. Before the second bottle was all taken we noticed a phange for the better, and after taking 7 bottles he was completely cured.” It’s’the up-to-date blood medicine and body building tonic. Guaranteed. 50 cents and $1 at the Blackburn drug i store. . j

Catarrh of the nose - and throat should lead you to at least ask us for a free tral box of Dr. Shoop’s Cai tarrh Cure. Nothing so surely prov< . merit ana real, actual test- -and D. i Shoop, to prove this, earnestly desire-, i that we let you make that test. This i ■ creamy, snow white healing balm. ■ soothes the throat and nostrils, and : quickly purifies a foul or feverish breath. Call and investigate. W. H. NACHTRIEB. o BUSINESS IS SLOW THIS WEEK Four Cases Set for Trial Next Week, All of More or Less Interest— Junk License Issued. i 1 Returns at the clerk's office show 1 the arrest on grand jury indictments ■ of Henry Ostermeyer for allowing 1 persons in his saloon on Sunday and Alfred Foster, keeping house of ill- • fame. The latter’s bond was fixed 1 at SSOO, and he went to jail. 5 A junk dealer’s license has been is- • sued to C. L. Painter, authorizing him 1 to buy junk from house to house in ■ this county, his place of business be--5 ing at Willshire. i L John Lobsiger vs. Joseph Botkins ’ et al., suit to quiet title. Deed report--5 ed and approved and Commissioner E. • B. Lenhart discharged. t The case of Green vs. Dailey was 3 set for today and the Schroll divorce ! suit for tomorrow, but both have been t continued. The Gregory guardianship ; matter is to be heard Thursday. It r will be a jpry trial. Next week promises to be busier than usual in circuit court, four cases ' being set for trial. They are State vs. William Ray, assault and battery with - intent to kill, set for Monday. John H. Green vs. Rachel Dailey, damages S2OO, set for Wednesday. State vs. J Charles Hendricks, grand larceny, i Thursday. State on relation of Marr tha E. Linker vs. John Runyon, basr tardy, Friday. i o i Program of entertainment to be giv- - en by the Ladies’ Aid Society of the - Presbyterian church on Thursday evei ning in the church at 7:30, is as fol- > lows: Selection, male quartette; solo, f Miss Florence Sprunger; piano duet, > Mrs. Lutz and daughter; selection, juv--1 enile quartette; solo, Mr. Ernsberger; > duet, the Misses Kintz; violin solo, J M. Holthouse; Mite Box opening. Light , refreshments will be served'. Admlsi sion 10 cents. ! The Pictorium managers are adver- ’ tising 7 a special performance for tomorrow afternoon and evening, when they expect to give a reproduction of ) the last game of the championship series between the White Sox and Cubs, - played at Chicago last fall. The films can only be secured for one day and a special effort is being made by the management to make the management ’ a success financially, as they are ’ charged extra for this set of pictures. ' They expect next week to give a reproduction of the Gans-Nelson prize 1 fight. ■ o The new Pure Food and Drug Law * will mark It on the label of every Cough Cure containing Opium, Cliloro- ! form, or any other stupifying or pois- . onous drug. But it passes Dr. Shoop’S Cough Cure as made for twenty years, ! entirely free Dr. Shoop all along has bitterly opposed the use of all opiates or narocotics. Dr. Shoop’s Cough Cure ' is absolutely safe even for the youngest ' babe —and It cures, it does not simply suppress. Get a safe and reliable Cough Cure, by simply insisting on having Dr. Shoop’s. Let the law be your protection. We cheerfully Recommend and sell it. W. H. Nachtrieb.

Rheumatism I have found a tried and tested cure for Rheumatism! Not a remedy that will straighten the distorted limbs of chronic cripples, nor turn bony growths back to flesh again. That is impossible. But I can now surely kill the pains and pangs of " this deplorable disease. In Germany-with a Chemist in the City of Darmstadt—l found the last ingreditwt with which Dr. Shoop’s Rheums tic Remedy was made a perfected, dependable prescription. Without that lastingredient, I successfully treated many, many cases of Rheumatism; but now, at last, it uniformly cures all curable cases of this heretofore much dreaded disease. Those sand-like granular wastes, found in Rheumatic Blood, seem to dissolve and pass away under the action of this remedy as freely as does sugar when added to pure water. And then, when dissolved, fiiese poisonous waste* freely pass from the system, and the cause of Rheumatism is gone forever. There is now no real need—no actual excuse to suffer longefwithout help. We sell, apd in confidence recommend Dr. Shoop’s Rheumatic Remedy j WM. H. NACHTRIE3.

When the tip of a dog's nose Is cold and moist, that dog is not sick. A feverish dry nose means sickness with a dog. And so with the human lips. Dry, cracked and colorless lips mean 'everishness and are as well ill api rearing. To have beautiful, pink, vel-•’et-llke lips, apply at bedtime a coating of Dr. Shoop’s Green Salve. It will soften and heal any skin ailment. Get a free, trial box, at our store, and be convinced. Large nickel capped glass jars. 25 cents. W. H. Nachtrieb. o NEW SUIT FILED HERE TODAY Stahley Case at Bluffton Will Likely be Concluded by This Evening. Judge Erwin was notified today that he had been appointed by Judge Sturgis of Bluffton, as special judge to hear some new developments in the famous Terrell murder case. He will go to Bluffton Friday to act as special judge in another case and will then assume jurisdiction. D. M. Osborne & Co., have filed suit against Mattie Young to recover S2OO guarantee money. The company sold a corn harvester to John M. Baker and Miss Young guaranteed the payment of the notes, which are now due and unpaid. The Osborne company filed a cost bond, which was approved by the court. Della M. Chapman vs. Ester R. Chapman et al., partition, default of defendants, Henry B. Heller appointed guardian ad litem for the defendants, who are minors. William Hall vs. John H. Reiff et al. suit on note demand $l5O, set for trial Wednesday, December 26th. In the Gregory guardianship case, set for trial tomorrow, the guardian, Lucy Gregory, has filed an answer denying the assertions in Mr. Gregory’s petition that the guardian be removed as he is capable of caring for his own property. A marriage license has been issued to Theodore F. Sprunger of Wabash township and Rosina Nussbaum, of Monroe township. The road case, sent here from A(fams county on a change of venue,, which has been on trial since yesterday morning, gives every evidence of hanging on for the rest of the week. Like all cases -of this sort, every person who is either benefited or damaged by the construction of the proposed road, has been called as a witness in the case and for this reason it will take a long time to complete the case. In the meantime the attorneys not interested in this particular case have an excellent opportunity to sit around the rooms and tell stories. — Bluffton Banner. The absence of several of the Decatur attorneys this week has caused a decrease in tjie usual run of business in the Adams Circuit court. Word received from Bluffton this morning said the Stahley case would likely be concluded by this evening. o Frank Crum, a brakeman,’was killed in the Ft. Wayne yards at noon today. He got his foot caught in the guard rail and before he could release himself, a freight train backed onto him, killing him instantly. He leaves a ’ wife and two children. Rev. Almon Gieenman of Marion, a st:pei:.nnuated Methodist Episcopal ininis ci, is 80 years of ag; and his birthday anniversary was made the ocjcasioii of notable services. He cuter■ed ■'he ministry in 1848 anl during a | 1 «’ » and active career occupied many pulpits in Northern Indiana. He was 'stationed in Fort Wayne in 1858, and ; many years later was pastor at Lagrange. Capt. Mihm is beginning to arrange for a grand Christmas dinner, at which he proposes to entertain one hundred and twenty-five of the Decatur poor. He will soon put letters out, and wants the help and financial assistance of our people. He should have that without the asking. Let the Christian people of our city dig into their jeans and help Capt. Mihm in his work of Christian charity. u To have beautiful, perfect, pink, vel-vet-like lips, apply at bedtime a light coating of Dr. Shoqp’s Green Salve. Then next morning, notice carefully the effect. Dry/cracked or colorless uins mean feverishness, and are as well ill appearing. Dr. Shoop’s Green Salve is a soft, creamy, healing ointment, that will quickly correct any skin blemish or ailment. Get a free trial box ?t our store and be Large, glass jars, 25 cents. M. H. NACHTRIEB.