Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 11 April 1907 — Page 3

p i LEFT HERE LAST FRIDAY i 111 Several Months and Was Taken to Colorado as Last Hope That She She Might Regain Health. A mesage was received late Wednesday afternoon by Miss Anna Winnes from Ed Brushwiller from Boulder, Colorado, announcing the death of his wife and stating that the end -came Wednesday morning. Although a report of this description was expected by the many friends of Mr. Brushwiller, still the message and announcement came as a shock. Mrs. Brushwiller for some time past, had been ailing from a disease that the doctors said was consumption and a few weeks ago they informed Mr. Brushwiller that they could do nothing more for his wife and that the only thing that would benefit her would be a change in the climate, and advised him take this wife to Colorado. Mr. Brushwiller, though a poor man, at once proceeded to dispose of his personal property and his little home in the west part of the city and on last Friday, together with his family started on the long trip to Colorado, hopeful that the climate would benefit his wife to such a degree that she would soon get well. They arrived at Boulder, Colo., on Sunday morning and ■ x were met by a few friends who had secured quarters for them, within a square of Professor Hartman’s home, and in a letter received later, stated that Mrs. Brushwiller had stood the trip well and was feeling somebetter. However, Wednesday morning the relapse came and she peacefully slept away. The remains were ship- ' ped to Matthews, Ind., their old home, where the funeral services were held. Mr. Brushwiller and family have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community and everything that can be done for himself and family will be done by willing hands.

CONFERENCE TO OPEN SOON 1 1 Enormity of the Work This Great Body is Doing. As the time approaches for holding 5 the sixty-fourth annual session of the North Indiana M. E. conference which ' will be held at the Market street M. E. church in Logansport, vjjth Bishop McDowell of Chicago, presiding, interest begins to center in this great 1 -church organization, whose church 1 machinery is not excelled by any reli- ' i .gious organization in the world and 1 ’ a few carefully compiled facts regard * Ling the enormity of the work this confference is doing will, to many people, 1 | prove a matter of great interest at * rthis time. 1 K The North Indiana conference com- * gforises all the territory in the north- ! Meast quarter of the state and is di- * gwided into six districts, the Ft. Wayne, 1 jwGohen, Logansport, Muncie, Rich- ‘ |mond and Wabash. Each district is 1 Spader the supervision of a presiding * Binder. The conference is comprised ! »266 active ministers and twenty- 1 gjjght probationers, making a total of 1 ■Hk In addition to this there are 212 1 Jb&l preachers. One hundred and fflthSty-three preachers of the confer- 1 Hence have died since the conference ! Ewas organized sixty-four years ago. • ‘There are now fifty-four widows of 1 preachers belonging to the North In- 1 dlana M. E. conference. There were 1 495 churches, valued at >2,659,600. 1 There are 8,483 probationers and 57,- 1 4591 members in full connection within 1 the bounds of this conference, an in- ' crease during the year of 1,378. For 1 buildings and repairs on churches and 1 parsonages >122,579 was paid out last year. The total amount paid out last : year to the ministers as salaries was 3173,526, a net increase of over >5,949. There are 485 Sunday schools, with 7,444 officers and teachers and 56,811 pupils. The average attendance last year was 36,347. There are 258 senior Epworth league chapters and 161 Junior societies. The seniors have a membership of 32,210 and the juniors 22,103. o — MAY TEST CONSTITUTIONALITY New Depoftory Law is Operative After First of Next Year. The new depository law, which will go into effect Jan. 1, 1908, may never become operative, for it is believed that since the treasurers of the state have received their Increase in salaries and are sure of. them, they will test the constitutionality of the law which take the responsibility for the "deposit of the public funds out of their hands. Shoud the treasurer suc/'cediJ in what is believed is likely to be their hands. Should the treasurers succourts they will reap a rich reward from the public moneys, for they will receive their increased salaries and at the same time continue to profit from the interest on the public funds deposited in their favorite banks. The salary increase law is separate from the depository law, although the'former was passed in anticipation of the latter, and both become effective at the same time.

OFFER 18 MADE TO W. E. FULK To Employ as Line and Meter Superintendent—Bids For Coal to be Received. The common council met in continued session Wednesday eve., Mayor Coffee presiding and every councilman being present, except Chronister. A resolution governing the improvemenl of Third street was read and adopted and the clerk was ordered to give notice to the abutting property owners when to hear objections. The mayor filed his quarterly report which was read and upon motion was referred to the finance committee. Christen moved that a list of all the detached orders now in the possession of the city clerk be made into a list and reported to the council at their next meeting. The finance committee made their report on the clerk’s and treasurer’s report for the month of February, finding them in all things correct and ordering them spread of record. Upon motion by Burns, the council at their next regular meeting, will receive bids for coal to be furnished for the ensuing year. Christen then' moved that the finance committte purchase a car of sample coal from the W. J. Hamilton Coal Company of Columbus, 0., for testing purposes. Burns then moved that the council empty W. E. Fulk to act in the capacity of water works superintendent and his duties to be merely to look after the reading of meters and looking after the water lines, and he to have no jurisdiction at or over the plant and his salary to be fifty dollars a month. This motion carried by a unanimous vote of the council. Whether or not Mr. Fulk will accept the position we are unable to state, as he was non-committal when advised concerning the actions of the council. Upon motion by Martin the bill of W. E. Fulk for last month’s services, was allowed and the clerk was ordered to draw his warrant for the same. No further business coming up the council adjourned. o SETTLE DIVORCE CASE COSTS If You Think You Will Ever Want to Wed Again. And it’s coming to pass, that you fellows who have been divorced and want to marry again will have to dig up the costs of the divorce suit If you have not already done so, before you can have another marriage license.

If you have become badly entangled with love’s sweet dreams and had discovered that she was also wrestling with the same sort of honey-and-syrup thrills, and if you and the sweet thing should go together to the county clerk’s office to obtain a legal sanction to live together and if the clerk should look over the court records and find that you had not paid the costs in your recent divorce case, should gently but firmly Inform you that there would be nothing in a matrimonial way until you had paid up—say, now, wouldn’t it jar you? The above query may be a trifle long, but all hypothetical questions are long, you must remember. But if you admit that this would jar you it might be well for you to square that little matter of court costs before applying for another marriage license — that is, if you are thinking of contracting another marriage—for it is a safe wager that the lemon box will be passed to you by the suave and. gentlemanly clerk if the books show something on the debt side. And you know how awfully awful she would feel in case you were jarred like this. It might not be amiss to state that a couple had this experience in a neighboring town and the would-be groom had to walk out of the clerk’s office minus the desired marriage license because he had not paid the court costs of his recent divorce. ' - c APPROVED FORMER DECISION Sheriffs' “In and Out Fees” Belong to the County. Indianapolis, April 4. —The supreme court has approved the decision of the appellate court that sheriffs are not entitled to the “in and out fees” for receiving and discharging prisoners, but must pay them into the county treasury as part or the fund from which the sheriffs* salaries are paid. It overruled a motion to transfer and decide the case of Thomas Starr vs. the board of commissioners, which was recently affirmed by the appellate court. These fees in Marion county amount to some hundreds of dollars every month, being fifty cents for each prisoner, half paid when he enters the jail and the other half when he is discharged. The legislature passed an act declaring that the sheriffs should have these fees, notwithstanding the courts had decided they were not entitled to them, but the act was vetoed by the governor.

WAB WELL KNOWN LADY Died of Consumption—Three-Ysar-Old-Daughter of <l. M. Springer Also Answers Final Summons. Mrs. Jacob Schuler, aged forty-eight years, and one of the best known women of Preble township, died at 2:30 o’clock Thursday morning, after morning at two thirty o'clock, after an illness of a year’s duration, death resulting from that dread disease consumption. Mrs. Schuler contracted a heavy cold a little over a year ago which seemed to settle on her lungs and which gradually ran into consumption, the end coming that morning. The funeral services will be held Sunday morning at the Preble Lutheran church, Rev. Klausing officiating and interment was made in the Lutheran cemetery. She leaves a husband, one daughter and five sons to mourn their loss. The three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Springer, who reside near Steele’s Park, died Thursday after an illness of several days’ duration, death resulting from a complication of diseases. The funeral services were held Friday morning at ten o’clock at the house, Rev. John C. White officiating, and Interment will be made in the Ray cemetery. o SIGNS WITH BLUFFON TEAM Tom Railing Puts His Name to a Contract. In response to a call from the management of this city, Tom Railing came over from Decatur this afternoon and before he left his signature was attached to a contract which provides that in the event of his playing independent ball during the summer, his playing will be done in a Bluffton uniform. Railing expressly stipulated that should the Boston Americans place a demand on his services, the present contract-would not be in effect. No one could ask that he sacrifice a chance to work in fast company for a place on an independent team and for this reason, no one objected to his having his contract so arranged. Railing will, in the event of his playing with Bluffton, cancel his engagements to pitch for the Shamrocks and will be one of the best trio of pitchers any independent team can boast, Boyd, Congo and Big Tom. With that outlay Bluffton will be ready to go against the best. —Bluffton Banner. In days gone by, Bluffton has said some harsh things about Big Tom, but just the same we knew they admired him. We do not hesitate to say that in getting Railing they have signed the greatest young pitcher in the country. Beyond doubt he could have made good with Boston, but their games were too far from home. It’s a safe bet that he will win more games than all the other pitchers on the Bluffton team combined.

TO ORGANIZE A LODGE HERE L. H. Graves Employed by the Knights and Ladles of Honor. Mr. L. H. Graves, a deputy under the employ of the Supreme Lodge of Knights and Ladies of Honor, of Indianapolis, has just come into the city for the purpose of organizing a lodge of that order. He is a young man yet he states that he has personally written over 1,000 names for this) order. He comes from Fort Wayne, where the second lodge has been organized, and it is his intention to organize a lodge or this order in Decatur. It is an old organization and has a large and select membership in Indiana, as well as in every other state in the Union. o RECRUITING OFFICER IN CITY Sargeant R C. Bard, who is at the head of the recruiting station at Fort Wayne, arrived in our city today and Immediately began a search for young men who desire to enter Uncle Sam’s service. Mr. Bard Informed us that he had several very likely candidates here and that they would pass the physical examination tomorrow morning, and if found fit for the service, would immediately be sent west to join their company. He informed us that there were a number of vacancies in the service and that the new recruits were sent either to the Philippines or to Alaska. Mr. Bard will remain in our city until tomorrow afternoon and would be pleased to discuss the matter with any young man between the ages of eighteen and thirty, wha has any desire to enter the service of the government. o A cablegram was received yesterday by friends of Judge Robert S. Taylor announcing the arrival in London of the Fort Wayne touring party. They now contemplate returning home late in May.—Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette.

WILL BE A GOOD SHOW Given Under Auspices of the Ladies’ Aid Society of the Christian Church. The Ladles’ Aid Society of the Christian church will give their second annual local talent show at Bosse’s opera houes, Friday, April 12. They will present "Uncle Rube,” or “An Idyll of the Vermont Hills,” a comedy-drama by one of America’s foremost play wrights, Charles Townsend. “Uncle Rube” is a rural epic in four acts, with a chorus of beautiful young ladies, an entirely new feature in the line of home talents. The cast has been carefully selected for their especial fitness for their respective parts, and present an array of talent above the ordinary. There will be mirth, music and laughter, beautiful costumes, calcium lights, electrical effects and in fas all the accesories that go to make up a first-class road production. The admission will be twen-ty-five cents, no extra charge for reserved seats and the ladles of the Aid society will make a thorough canvass of the city with their tickets and are deserving of success, as they will use the proceeds of the show to pay the brick street assessments of the Christian church, and as their congregation is a small one they respectfully solicit your patronage with the guarantee that if you don’t get value received for your quarter they will gladly refund your money. Visit “Uncle Rube” at Bosse’s opera house, Friday, April 12. 0 HORSE TRADE MUST BE SQUARE New Law Makes it a Crime to Conceal Any Facts. It has been a rule since man-can remember that when people swapped horses they traded only for what they could see, unless a warranty was demanded and given. The man who could dope a horse so that no one could detect its bad effects was counted a smooth article and all the other fellows would slap him on the back. When a man got the worst of it in a “swap” he had no recourse in many instances. All there remained for him to do was to keep quiet until another “sucker” came along. But now comes the legislature and changes all this by passing a law which not only forbids the use of drugs or any article to conceal the fact that a horse is sick, lame or otherwise defective, but requires a trader to even run down his own horse. The law says, “whosoever shall sell or offer to sell or exchange any horse or mule, knowing the same to be afflicted with ‘glanders’ or any infectious or contagious disease, or knowing it to be afflicted Mth the ‘heaves’ or to be ‘broken winded’ or a ‘cribber,’ and shall conceal the existence of such diseases from the person to whom he is offering the animal, shall be fined not more than SSOO, to which may be added imprisonment in the jail or workhouse not longer than six months.” In a nutshell the law prohibits the employment of any trick, artifice, drug or any device to conceal the existence of any disease or defect. o. THAT TIME HAS ENDED Says an Official, High in Authority, and World Will See a Pretty Fight. Washington, April 4. —“From now on it will be a fight in the open between the president and his enemies, the time for beating around the bush having ended, and all the world will watch the prettiest scrap pulled off for many years,’ was the comment of a high administration official who stands close to the president. Continuing, he said: “The president has cordially awaited an opportunity to place Harriman on the list of his enemies. In the future when he wants to say he don’t like demagogues, he will say he don’t like demagogues like Harriman.- He feels that the enmity of such a man as Harriman is to be courted. Roosevelt believes that Foraker of Ohio, is plotting to start a movement against him. He regards Foraker as an exponent of the antiRoosevelt movement and all the people of the White House are keeping a close tab on the Ohio senator.” Washington, April 4. —This statement was given out with authority at the White House this afternoon: “The men who are engineering the scheme to dow nthe president have a fund of five million dollars already subscribed o effect this purpose. The trail of the conspirators goes right across the continent. The stop at nothing and will buy newpapers, legislatures or votes, if necessary. Hearst, Harriman and Rockefeller are the leaders of the scheme.”

CRIMINAL CASEB ARE DISMISSED On Motion by Proecutor—The Mathias Shaffer Property Was Ordered Sold. Benjamin F. Burkett, indicted for trespass, was discharged on motion by Prosecutor Heller. Robert Young, true name unknown, indicted by the November grand jury, for allowing minors to play pool, and who has since left the city, was discharged on motion by the prosecuting attorney. Similar motions were made in the cases of the state vs. Charles D. Murray and Henry Ostermeyer, allowing persons in their saloons on Sunday and they were discharged, the evidence against them being insufficient. Peterson & Moran as attorneys for Lafayette Ellis, who was fined S3O and costs for selling liquor to minors, have asked an appeal to the appellate court. The controversy in the settlement of the Mathias Shaffer estate, E. X. Ehinger, administrator, was heard this morning and the court ordered the administrator to sell the property, at private sale for not less than appraised value, after four weeks’ notice has been given by publication and posting of notices, property to be sold free of liens. i % James C. Harmon, administrator of the Sarah Jane Harmon estate, ordered a deed wh|ph was approved. Inventory number two was filed by O. L. Vance, guardian for Otis J. Riley. A current report was also filed. R. D. Patterson, guardian for Roy Patterson, filed his current report, which was approved. Levi Sprunger, guardian for Lydia Zurcher and six other, filed his final report as to Anna and was discharged as to her. ■— — n • ONE BLACKMAN RETURNS Another is Adjusting Himself For a Trip to Europe. Dr. W. W. Backman, who has been at DeLand, Florida, for the past four months, arrived home yesterday evening and will resume his practice in this and surrounding cities.. The doctor is looking as fit as can be and has a color of which any traveler might be proud. During a part of his time the doctor engaged in the practice of his profession. Dr. C. J. Blackman stated to a representative of the Banner this morning that he would likely spend the summer in Europe. He expects to attend the Jamestown exposition and will leave from there for an extended sojourn at Baden-Baden and Carlsbad. While on the continent he expects to visit some of the greater schools of learning and will endeavor to profit as much as possible in his professional capacity from his trip across the water. —Bluffton Banner.

TO THE AUTOMOBILE CLUB Makes a Hit With Hia Unique Bill of Fare, Which Was Certainly Original. The third annual dinner of the Peoria Automobile club was held last night at the National hotel. Tables were set for about fifty and they sat down to test the ability of Dick Townsend, who served up for a first course, “Gasoline en .Cups.” It seemed to have desired effect, for soon all tongues were in good working order and friction was avoided by means of the next number on the menu, "Canape de Hard Oil.” To avoid any possibility of having to eat emblamed beef, the motorists decided upon “Mock Turtle, air cooled,” which was followedZby the regular accessories. Then came the “Direct Drive Punch” and the “Run-a-bout” squab, and “Puncture Proof Salad” with a little addition of the “Direct Drive” to help clean up the road for more to come. “Sliding Gear Cream” and Select Type-Cake” proved popular so was followed up with “High Compression Cheese” and “Cof-fee-70 per cent Test” stirred with “Crank Bar” cigars when everyone pushed back chairs to listen to the following talks, announced by Toast Master Murry M. Baker: "The Dealer,” S. K. Hatfield; “Legal Rights of the Automobilist,” C. V. Miles; “Men, Horses and Automobiles” Nathan A. Cole; “Organization,” Sidney S. Gorham of Chicago.—Peoria Herald.

RECALLS A FAMOUS MURDER Man Whose Guilt Was Clearly Shown Is Given Liberty on a Technicality. Indianapolis, April 4. —James Gillespie, who was found guilty some time ago of murdering his sister Elizabeth at Rising Sun, and who since that time has been confined in the Indiana State prison, was released from custody by an order of the Supreme court today, without bail and it is ordered that no further prosecution of him shall follow. Gillespie is discharged on the grounds that at a mistrial in Switzerland county he was placed in jeopardy once and that he could not be so placed a second time, whicn was in reality done and which second trial resulted in sending him to the state’s prison for life. His release created a sensation, as the Gillespie murder had aroused the entire state at the time it was committed. Elizabeth was shot down in her own home and suspicion at Rising Sun at once was attached to her brother John with whom she had not been on speaking terms for years. o — TWO GENEVA WEDDINGS The Home of Henry Fogle Witnessed Two Weddings. | ii a ■ ’ \ Last Saturday evening a double wedding occurred at the home of Mr. Henry Fogle, in which two of his children were the contracting parties. Joseph Fogle, his son, was united in marriage with Miss Emma Kranor, a very estimable young lady, daughter of Hiram Kranor, of near Geneva. A daughter Miss Matie Fogle was married to Mr. Gale Hook, a prosperous young farmer from near Willshire, O. Rev. C. G. Nelson performed the ceremony. Only the immediate family were present. Mr. Fogle and his wife will occupy a house on one of his father’s farms where he will follow the occupation. Mr. Hook and wife will make their future home near Willshire, where* Mr .Hook is engaged in farming. The Herald joins their many friends in extending congratulations and well wishes for their future happiness.—Geneva Herald. ,p GIVEN BY CHRISTIAN CHURCH

“Uncle Rube” a Coming - Attraction at the Opera House. * “Uncle Rube” the Christian church benefit show at Bosse’s Opera House, April 12th, is a rural comedy drama, with a chorus of pretty young ladies, with beautiful voices, who will sing all the newest song hits from the latest comic operas. The play Itself is a strong one, yielding scope for effective acting, while the plot is cleverly worked out by a series of well connected situations that keep the audience in a state of constant expectancy. Don’t miss seeing “Uncle Rube” as the admission is only a quarter and the Ladles’ Aid Society earnestly solicits your patronage as they need the money. o~ — WILL BOOST THE PRICE Sunday Examiner Will Sell for Seven Cents. The local news dealers have received notice that the price of the Sunday Chicago Examiner and American have been raised from five to seven cents a copy, beginning next Sunday. The reason given for the raise in price is that labor, paper stock and materials have been advanced and that the paper cannot be sold at a profij for five cents. The Examiner is the first Sunday paper to announce a raise in price and it remains to be seen whether there is an understanding and other Sunday dailies are to fall in lie. When newspapers in America sell above five cents a copy it may be set down that our prosperity is becoming entirely too strenuous. However, in the face of higher prices for nearly every other commodity, it would seem that the publisher is entitled to his place in the procession of higher prices. It is a fact that all materials used in a newspaper office have shown a marked advance in prices the last year. Blank paper 26 per cent, linotype and sterotype metal 35 per cent, type and supplies 25 per cent and labor in all departments have been more or less advanced. The advance in materials has been sufflicent to practically wipe out the profits of many newspapers and in many cases a loss has been created. For several years the tendency has been to reduce the subscription price of newspapers, a tendency due to the rivalry of publishers to increase their circulation, rather than good business judgment. It begins to leok like the era for higher priced publlcatioas of all classes was near at hand.