Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 9 May 1907 — Page 3

|*. D in jail here C °W ptu re a Stranger Near H sieved to be One of ■4 Tocsin Burglars. y 3 °' IM-vers received a tele P hone Robert Case at Magley stating that a A stranger had been there for several days. 1 S! an^Kj an had also been seen at • Curryville, where he ' 'je^B S(1IIle s!l >ek which he failed The sheriff at once got and found the man in a south of Magley, arrest>o brol ight him to jail. He as John Irvin and said wjiiis. Massachusetts, a quantity of cigars, a 51 stamps and a roll ' pennies were found. He | ;e the man who robbed Thursday night as found on him were iden- - stolen at that time. Ejiaien-d before Mayor Coffee Kjt, () f vagrancy, and plead not believed he will be held afc that charge, thus giving an opportunity to secure "* Ee igainst him on the burglary ts! is fifty-four years old and HK are just a little queer at prosecution on the felony *|uid uCCur in Wells county. ON SERIOUS CHARGE ' Man and Daughter Both I I Believed Guilty. Ind., May s.—Acting ■the ' * commendation of Coroner tn. ? D. Mosher was arrested ! for murder. His daughMosher, will also be ar- ■ ■ soon as her condition will It.Whe girl, who is divorced husband, gave birth to a iw week and the body of the ■Mr found in a shallow grave L Semises. The coroner ex edit land found its skull fractur■jiverdict is that the child was and died by violence and ■■Bnmided the arrest of both |erld his daughter, the mother The family lives in WarIKhip. The details of the case ■revolting.

FOR MANY MONTHS of Mrs. John Cowan, of ad this County. nwi ■e Wilshire Herald said: For a , c months Mrs. John C. Jaißd lain at her home two miles I of Willshire on the Clover Leaf of a sarcoma-like the neck. During the past hopes were entertained ■Mai scientists being able to and dispel the malignant ■gWi J thus prolong a useful and But an Omnipotent 5: otherwise, and about of Monday the Messenger extended his gaunt arm, and tail Bher soul, beloved of husband, revlenwßpons daughters, and esB»«®f a large acquaintance passed ■t «KSrt'i’.y. Bmy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mary Dailey, was born near ill lltaeJjAdarns county, Ind., March [heißSSlAnd at the time of death was M Swears, one month and 20 days John C. Cowan, and to it tWn were born seven children — and three daughters—all of Hther wit h four brot^ers an( i survive. in early life had been teacher of the public Adams county, consequently acquaintance mourns ‘ grief-stricken family in the sad affliction. One son, is teacher of the indepartment of the Willfife mblic schools, and two daughh 3 'Helen and Mary, are tuition M'w Consequently their grief is a measure by their fellowWJw and fellow-pupils, and their found expression in a proifr®H>f beautiful flowers which fer «Bev> n about the hier the de•rted p'ife and mother. T|e funer- “ Mrtices were held Wednesday at the home, Rev. J. A. HoffDan ' of Willshire, officiating. InterMB Mt. Tabor. „ -o was chosen as the meeting year for the Northern Incongress of the Tribe winning over both Fort v ay W and Marion after a spirited in the convention at Kokomo. officers elected were: C. Eiler, of Jonesboro; A. Stockwell, of South Bend; Arma Smith, of Elkhart; Hunt, Kokomo; KeepW ribute - A - L - Miller, of South en WCaptain. Bertha Jones, of Ma- ‘ Earl Gangloof, Logansof Inner Guard, Marof Garrett; Keeper of Lillie Stevensof Tipton; Belle Roos, of Avilla.

MENU-ATE CLUB AT DINNER Many Dinners and Society Events— Maccabees Will Not Meet Tonight—Other News. By Perle Burdg. Sunday mosning Mr. Bergmas the pastor of the Baptist church, commenced his series of sermons on Christian love, which are based on the thirteenth chapter of I. Corinthians. Mr. Bergman showed his ability in handling such a great subject and these sermons will continue for some time, and there is no doubt that each one will be filled with more beautiful and nobler thoughts than the previous one. The congregation was large and appreciative one. During yesterday afternoon Mr. E. E. Bergman organized a Baptist Boys’ Brigade, which is carried on a military style and their aim is to promote a high standard of Christian boyhood, which will prove successful if they are to continue as planned. The Gleaners—“ What hgst thou gleaned today?’’ is the motto of seventeen young girls who have organized a club for the object of a happy Christian life, a help to the Sabbath school and to all with whom they may come in contact. This club is the young girls’ class of the Presbyterian church, and Mrs. James Fristoe as teacher, has done everything in her power for the benefit of her pupils, and each girl has proven that they have appreciated Mrs. Fristoe’s great efforts. The club colors are very pretty; they are old rose and pea green. This club met for the first time since organization, at the home of Miss Lulu Atz, on north Second street, Saturday afternoon from 2 to 4 o’clock. The president of the club, who is the hostess of each meeting, had prepared a short program consisting of the following: Vocal solo, “Little Gray Eyes,” by Miss Ruth Patterson; piano duet, by the Misses Noami Dugan and Francis Cole; instrumental duet, by the Misses Lulu Atz and Stella Perkins, and then the business period. Immediately following this the hostess assisted by Miss Kate Bremercamp, served a “Dutch lunch.” The club reported that in the near future they will give an entertainment for the benefit of the Presbyterian Sunday school. The members are: Misses Lulu Atz, Francis Cole, Noami Dugan, Irita Erwin, Goldia Biggs, Maggie Frank, Edith Long, Francis Lamar, Ruth Miller, Francis Miller, Stella Perkins, Ruth Patterson, Lucy Mclntosh, Kate Bremercamp, Ruth Hammell, Nora David, Edith Green. The next meeting will be held on the 18th at the home of Miss Kate Bremercamp. — -o PERSON OF UNSOUND MIND Jacob Drake Appointed Administrator for Taylor Estate —Marriage License Issued. Jacob R. Graber has filed a suit in circuit court asking for the appointment of a guardian for Joseph Snyder, a person of unsound mind, who has personal property and real estate valued at S3OO. Merryman & Sutton are the attorneys. Abraham D. Galentine vs. W. S. Hughes, suit on contract, demand $500; answer to interrogatories by defendant filed. Jacob Drake was granted letters as administrator of the estate of Simon Taylor and filed bond for SI,BOO, signed by John E. Taylor, which was duly approved by the court. Peter N. Moser, guardian for Henry Snyder and three other filfed an inventory which was approved. A marriage license was Issued to L. C. Reiff, aged forty-two, of Bluffton, and Mary Lehman, aged thirtyfour, of Berne. Each has been married once before. The bride is a school teacher and the groom a carpenter. — oDEATH RELIEVED SUFFERINGS Mrs. John Needs Died Last Evening After Long Illness. Mrs. Lucinda L. Need, wife of John Need, died at the home on Third street, at 6 o’clock Wednesday evening, after many months’ suffering from cancer of the bowels. She was sixty years old and leaves a husband and family to mourn. The funeral services will be held at Monroeville, near where they formerly lived, Saturday morning, the funeral party to leave here at seven o’clock a. m. Interment will be made at the I. O. O. F. cemetery at Monroeville. Friends may call at the home tomorrow from nine to eleven in the morning and from one to five in the afternoon.

BY THE STATE TAX BOARD Veridct that a Company that Can Pay Absent President a Big Salary Shouldn’t Ask Tax Reduction. The fact that Theodore P. Shonts drew a big salary as president of the Clover Leaf railroad at the same time he was accepting government money for supervising the construction of the Panama Canal militated against the chances of the railroad's securing a reduction of its assessment when W’. D. Tucker, the auditor, appeared before the state board of tax commissioners. The members of the board indulged in some very pertinent questions with W. D. Tucker, Tax Agent for the Clover Leaf system, who asks for a reduction in its assessment. Before he finished his argument John McCardle, a new member of the board, asked for information as to the amount of President Shout's salary. Tucker refused to answer. McCardle then declared that it was very inconsistent for the Clover Leaf to ask for a reduction in its taxes when it was paying Shonts a large salary during the time he was chairman of the Panama Canal Commission. Parks M. Martin, Democratic member of the board, cross-examined Tucker vry closely, as to the reasons for the statements that the railroads are suffering because of adverse legislation, both state and national. He finally asked him if the railroads had not contributed to the success of the state and national administrations which have enacted the legislation in question, and Tucker admitted that they had. Tucker blamed the two-cent-fare law in Ohio and the competition with traction companies for a large share of the loss of receipts by his company. The opinion seemed to prevail among the members of the board that a road rich enough to pay an absentee president a big salary should be able to pay its taxes. o ■ AT THE ST. MARYS CHURCH Seventeen Boys and Fifteen Girls Took Part in the Services at High Mass. Sunday was communion day at the St. Marys Catholic church and thirtytwo children, appropriately dressed, took their first communion at high mass. Those included in the class included seventeen boys and fifteen girls as follows: Joseph Hess, Norbert Schneider, Lawrence Bosse, Arthur Kleinhenz, Herbert Fullenkamp, Florian Starost, Walter Corbett, Francis Schmitt, Eugene Kintz, Vincent Coffee, Anthony Herrmann, Felix Holthouse, Joseph Haimann, Lawrence Omlor, Herman Ehinger, Herman Geimer and Clemens Kortenbrer; and Misses Anna Meyer, Carrie Gallogly, Agnes Nesswald, Agnes Weber, Agnes Rumschlag, Bertha Keller, Marie Gass, Margaret Gerard, Minnie Bogner, Mary Metzger, Agnes Miller, Mary Harting, Leona Tonellier, Agnes Ulman, Anna Kohne. o TOUGH BUT NOT DANGEROUS. This is Statement of Kokomo Police Concerning Herd. Superintendent of Police Jackson received word by telephone that William Hurd of this city was under arrest at Bluffton as one of the three masked men who entered the Clover Leaf railroad station at Decatur Thursday night and at the point of a revolver held up Israel B. Stoneburner, aged seventeen, the night agent at Decatur, and robbed him of $25.25 of the company's money and $5 of his personal funds,. Superintendent Jack- | son was asked as to Hurd’s record. I Hurd gave the police some little trouble when he lived here, though he was never charged with felony. He has not been in the city, the superintendent says, for more than a year, so far as the police know. He hai no regular occupation, but was employed at odd jobs about the town. He was regarded as “tough” but not dangerous by the police.—Kokomo Dispatch. ————— FORMER DECATUR CITIZEN DEAD Mr. Streit Died at Montpelier—Remains to be Brought Here. Mr. Streit, a former resident of this city, but who for the past few years has made his home in Montpelier, died Monday night at 5 o’clock at his home after an illness of two weeks, death being due to old age and other complications. Mr. Streit will be well rememberei by the citizens here as being the gentleman who conducted a notion store where the Racket store is now located, and who, after being in business here for several years, moved to Willshire, where he engaged In the same business, moving from Willshire to Montpelier, Sgiere his demise occurred.

WABASH TOWNSHIP LOST FORTY Gains Made in Geneva and Decatur and Three Townships—Several Large Families. The school enumeration for the entire county for the year 1907 was filed with county superintendent Oplinger and shows a loss over last year of 118. A strange fact is that all surrounding counties as well as Adams, have lost in the number of school children, though in each the population has increased, showing some grounds for Roosevelt’s cry of race suicide. The exact figures for this and last year's enumeration follows: Township. 1906. 1907. Blue Creek 392 386 French 419 401 Hartford 453 448 Jefferson 421 436 Kirkland 363 330 Monroe 845 827 Preble 400 397 Root 393 382 St. Marys 388 394 Union 393' 403 Washington 496 474 The school enumeration for the enWabash 658 618 Berne 373 356 Geneva 343 356 Decatur 1,308 1,318 Total 7,644 7,526 Net loss, 118. From the above table it can be noticed that the loss was general, occurring everywhere excepting Jefferson, St. Marys, Union, Geneva and Decatur. Wabash had the largest loss, forty, while Kirkland was second with thirty-three. The reports, however, show a number of large families in the county. Emil Egley and Daniel D. Moser, of French, each have ten children between the ages of five and twenty; Abe Neuenschwander, Joshua Sprunger, C. C. Beer, Henry Hirschey, of Monroe, and Fred Yoss, of Wabash, each have nine, while those having eight are quite numerous. TO MARRY THURSDAY EVENING Announcement of Grandstaff-Scheifer-stein Nuptials. At the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Grandstaff, at Monmouth, this Thursday evening, at four o’clock, will occur the marriage of their daughter, Miss Dora C., to Mr. George Scheiferstein, a well known young man of Root township. Rev. Roelmier, of Concord church, will perform the ceremony. Only the immediate relatives having been invited. A wedding dinner will be served at six o'clock. The happy young couple will reside in this city, where the groom expects to follow his avocation, that of painter. The bride is a clever and accomplished young lady, having taught music for a number of years, and having also served as teacher of the Monmouth schools for several terms past. o - AUTO BUMPED INTO A FREIGHT Dr. Wilcox's Car was Demolished Yesterday. A dispatch sent out from Lagrange yesterday told of the wreck of an auto car belonging to Dr. Wilcox of the M. E. church of this city as follows: Lagrange, Ind., May 5. —Some time ago Dr. Wilcox, of Decatur, sent his automobile up to the Lagrange machine works to be overhauled. Today Carl Garmire took it out for a try and had with him Clyde Reyher. Running down east Spring street this afternoon the machine wouldn’t stop and as a result It smashed into G. R. & I. freight train No. 80 north bound. GarKljne stayed with his machine and was pitched to one side with bruises, but the a uto is beyond the repair state. The hept right on about its business. — - The wool market seem. n ßly has just opened in this city and it. 3 now 110 uncommon sight to see wat' n load after wagon load of this commc dlt y being brought to our city by farmer?The wool is of an extra fine quality this season and as the price is at a nice figure the farmer who raised sheep has no kick coming. Several nice loads of wool were sold in our city this morning, the wool averaging eight pounds to the fleece. The Huntington Democrat says that immediately after the Markle fire the town was invaded by financial ghouls, who sought to make a profit on the insurance on the destroyed buildings. Their plan was to make an adjustment with the loser paying him much below the actual loss, have him sign to a transfer of the claim and then settle with the insurance company at a higher figure. When the real adjuster came the property owner had signed away his rights and the scalper had pocketed the profit.

BULLET HAS BEEN LOCATED. Fleeing Burglar Not Shot as Stated at First. By a discovery made this morning by Mrs. John Ashbaucher, of West Washington street, it has been proven that the burglar that robbed the depots at Decatur Thursday night and later made his escape from the officers here, was not hit by the bullet fired at him by Deputy Sheriff Pierce unless the ball passed through the body of the fleeing criminal. The Ashbaucher home is directly across tlse street from the Clover Leaf station, around the north corner of which the man was running when Pierce took a shot at him. As persons who witnessed the escape imagined the fellow limped slightly it was supposed that the bullet had taken effect. In washing the glass in the front door of her home this morning, Mrs. Ashbaucher found a small hole, as large around as a twenty-five cent piece in the corner of the glass and was at a loss to account for its presence. Further examination showed similar rents in the double set of curtains at the window, a hole completely through a door separating the dining room from their bed chamber, and a battered spot in the plastering of the wall of the latter room. Later she found in the middle of the floor a battered piece of lead, undoubtedly a bullet, and remembering the shot fired Thursday night the mystery was explained. The course taken by the bullet was directly over the spot the burglar was when Pierce fired and must have passed very close to the man. —Bluffton Banner. OBITUARY. Abraham Welty was born on Crooked Run, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, November 8, 1836. Departed this life April 27, 1907. In Union township, Adams county, Indiana, aged 70 years, 6 months and 19 days. In 1854 he, with his parents, came to the wilds of Indiana, to the community where he spent his life, enduring the hardships and privations incident to the pioneer’s life. In 1858 he was united in marriage to Esther A. Lower, with whom he lived happily for nearly 50 years. To this union were born two children, W. S. Welty and Mrs. Elizabeth Bittner. In early life he was converted and joined the U. B. church, since which time he has lived a faithful and conscientious Christian. Os a reserved disposition, he was a man of sterling integrity, and held in high esteem by all who knew him. He leaves a wife, sister, son and daughter, and nine grandchildren to mourn his departure, death having resulted from stroke of paralysis. The funeral services were held at the Pleasant Groce church, conductthe Pleasant Grove church, conducted by Rev. F. H. Breman, of Huntant Valley cemetery. o EIGHT HUNDRED PAGES W. B. Burford, the State Printer, has the Greatest Printing Concern in the West. Mr. W. B. Burford, state printer, has gone ahead of all previous records in the rapidity with which he has published the laws enacted by the late General Assembly. The legislature closed on the 11th of March and on the 27th he made the first delivery to the secretary of state of the laws complete .making a printed volume of 800 pages, bound and indexed. Only those who know something about the intricacies of book making, and the many difficult things connected therewith, can form any idea of what this marvelous achievement in this particular line of the printing industry means. Only think of it. Sixteen days after the close of the session the entire laws, making a volume of 800 pages, was printed, bound, and laid on the table of the seertary of state, complete and perfect in all its details. The copies of the laws for Marshall county were received here twenty-three days after the session closed, and in all the counties of the state were received' within thirty flays ri3s>. final adjournment. Every day saved in the early publication of the laws means a saving to the people of tin state in the one item of the reduction of railroad fares of from $5,0U0 to SIO,OOO per day, and the interest on public funds of as much more. Mr. Burford has done a good work and should have due credit for doing it faithfully and well. —Plymouth Tribune. o The horse sale Friday again promises to be a dandy and the managers of this concern have been scouting all over the county for horses and claim to have a string that cannot be excelled any place. With the usual number of foreign buyers that will be present, the success of the same is assured. @

AN ACCIDENT LAST EVENING Piece of Glass Fell on Wrist and Before He Could be Taken to a Physician he Had Lost a Quart of Blood. Fred Mutchler, the butcher, met with an accident about five o’clock Monday night that nearly resulted tn his bleeding to death before he could reach the office of Dr. J. S. Boyers. The accident happened at the packing house where Mr. Mutchler was assisting in doing some work. In some manner which is unexplainable, a piece of glass fell from a board over his head and fell on his right wrist, severing the main artery. The wound was thought to only be slight, at first, and the wound was tied up in rags and still the flow of blood could not be stopped, and kept flowing in a way that alarmed his fellow workmen. The delivery wagon was procured and a race for life was started to Dr. Boyers office. While enroute to the office Mr. Mutchler became faint from the loss of blood and when they got him into the doctor’s office he was quite weak. Fortunately the doctor was present and the wound was quickly sewed up and the flow of blood stopped. From what Dr. Boyers says his patient lost over a quart of blood, and had he been compelled to have driven much farther might have bled to death. The escape of Mr. Mutchler was a close one and he Is indeed thankful that he arrived at the doctors office in time. —oWAS HELD LAST EVENING Mr. Smith, of Chicago the Lecturer — Six Graduates —Number of Decatur People Attend the Exercises. , Berne, Ind., May 4.—Last evening at the Mennonite church occurred the closing event of the Berne high school commencement. The young people who were interested in this eventful week had the church beautifully decorated with cut flowers and ferns, which filled the entire place with fragrant odor. At seven o'clock Mr. Frank Smith, of Chicago, delivered a fine lecture for the benefit of the six graduates, who were the Misses Emma Bixler, Bessie Sprunger, Nora Gillman and Messrs. George Wittwer, Tilman Soldner and Clayson Smith. Not only the graduates, but the audience stated that from this lecture they received good advice and noble thoughts which will always remain in their memories and the exercises was one of the most successful ever held in the town of Berne. The church was crowded to its utmost capacity and each number was greeted with great enthusiasm. Immediately following this the members of the alumni proved to be royal entertainers by giving an elaborate banquet at the Cottage Hotel in compliment of the graduates. The guests numbered forty, including a number of visitors from Decatur. SUBMITTED IN FEDERAL COURT. Findings of Commission in Clover Leaf Receivership. The findings of United States special master commissioner Belford in the receivership of the Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City railroad was submitted to Judge Taylor of the United States circuit court. The road was purchased by the Toledo, St. Louis & Western railroad, and is known as the Clover Leaf. The federal court appointed Belford to determine who was to share in the division of the proceeds resulting from the sale of property and franchise. The report makes the finding that the bond coupons and interest theron entitled to participate in the proceeds of the sale of the road, which amounts to $12,200,000. aggregating $12,170,92$ and that the amount due on aC h o f *he bonds is $1,331.46. report places the cost of the legation at $24,287. A supreme COURT DECISION t It Virt- ua ||y p u t 8 t h» “Tax Ferret” Out of Business. -v In the “tax ferret” decision the supreme court says: (1) Under the county reform act of 1899 a board of commissioners can ■ot bind the county by a contract with a “tax ferret” to pay him for his services in discovering and compelling payment of taxes on omitted and sequestered property, unless the money to pay for the same shall have been appropriated by the county council to meet the obligation incurred. (2) A mandamus petition to compel the county auditor to draw his warrant in favor of a “tax ferret" for an agreed proportion of the taxes collected through his agency must allege that the county council has appropriated money for such purpose for the current year.