Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 16 May 1907 — Page 1

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WAS OF WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP The Funeral i> Saturday Morning from » the St. Marys Catholic church in this City. T Mrs. Mary Meyer, one of the best known women in Washington towni ship and probably one of the oldest residents in Adams county, died yesterday at her home two and onehalf miles south west of this city, at .eight o’clock, after an illness of several months’ duration, death resulting from old age and other complications. Mrs. Meyer was eighty-two years of age and was born and reared in Germany, where she received her early education. In 1853, together with her husband, who is now deceased, they started for this couni try, landing near New Orleans, La., I and from there came direct to Adams county where they purchased the place on which she died and continued I to make this their home, making her s a resident of Adams county for fiftyfour years. She was a woman of kindly disposition and was held In high esteem by all who knew her and her many acts of kindness and charity will be sadly missed by those who came in constant •touch with her. She was a member of the St. Marys Catholic church and was a devoted worker and an active member in its behalf and the church has lost a worthy member. The funeral services will be held Saturday morning at nine o’clock standard time, at the St. Marys Catholic church, Father Wilken ofiiciating, and Interment will be made in the St. < Joseph cemetery. She leaves three daughters and three sons to mourn their loss, namely, Mrs. John Tonnellier and Mrs. Anthony Vogelwede of this city and Mrs. Bernard Plock, of Ft. Wayne and Bernard H., Joseph and John S. Meyer of this county. i Her husband, two sons and one daughter having preceded her into the great oeyond. rr O ; ■■ ■' FUNERAL OF MRS. BOLDS * -M,.. ... 'iMany Paid a Tribqte of Respect to this Well Known Ladyv-Other Geneva News. Geneva, Ind., May 15. —The funeral of Grant Weeks, one of Geneva’s sound business men occurred Tuesday. His death was caused from a chronic case of catarrh, which enveloped the lungs and caused death. While he I has not been well for a long time, yet j his last illness was short, there seems ingly being nothing that could be done [A to afford relief. The wife was formerly ly Miss Matte Harper, who with two I children, mourn the death of a good ■ husband and a highly respected citir — I < The'funeral of Mrs. Alexander Bolds ■>] was held today from the family home V in Hartford township. The many rel- || atives and friends paid their last ■ tribute to the deceased, who for so I many years had administered charity I and benevolence to a vast rfumber I near her home. She was known as I Grandmother Bolds far and near, and I will be sadly missed by everyone. lEsq. I. N. Veley and Eugene Barnes I were Decatur business visitors today. I The former made his report as townI ship assessor to county assessor Gentis. o - WABASH COLLEGE ADVANCES. I Adopted Special Course for Training I High School Teachers. I Wabash College has taken another I advance step in the development of I education in Indiana. Acting on the I theory hat there should be a special | ind peculiar training for high school I teachers different from that of the I grade teachers, Wabash proposes to I- do this training. In addition to the || broad foundations laid for sueh work |'+'by the regular courses, there is anI nounced in the new catalogues, just L issued, a special course in the science ■ of education, in -which the theory and | of high school pedagogy will | be given a prominent place. HereII after students of Wabash who desire E to take up the profession of teaching K will have an advantage, and when j| they graudate they will be ready to K give any high school the maximum | service at the beginning without any * time wasted in learning the methods. P required in this particular branch of I education.

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SIX PROVISIONALLY ACCEPTED It is Expected that a Jury will Soon be Had —Many Witnesses Refuse to Attend Trial. Boise, Idaho, May 15. —Six of thepresent panel of jurors in the trial of William D. Haywood have been provisionally accepted by both sides. This statement was made today on the convening of court Four more were examined today, making ten that have passed the scrutinizing eye of both prosecution and defense. It is declared that fifty per cent of the witnesses invited from Colorado to tell their stories to the jury, have declined to come.’ Nothing sensational occurred today. Boise, Idaho, May 15.—What promised to prove a sensation developed in the Haywood trial yesterday when a talesman under examination admitted that the deputy sheriff who served the subpoena on him had stayed for dinner and talked over the case. The juror was Allen Pride, a young farmer, and under a fire of questions from Attorney Darrow he said that Deputy Sheriff Roberts had discussed the case before serving the subpoena; Roberts formerly was a guard at the penitentiary, and-the conversation related to Harry Orchard, the star witness for the prosecution. What was said the juror was not permitted to state, although he said: “It did not amount to much.” The incident was the first to cause any Interest in the trial, as every one expected the deputy would be punished for contempt. At the close of the session today Attorney Darrow said he did not think he would press the matter further, as in al) probability the conversation had little bearing on the trial. The juror was temporarily accepted pending a further investigation of the deputy’s conduct. o • TO DRAIN KANKAKEE MARSH. Agricultural Department to Take up Reclamation Scheme. The department of agriculture has made public the details of an extensive scheme for the reclamation of the lower Kankankee marshes. It is proposed to reduce the length of the river from seventy-two to forty miles. This will be accomplished by the elimination of eighty-four bends. The carrying capacity of the stream is thus expected to be increased to such an extent that perfect drainage will be supplied,. as welt as protection against floods. The plan provides for the creation of 217 miles of new channel. The grade will be one foot per mile for the upper thirty miles and six inches per mile for the rest of the distance. The excavation of the channel will require the moving of nearly 10,000,000 cubic yards of earth and will cost, including all expenses of Supervision, right of way, bridges, etc;, approximately $1,000,000. • O' ■' - COMPOSING MUSIC AGAIN. True R. Fristoe Demonstrating His Ability as a Music Writer. True R. Fristoe, the local musician, who has gained some fame in the past several years by his musical ability, is again engaged in the music writing business, and has composed two new pieces of music which will be rendered in a home talent show to be given by the Columbian club at the Bosse Opera House in the near future. The air and words are catchy and True has certainly shown his ability in writing these two pieces. All former music written by True has been taken up by publishing concerns and used by them and his two latest selections will no doubt find a ready market. ; — o THEY SHOULD SEND FOR TEDDY Trying to Kill the Eagles Around Spokane. Spokane, Wash., May 15. —Loiiis Kegley, sjn of C. B. Kegley, master of the Washington Grange, killed a number of eagles on his farm near Pullman, south of Spokane, a few days ago, presenting them to the museum at the Washington State college. One of the birds was killed while carrying off a young pig from the Kegley ranch. The farmers are arranging to kill all the eagles in the district, bpt the task is considered to be a difficult one, as they are wild and hard to approach. »

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, May 16. 1907.

A HAPPY WEDDING PARTY Wedding Dinner and a Gay Time at the Future Home of the Bride and Groom. Yesterday at eight o’clock at the St. Marys Catholic church occurred the wedding of Miss Clara Kortenbrer to Charles Rumschlag and the spacious church was taxed to its capacity by the friends of the contracting parties. Father Wilken officiated and the services were most impressive, the ring service being used, which is appropriate in this church. The bride looked pretty indeed in a flowing gown of cream mohair and carried a large bouquet of roses, while the bridesmaid, Miss Ella Rumschlag, a sister of the groom, was gowned in white silk and carried a large bouquet of carnations. The groom was dressed in the conventional black as was his best man, William Kortenbrer, a brother of the bride. Immediately following the ceremony the bridal party repaired to their future home on the Colchln farm south of the city apd there a sumptuous wedding dinner was served to the immediate friends and relatives of the happy young couple. This evening a big barn dance will be held in honor of the bride and groom and a fine time is expected. —o BOTH LIVE IN UNION TOWNSHIP Great Preparatons Being Made for the Event —Married at Nine O'Clock by Rev. Franke. This morning at nine o’clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Schroeder, who reside nine miles north of this city, will occur the wedding of their beautiful and accomplished daughter, Miss Mary Schroeder to William Kruckenberger, of Union township. The ceremony is to be performed by Rev. Franke, and a large number of guests have been invited to attend. Miss Schroeder ‘is a popular young lady in the community in which she lives and has a host of friends, while the groom, who is an Adams county product, is held in high esteem by all who know him, he being a hustling young farmer and his friends are innumerable. Big preparations are bein gmade for this event, and it promises to be one of the most notable social events held in that sections are being made for this event, ber of Decatur people have received invitations to attend and many are preparing to accept the same. The young couple will make their future home on a farm in Union township. The Democrat extends congratulations. — ■ o A FORMER DECATUR LADY Married a Popular Colorado Business Man—Well Known in this City. Emery E. Clark and his bride arrived in Yampa Wednesday from Craig, where they were married last Sunday, April 28, the ceremony being performed at the Congregational parsonage by Rev. Giles A. Ellis. They will make their home at the Clark ranch on Egeria creek, west of Toponas, where Mr. Clark will b§ in charge this season. The bride was Miss Grace E Suttles, whose home was in Pennsylvania, but who has been teaching school in Colorado for several years. She closed a very successful term of the Maybell school last Friday. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Clark and is one Routt county’s best known and most popular young men, having lived here since early boyhood. He has until recently been with the Yampa Live Stock and Land company. A host of friends unite with the Leader in wishing Mr. and Mrs. dlark a happy and prosperous voyage upon life’s ocean.—Craig Leader. The bride is a sister of Arthur Suttles, and lived in this city a few years ago. She was a bright and handsome young lady and her many Decatur friends will be glad to congratulate and wish her a happy wedded life. o Miss Anna Metz, of Martinsville, arrived in the city today to spend a few days with friends and relatives.

WINED AND DINED BY GOODRICH The State Chairman Lining up the State for Fairbanks by Congressional Districts. The Fairbanks boom was formally launched in the Twelfth district last evening, at a meeting held in the Anthony Wayne club, following a dinner at which the editors of the Republican district papers were the guests of the state chairman, James Goodrich, and district chairman Bicknell. The dinner was served in the ladies’ dining room and after the cloth was cleared away Mr. Goodrich laid before the assembled journalists a plan of campaign and gave a bill of instructions which they are all pledged to follow. Mr. 'Goodrich’s instructions were of a definite and emphatic kind that left no room for any one to doubt, and it was nearly midnight before he finished. On the surface it was the most nohpolitlcal gathering on record. District chairman Bicknell gave out the formal announcement that it was simply a good fellowship party, and so far as outward appearances went the gentlemen who wield the mighty pen and mould republican opinion in the Twelfth district were simply there to poke each other in the ribs and tell good stories after discussing one of the Wayne club’s facoum menus. Editor “Buck” Williamson, of the Columbia City Commercial Mail, smiled blandly at the innocence of the rank outsider who ventured to ask whether the Fairbanks boom had been under discussion, and Ray, Willis, of the Angola Magnet asserted vocifer-, ously that the chief topic of discussion was whether James Lake or Shriner lake would furnish the best sport for Mr. Goodrtch’s ' summer fishing trip. o— A LINE ON SOME FAST ONES Players Will Begin to Report by Next Monday—A Strong Aggregation for this Season. ,Manager Behringer arrived Tuesday from his home at Celina, Ohio, and will at once open up his headquarters and proceed to get down to business and get his team together for the coming season. Mr. Behringer has a string on a number of live players and fully expects to have the champions of northern Indiana located in Decatur in the very near future. It is his intention to secure a bunch of hitters and general all around ball players and in the men he has signed he is fully confident that he has filled every requirement. The new men will commence to report on next Monday and the work out games will commence in earnest and the men bp coached to play together and secure the one essential point in base ball, namely, team work. Mr. Behringer is a cool and conservative player himself and will instill confidence in his men and the local fans will be treated to the best of scrappy and aggressive base ball. The men who will report here next week are as follows: Burns, outfielder, from Greenville, Ohio; Linderbeck, outfielder, from Indianapolis; Art Daniels, catcher, from Detroit, Mich.; Winger, catcher, from Cincinnati, Ohio; Cook, third baseman, from Vicksburg, Miss.; Laßue, third baseman from the Wisconsin league; Knoessel, first base, from Virginia league; Welden, pitcher, from Cincinnati; Geyer, pitcher, from Columbus, Ohio, and manager Behringer expects to play short stop. In connection with these men he has a line on several pitchers, a catcher and another fast infielder, but he refuses to name the men as he has not as yet come to terms with them. The season of 1907 should be the most prosperous one this city has ever experienced in base ball and can be made so if every loyal fan puts his shoulder to the wheel and boosts the game in every possible way. o— TAKE A LAST LOOK. Frank Cotton will go to Bluffton and take one long, lingering look at the old town and from there will wend his way to Portland, where he will occupy the prominent place of defendent in a circuit court case in which he is charged with perjury. He is accused of giving false testimony to the grand jury.

EIGHTY-SIX PER CENT PAID An Inventory of Personal Property Filed—Marriage Licenses and Other News. The final report of James P. Haefling as receiver for Loch, Dirkson & Co., has presented his final report to the court, the same being in all things approved. The business method put into force by receiver Haefiing is r matter of favorable comment by friends. The business involved V sponsibillty upon him of over ❖' / thousand dollars, and he has k led it so that eighty-six per cent has*been and will be paid to those interested. The first payment was fifty per cent, the next on twenty-five per cent, and his final report allows eleven per cent to creditors. This could only be done by hard work and business methods. And in this Mr. Haefiing has well demonstrated his fitness for a place of responsibility and trust. An inventory of personal property of the estate of Peter Llninger, deceased. The same has been filed with the clerk of Adams circuit court. Amos Hlrschey is administrator. Marriage licenses have been issued to Charles C. Rumschlag and Clara Anna Kortenbrer, Jacob W. Duff and Rosa Buckley. ■ o COTTON NEXT TO BE TRIED. Brfth Wilson and Cotton Were Indicted by Same Grand Jury. Wilson was Indicted by a recent grand jury along with Frank Cotton, on a charge of perjury. At the time he was called as a witness, ah alleged blind pig was in operation in the city and Wilson was supposed to know, along with Cotton, many of the facts connected with the case. However, both pretended before the grand to know nothing. Later evidence showed that they might not be telling the truth and both were Indicted on the perjury charge. WHsoh finally asked a change of venue and his case was sent to Adams county, while Cotton’s case was sent to Jay county. Before the time for a hearing Wilson had trouble with his bondsman, who surrendered him to the officers and he was in jail for the past week. According to the word from Decatur, Wilson will not be brought back here before being taken to prison, but will be taken to Michigan City by Sheriff Myers, of Adams county. Those who went over on the early train will return this evening, they failing to catch the train due here at noon. The case against Cotton has not been set for trial but will come up at a later date, in the courts of Jay county.—Bluffton Banne. o BOARD OF REVIEW 18 NEXT

>.s 1' ', ! d '■ Treasurer Busy on May Settlements —Another Monroe Township Macadam Petition. ’ The auditor’s office was crowded with the township* assessors, who are making their reports and returns of assessment sheets to county assessor Gentis. The assessment sheets will be sent immediately to the bindery to be bound by townships into books, for use by the county board of review. The latter board b’bgin their work on the first Monday in June, and from the returns made by the township assessors the equalization of taxes will be made. The county board of review will be in session thirty days. Treasurer Lachot and office force are diligently working on their settlements, which they will have ready to make by June 1. At that time they will be ready to settle the May tax collection. Another macadam road petition for Monroe township will be presented to the commissioners at their May session. It will not likely be advanced on the commissioners’ docket, as one or two petitions were continued at the last term of their court. o Mrs. C. Imminger, of Sjencerville, 0., passed through the city today enroute to Richmond where she will ’ visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John i Slogue, for several weeks. 1

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LAWTON A BRAVE SOLDIER Army Officers Mad at Senator Beveridge—Republicans Figuring to Barr Oklahoma from the Union. Washing' ’ay 15.—The report of the Ph*’ a? ommission for the last ■A year . arrived here toward the p cjy' -ne recent session of congress, not receive any consideration m that body, has just been pubished. Owing to the indifference of the American people to t£e country’s insular possessions there is no demand to speak of for the report. It is safe to say that not one member of congress in fifty will read it through, and yet it contains suggestions and recommendations of vital importance to the Filipinos. What the commission has to say about the Dingley tariff as it affects the islands is of particular in: terest at this time in view of the fact that another campaign designed to create sentiment in favor of tariff legislation by the congress of the United States that will reduce the duty on Philippine products is soon to be started in this country. Washington, May 15. —Army officers who served on the staff of Gen. Henry W. Lawton in the Philippines exceptions to ?ome statements in senator Beveridge’s interview of last Saturday on General Lawton’s coolness in time of peril. It may be that the senior senator from Indiana will be asked to name the officer of General Lawton’s staff who, according to the interview, lost his nerve in time of battle. In the interview the senator said: “It was on this gallop that I saw and heard a man lose his nerve He was one of Lawton’s staff. ‘My God,’ said this paan. ‘we’ll all be shot We’re surely ambushed.’ As his fright went on his teeth chattered until, scared as I was myself, I felt sorry for him.” Washington, May 15. —How to keep Oklahoma out of the Union uiftil after the next presidential election was the problem under discussion today by a gathering at. prominent Republican politicains. The immediate program is to prevent, if possible, the ratification of the constitution of the new state by the people of the territory, in August. If this plan shall fall an effort will be made to persuade the president to refuse to promulgate the constitution after its ratification by the people. o LEFT WITHOUT ANY FAREWELL The Local Management Does not Need Him this Year to Play Fast Ball. * X From all appearances it seems that Bluffton, Decatur and the Ft. Wayne Shamrocks, who have all been claiming the service of Tom Railing for this season, are doomed to disappointment for mysterious Tom on Monday morning early quietly folded his bat and uniform and stole away to Te. cumseh, Mich., where he will play in the Michigan state league this season. Tom left without telling his destination to but just a few of his intimate friends and then swore them to secrecy. From all appearances it looks to us as though Tom was a' most ungrateful fellow to his home people, for had he even intimated that he could go elsewhere, the local management would undoubtedly have met his demands and he could have played here. But it seems the more you do for a man the more ungrateful he becomes, and Tom is a fair, example of this old proverb. The local management, however, will be able to get along this season without Railing, and promise the fans a pair of pitchers that are his equal in every respect What promises Tom made the Bluffton and Ft. Wayne managers we are unable to state, still we do know that they were all claiming his service. We wish Tom much success* this season, and hope he will be able to deliver the goods in this Michigan league. o CAME NEAR BEING A PANIC. New York, May 15. —As the result of a short circuit, flames broke out in the subway today and a panic followed. The guards refused to open the doors for fear a jam might result in many deaths. The train crew quenched the flames.

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