Decatur Democrat, Decatur, Adams County, 12 March 1908 — Page 1

hung himself : pi Shed at His Home sas Discovered by Son-in-Law m led. March 7.—(Special to Jxanocrat > -One of the most U affair* that baa ever hap a thia city was ’hat ot laßt I ! i Frank Wade, a progressive I w ot this place comby hanging himself in ' .M at hi* home. For more i — 4 - Mr Wade h'<s suffered? attack of lagrippe and | iM,mi lx came more serious i . ( Uwt. night about seven ’ it# kt' his place of business j ~ m. home where he retired I ■ moat Presumably at about j he arose, went to the ( .ajd plac; d a rope over a after tying a noose about h * jumped from a barrel, „m* neck. His son-in-law, r, went to his home h half past v even o’clock and * tor him. finding his body ’■ -i The body g warm, although life was exyt v Studebaker hastily spread in of the shocking affair. No I •-.•r than the fact that his , ’ knesa had discouraged I gfrwced for the Testr act, as j, * prosperous business man. ti, ;.»rs he conducted what is [»» the Etu -esiaurant and <»f -me be has conII tltoilar business on south He wrs a man with i who Join the daughter j has been divorced from fa tor some time, the latter havn- -’ m a and living at Angola. « up man Is well known I HAPPY EVENING ■(Event Includes Also a I • I •> wives.' sweetB • r or lady friend o’ ■" In addition to the • , • ir ; of most d< light fill enter- j • • ■ lodge circles I >! • • federal govern • • ■ * to rich and blooded foreignr •— allowed to enter and I ports without clearing Ip th*- 1 tonnage tax Ph st all other ship- • practice should I ■ indT pay the ordiI to AniericaD ports with' I I of the committee on mer i * d legislation, and * L v ; t ■ '■■ ’ I<|V ■. ' : ■ r % ' *■ M i<! ,■•« hi« ■ n to \ : • ’nHk u K ver ■RF l w J® lift*?* ! I

DIED LAST EVENING Funeral Services Will be ‘Held Monday— Post Mortem Held — William D. Rinehart, know n to no*r ly every resident ,o thu looijtj, M( j * for more than thirty year- a. r«-»i4re- ' of the county, died at 8- t«» o’clock i Friday nigh., a tit nome about torn- • I miles southeast of the city He first ’began ailing shortly after the te'L,, j until about a month ago. h«. ,-wflkred i terrible pain and his Hires,* d w.l j> ;ed into a cancerous condition of the i stomach, with a Hver and kidney com , plication. An operation w.s att. ip* j ed yeterday but was soon found fettle j at»d abandoned. Today a post mor ) tem examination was conducted by five physicians disclosing further rvs deuce of cancer. Mr. R , a native of Fairfield county, Ohio, where he was born April 27. IM>. Re came to Adams county wh«n , 5 <"ing | man and with the exception of ■ year I or two, spent in California, r , n tinned to reside here. He wj< maryears ago to Miss Etta Archbold His ' wife and the following seven children I survive: Charles of this city: Chaun cey, of Arizona; Effie, of Arlrnna; Mrs. Sal Sheets of this county, Mrs Jesse Moore, Kakarusa; Vena and Mary at home. The funeral services were held Monday morning at ten o'clock from the home, Rev. Newcomb of Hoagland M. E. church in barge and interment will be made *u Maple- i — , 1,, IS WELL PLEASED • Smiled as He Hearddths Ver* diet, Saving Him from the Penitentiary Charles gave a smile of re • •» for he has luckily escaped from a very | The arguments were concluded about j ten o'clock Friday night and inatrur % • at fshment at a fine of I? 11 ’! nnd toip’dxon % jneys and Mr. LeMay’s lawyers msdo * ■ 1 ia court here by any ft c ney or s’tortleys for their < **• to the justice of the verdict i.v of course divided as w-mi and was much discussed today. SICK THREE WEEKS • • Was Mother of Fourteen Children—Furteral Services Sunday * e * 0 only six of whom survive her, they b> ’ Mrs. Katie Mhheuer, Muncie; Mr-. E. Marchand. Preble township. Mt ' Simeon Smith. French; Mrs. FT’ - beth Waggoner, wasnmgion i < fS f l S’! ' ’ PF M ' She also leaves a stepaauKui ■ _ s Schank, Huntertown, and John Set ! Preble; also two brothers. Jos< Grim of this city and Isaac Grim ' Berne, and a large nu” -: 1 other relatives. Her Musband seven years ago. The funeral services wore i»W I held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock ’ from the Monroe church. Interment | \-owadays when a man falls in r * h another man’s wife, that's asI with anoiuv* ■>" <n 1 finity, but when another man - » you stand on the cor ®* r k’.:;; daughter, th»f. but when .I ? " o L; nS to be your g*rt. th.t - cut - j •’ -- ♦*<» line. It 1 I nTdaugbW it is, *nd which way you

TO APPELLATE COURT 1 Costs in LcMay Case Less : Than Thirty Dollars—Not a WitneM Claimed Fees Aawpaags v«, Nook MaugnM j«t *1 note |4ot, reie to auwer cmn- ! idafart. Jota B. Wheeler v« Ardn w Helm I benw «» al, pannkit cauae eoatlnI ->*d m rank I— Samrei Ftank va. City of ftecatwr. •ccotKt fl Si for caiar feaea to plead farther. Judgment on demurer, that plalatlff take nothing >m hie remplaUxt appeal granted to appellate coon, bond fixed at HOC. Cora M. Kanwberg vs, Witwer ft l«iddy. account ffM. cum plaint diamiaaed wittout prejudice- * Praak H. Barthel vs. Hl g. Krll»r judgment for defendant re verdict State ■> ■. Chati-a Ix-May. d«*f« idaK I aretreeed. taken in charge by Sheriff |of Wells county. The costs tn th* I cane are rely about thirty dotiars, not j witness claiming fe«-«. I t>e~.igby. aged twenty two, <-f Jay county and Blanch Ralsttan. aged alaeteen. of Hartfo.d township, were granted a marriage House, • A marriage license was Ironed to Samuel Yoder, aged twenty two. of I French township and Ms be! Burkett I ague eighteen, of Mreroe township jOF HEAVY HAULING Other Notes of tastes uled for the Justice of Peace Courts | ; uh i”i fiia* 1 f r J AT • • Followed a Year’s Illness i Paraiysis- • onaire Fielding Mercer the milHonalre * • In Portland Decatur, Bluffton and f in two states, there are lumber - I companies bearing hia name, and. > I w'niie ‘•cue of them were under his H active he was invari- . ably the heaviest stockholder. He ; made his home in Chicago and before being stricken with paralysis a year I plants where!# he was interested. ’ .<v i- Lumber company. *nd had ■ been established for a number of ! years. Mr. Mercer was sot ty-eight years old and had been one of the • most active lumber dealers in the enitire country for a number of years. I His death was due directly to an at- - > MANY DELEGATES FOR ADAIR. ! 1 He is a Favorite, Although Not an Active Candidate for Governor. While Congressman John A. M. Adair is not an active candidate for nor. he is nevertheless the favorite many counties of the state. At o democrats selected delegates to the , state convention and while no can f didate was endorsed the majority of I the delegates are for Mr. Adair In - fact not many of the counties are , instructing |bedfi ♦legates and . this may mean that the active can didates tor the are not the • pick of fee ‘•l’®' j ination may go fe ® tbf ' r vort4l - v msß. —Fortlaod Sun-

WILL BE APPEALED Petitioners Make Effort to Avoid Paying $7,000 ’ Costs , f J edge O. N- lU-ateu la tb» .ftK-’-rfcw 1 «ren fe«ay rated that wrem tW of the tart legb.atare the •lower, of auro couaty have m> »8 ’ Jietire ta ike F m df !e », ; teaa there lx a saecerwful appe*.! to ree <rf the Made coasta the pi~C;hm ; era will be held Hsbie tor th* w* ’ that have accrued lt» revvai or eight years of MUgatire and tha" now! am> tint ’*> between and | The lodge communteMed hi- find in* today to Attorney D h Brooks of Wabash, who retpeaeato trw petß 'Jtrtw-rs g wh<» Jiad ar.noaDc>*| tha ifi gyg ; k■ _ • .a . . w<M»a an as« ? whether h*» will mike the- Bght or sm< | ludg— Hettre rold that he felt that decistoa be mixht niak- tn the ms''.--cod that he thought .he matter bad He cite® In letter to Mr Broohe I WStaß fl and 1* of the la at. legi*UlUre act# aM queMlos* whe*hi»r when | |f»av** the actfcm. On thia point the I Mae wm The lar.ruaee of tuem ta: ’AB | 4ratoa«e law* are herehr repealed be continue under thia act. And pn> Hded fhrtaer that the county commiasieneni shall have no hriadiction over any w«h or drainage where any ' part thfreif or lands to be affected ty.’ tbls language In section IT is ► rtear au« jewtive ano m the an«*»nce of eipr<w »I eels m* lon to the non* trary, I conclude that I must apply • ‘aM* I bet wren Fort Wayne and Wabaab. There was big oppoaltion from the e - eref-'rence of the board, of »> aw* from * tb# bad nothing to ••* e • T** a l ift has been up dm*- and time acaln v • e * p Itablish th ditch as it is to rid the pe s I ’ fneL —2 r WAS GOOD AS HIS WORD. s Messenge to Governor Sends Music • to Decatur Men. a in .mi mi mi ? . While 'tending a meeting of the • ? school h-j rds of the state at Indianapolis last Novembet, Professor Beachj ler and F .V’- Mills paid a visit to 1 Ckvornor lanly's office to see the exf ecutive ofiieer of the state They t were, hoa ’ver, informed by John W. s Males, a nseasenger to the governor. that Mr. lanly was not in- In The * - ascertained that he was composing a piece of rissic. The messenger ask and informed them that he jronld send them a copy of the music when i complete!- I® fulfillment of his promise he did so. the same arriving here yesterday morning. It is a song eotitled “Indiana" with beauttfv! waste • and word*- Messrs. Mills and Beach • ler expect to secure five tvpses from > the composer and the high school quartette will sing same at the time ■ jthe next lecture is given by the : schools. —— w - - — ! ‘'By. Cowmu of Convoy, Ohio, was a i business ci’ler In ear city today, look- ■ Ing up witnesses to testify in a case , he has tnsUtoted against another physician of that place who be bought i out some Ume ago with the under- ■- -standing that would not practice r there any more. Tire U ing in the Alien <4rctit court.

PERUNA EDITORIAL NO. 2. Bt. Kartmi baa oteteMl far may ygare t&at Penina is an EXCELLENT IfiTAJUE UUDT Ire, sf tbs factor s critics have disputed the doctors ilare as to the -famry es Peraa*. ■fa* the iatvwfaabte «f Pmtna are bo longer a secret, what do the medi*l MtherftMi my the rwtefaes of which Peruna is composed? Taka, far »afwe, the fa«rofaat HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS, OB HUBEI BA 1 Th* Haifa! Katos Mapaaeatory uy» of this herbal remedy, ifa* it to fa«W maffapfa to the treatment of depraved mucous thereto rtuutm naaaJ eatarrh . atotue dyspepsia catarrh of the stomachi, Mi reie istosuaa: catarrh. retanUl jaundice catarrh of the liver), and in itemed mare* roeakhnaaM of the ptovto organs. It is also recommended for the tretaMM of vartoao farms of diseases peculiar to women. Aurthfafapidfaatof Penna ( AIIS FOKMOSA, is classed in the . Called States Dispensatory as a tonic. CEDBOI KKKOit-fa aaother iagndfaat of Penina an excellent drug that ha, been very largely overlooked by the medical profession for the past fifty yeure THE BEIDS AM FOUN. IN \ LAY FEW DRUG STORES. „ Tho Haitad Kata Dtopaaaatery effyt of the action of cedron that it is used at a bitter tonic and in the treatment of-dyientery, a„d in intermittent diseases ■a a rourmiTi pub aonriiß OH OP COPAIBA, aaattar ingredient of’Parana, is classed by the United ■ tc* Dupesaxtory as a m..d stimulant and xr d inlaataal tract It acta u a itimnlant on the membranes. Uatfal in chronic dys- * eatery and diarrhea,'&s.(l some chronic Our Peruna Tablet dtoeaaoe of the liver Thes ■ • ..■■■ as to the in'gsgdienu I Peruna With ‘ a are heid b - v all wr * t^i *-.° D the subject, including Bartholow and . Fluid Removed. spader. x . OF HYDRASTIS, BARTHOLOW \ ” " SAYS it is applicable to stomatitis •catarrh of tho MMaoat osrfecee of the mouth>, follicular pharyngitis (catarrh of tho pharyaxi, chronic coryza ‘catarrh of the head), This writer classes hydrastu a» a stomachic tonic, useful in atonic dyspepsia (chronic gastric oatarrhi, catarrh of the duodenum, atarrh of the gall duct, catarrh of the lUlstMa, atarrh of tho kidneys (chronic Bright's disease), catarrh of the WMMr.atalohtarrhof other pelvic organs. BARTHOLOW REGARDS («)PAIBA as an excellent remedy for chronic . • •catarrh of the bronchial tubes). J' (' BEB. an ingredient of Peruna, pro- . ’ snereaset . .>n of the blood. Use- ’ nil in chronic ; **al aianL fo.hr ular pharyngitis of the pharynx), increwstrg the tonicity of the m . ous membranes of the throat. It also reheva honrsenem. Veofal in atonic hnpepsia catarrh of file stoSiach), and in Mb catarrh of the colon and rectum, atarrh of the bladder, prostatorrhea, and chronic bronchial MHJLSPAUGH. MEDICINAL PLANTS, one of the most authoritative works on medicm n herbe in the Bnglish language, in commenting upon CC SONIA CANADENSIS, says that i . -on te ?meumogastjic and va motor uervee. It increases t •st retions of the rUucous meml -anes ii general In the m inn tains of Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Carolina, • ipuii ■ ;n;uiy disorders, inciuding hoafakko, colic, cramp, dropsy and indigestion. DR. SCUDDER regards' it highly m a remedy ia chronic diaeuee of the lungs, heart disease and asthma. These dtatioM ought to be sufficient to show to arv candid mind that Pe- | ruta to a catarrh remedy. Surely, such herbal remedies, that command the . • ’ « is obtainable, brought together of the highest efficacf. s to oar elsim. and we are able to substantiate this claim by'ample . *AI AUTHORITIES IN THE WORUk

9 r • * • 1 • •• »» • thf pro- • * • jthe law and • • • ; • ness 1 omplalm in detail as • * • * •— . e 1 1 th in he* ffisd? in all ms pre . jub j The sensational melodrama “AH » I Jreob’s stock company Among the I ■ t ix x - Massonnee end several other Deca-11 ' tur people, who have ma<le decided | 1 ,j ; *».- «.o..r<enl world. A packed i' I bouse is expected and aii are promised a rar*? treat*

WANTS CHICKEN TAX S Says They Are a Nuisance When Kept Within the* Corporate Limits * • • Mrs. D. W, Myers of this city has o i »gistered a complaint with the state board of health, according to the Indianapolis Star.of Sunday,which said: Ind. is but to invite sickness and possibly death according to the housewives of that city. So the women have appealed to the state board of health. They want the state board to see to it that there is a general cleaning in the hen coops and chicken houses in Decatur. Dr. J. N. Hurty. secretary of the board, has received a letter from Mrs. D. W. Myers, of Dec eating a law providing that chictoenssbe taxed when kept itl:>n >1 ■■ ei.T| orate lit * • Those who do not keep chickens.'’ ■. Myers in her letter, ayJ ahe claims to speak for several housewives of Decatur, “are always impos- , here is nothing that wi. raise contention so soon as for a neighbor to complain to another neighbor that her chickens hitve, M ratched her flower-beds. It surely is hard, when your city officials order you to tear up your macadam streets, which have just been paid for, to put in brick paving, and to tea 1 - up your brick walks to put in cement ones, and you go ahead and comply: then , have to contend with so fllthv a thing as a bunch of your neghbors chickfens, your children being exposed * to the germs of disease which they carry from their filthy quarters in the neighbors’ ken bouse.” o A BHD ROBBERY War. Committed at Dibble Home on Saturday. A bold robbery' took place at the home of Bert Dibble, when some miscreant entered the home and stole a suit of clothes and pair of trousers belonging to Clark, a coat and two vesta belonging to Bruce and a hat from Mr. Dibble. It is thought that the work was done by a man who has been boarding at their Heine as he has gone for parts unknown since the bold act was committed. The affair caused much inconvenience to the Dibbles.