Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 23 April 1908 — Page 1

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arm For Mr. Springer is the Extent of the Injuries— Horse Was Unhurt Eli Sprunger and Henry Lincolnsteger, while riding behind a vicious j! Orse Snuday afternoon were thrown from the buggy and sustained painful injuries. Mr. Sprunger being iees fortunate of the two he having hi s left arm broken near the shoulder. Mr. Sprunger purchased the horse last Friday from a Montpelier man, and it had been driven several time’s previous /to Sunday without! making any attempt to run away. However, the gentlemen drove the animal to the Fritzinger farm and on their return, as the horse turned from the lane, it started on a dead run.. Both occupants of the buggy made a desperate effort to stop the wild rampage. but in vain, and as a rig from the opposite direction approached, the horse ran into a ditch and upon the bank at the side of the road in such a manner as to completely overturn the buggy, throwing Mr. Sprunger and Lincolnsteger to the ground with great force. The latter escaped with a sprained back and afik’e, while Mr. Sprunger lies at his home suffering from a broken arm. The horse was not injured in the least. A Mr. Keller hastened to the scene and conveyed Mr. Sprunger to his home, where two physicians administered medical aid. The injured man Is resting well. it was at first feared that perhaps some internal injuries had been sustained, but as yet nothing has developed that would Indicate anything more serious than the broken arm and dislocated shoulder. Mrs. Sprunger was at Berne when the accident occurred, but was brought home in haste, as during the time immediately following the accident it was feared that it might be more serious. — o ■■ THE ANTIS WON OUT Fred Rohrer and C. G. Egley Were Opposing Candidates By the grace of Senator Beveridge ! -John J. Hilty. a king bee of the libarals I is to be the next postmaster at Berne, succeeding Jeff Lehman, w-ho has held i town the soft berth for eight years. It Is said that the Republican nominees for congress should be given these appointing privileges, but Uncle Nate refused to shoulder his first responsibility, hence the saloon element at Berne has received a long lost recognition. The candidates for the place were James J. Hilty, Fred Rohrer, C. G. Egley with Jeff Lehman •roping that political lightning would *?ain strike him in the pocketbook, •t was a lineup of the Cromer and antiCromer organizations, and Senator Beveridge was l n line with the antis. AH the politicians have bombarded the Indiana senators. fc-j- the Ci outer Bid ° of the controversy was either fondly transferred to the waste basket w ’as unavoidably delayed in the transmission of the mails. At any I r*’* there was but one side to it, and I to to this time Mr. Hilty has won. a “-s new recommended appointee is I a farmer living just outside of the I limits of Berne. He is an E e wisive dealer in stock and they I J?' ® Uccess^u l in business affairs. On I th* 13 no sloucb at ■ c Kame. At any rate it now I ks that James J. Hilty, P. I. ' ® en ' e > Indiana, ig the way it will ■ T e t<> be written. The appointment ■ opposed to take effect April 28.

1T ALWAYS pays the best. Me With Your Local Home Dealer and Clrt Out the Mail Order. Sears > Roebuck & Co., got United States supreme Ut ent reCently for an infringement of •re &» 7116 su!t was brought b y EmSeparator and the Vermont . “ ach >ne Company, manufactures ut cream separator. The Sears, *ts H'a * these pat'htol Q adv ' ertise d and tbe se P" k b “ 411 U*e country. IL too, Kk,., 0116 sample °f their methods Wtl and britlgß t(J mlnd the hoc . !t pa >' 8 the best to buy of bility i° me dea ' ers . whose responsi--8 never in dispute.

TO CORRECT DEED Several Jury Cases Set for Trial Next W eek The claims of Deloy F. Morris vs. Christena R. Niblick, administrix, has been dismissed and costs paid. Carrie Shoemaker vs. George E. Shoemaker, divorce, demurrer overruled and an answer filed in one paragraph C. J. Lutz was appointed to represent the interests of the estate in the claim of J. G. Grandtaff vs. J. G. Grandstaff, administrator. In the suit to correct deed and quiet title of Gabriel Everett vs. Florence C. Warner, et al, there was a default of all defendants. J. W, Teeple as guardian ad litem for minor defendants was filed and the cause submitted. a finding being made in favor of the plaintiff The deed was ordered corrected and the title quieted. A. P. Beatty for the defandants filed objections in the case of Fort Wayne & Springfield Railway vs. Andrew Miller. The objections were numbered one to five. The case of Myers vs. Myers is set for Wednesday. The jury is called for next Mon day. -According et the court’s calendar, the case of Everett vs. Habegger will be heard April 27; Laisure vs. Smith April 29; Kraner vs. Fields May 2; Ford vs. Shoemaker May 7; Davis vs. Fuelling May 11; Kohn vs. Hakes May 16; Williams vs. Clark May 20; Beeler vs. Beeler May 21; Burdg vs. Jack May 22. The cafee of Shoemaker vs. Shoemaker will be heard by the court, and also the case Myers vs. Myers.

Flint Stone Co. vs. Cahi« Miller et al. separate demurrers filed for each defendant. . Appearance was made by A. P. Beatty for the defendant in the two thousand dollar damage case of Frank Burger vs, Chicago and Erie Kailroad company. The plaintiff is ordered to appear on Thursday. April.3o, at the office of A. P. Beatty and submit to an examination by defendants. HE IS DOING WELL Business Good and Cincinnati the Only Place on t'ns Map A letter from Charles H. Tyrrell, of Cincianati, briars the »>od news that he Is pleasantly located and mak-' ing good at his tradte there. He is at the head of the firm of Tyrrell & Bolton, blacksmiths at 2136 Central avenue, and has done a thriving business since locating there, much better than when in this city. Prices are better there and work is plentiful, and in all the change was one that appeals to the spirit of enterprise that predominates Mr. Tyrrell. His many friends here will rejoice that he is so prosperously situated in his new home. The panic of last fall and winter did not keep them from counting the coin on the right side of the ledger. This remarkable for so new a firm and indicates that when they become firmly established they will more than make good. Mr. Tyrrell wants to inform Decatur people that he is still enjoying single blessedness and that Mrs. Tyrrell is not married, reports to the contrary notwithstanding. They are both nicely located and like Cincinnati immensely. Their friends here will be pelased to thus hear of them.

The commissioners of Adams county will meet the board of Wells county in joint session at Bluffton on April 25. The session is held to give consideration to a petition for a macadam road on the county line road dividing the townships of Harrison in Wells county and French township in this county. Miss Hulda Fruchte, who has been visiting friends and relatives in Decatur tor several days, returned to her home at Magley this morning.

Decatur, Indiana. Thursday, April 23 1908.

A NEW DECISION Case Decided in the Delaware Circuit Court A decision whach has been awaited by county commissioners and farmers in all parts of the state for several months was made public Fri day by Judge Leffler, of the Delaware circuit court, when he declared to be valid the statute commonly known as the three mile road law, passed by the ■last . The law provides that the county commissioners, on petition of persons affected, may order, without submitting It to the voters of the township, the construction or improvement of a road less than three miles in length when such road connects at-either end with a free gravel or macadam -road. Te expense of making such a road is to be borne by the entire township. The law was attacked as invalid in some parts of the state and it was decided to make a test case in that county. Accord ingly, "on request of the petitioners, the commissioners turned down the request for the construction of a short road and an appeal was taken to circuit court. As there are no remonstrances against the road, it is doubtful if the case will be taken any higher.

EMPLOY 100 MEN Robert Allison Jr. is Handling th® Interests of Company in Clever Manner We are informed by R. K. Allison that the Allison Lumber mills at Cardwell, Mo., are running at full force and more than one hundred men are on their pay roll. Fifty thousand feet of Ipmber is sawed every day and prepared for the market and It Is the best of stock at that. The Allison Lumber and Land company owns nine square miles of timber land with a fine growth of timber thereon and every circumstance points to a most prosperous future. More orders aee rcecivcd than this concern can read ily fill for the reason that their output is the best. Robert Allison Jr. has charg’e of the business and he is handling the interests of the company. For a wedding present his father gave him ♦5.000 worth of stock in the business and he is doing all in his power to make it, a glowing success. Robert is a clever young business man pos#essed «f every qualification that goes to make a perfect gentlataa and his success is assured.

THEY RAISED HUS S«ALA»Y. WeHiod*Bts Dwesd Tbieir ResWr's Salary. One of the highest testlnwMials of the esteem in which the Rev. J. K. Cecil and wife are heli by the First M. E. church congregation and local conference board aim a substantial recognition of his worth to the church was shown when the board at the regular quarterly conference Thursday evening, presided over by Elder C. U. Wade, voted an increase of salary of SIOO per year toßev. Cecil. This will now make his salary SI,BOO per annum, which is not only the highest salary ever paid a minister of the M. E. church by the Bluffton congregation, but is also the highest salary ever paid by any congregation in Bluffton to any of their pastors. Last year the M. E. church had given Rev. Cecil a raise of SIOO. making his salary of $1,700 the high water mark, and still a further increase of a similar amount this year is certainly very complimentary to him. His worth to the church, however, is unquestioned. —Bluffton News. ——o— —————— AFTER NEXT MONDAY The county treasurer’s office will be open during the noon hour and until eight o clock in the evening, from next Monday until the closing of the tax paying season. ——o — I. H. Ulsh, of Kosciusko county, owns a remarkable shepherd dog that each day carries wood from the woodpile into the kitchen, stick by stick, feeds com to the horses and runs half a mile down to the main road to meet the rural mail carrier and brings home the family mall.

MUCH ENTHUSIASM He Received Just Enough Votes to Insure His Nomination After all the fuss and feathers it took but one lone, solitary ballot to settle the congressional nomination contest ft>r the Democrat’s 4n the twelfth district. On that first ballot the Hon. Cyrus Cline, the Angola banker, received the required fortynine votes, and wag declared the nominee amid much hilarious enthusiasm.

The vote: Allen, Adair 9, Cline 37, DeKalb, Feick 14; Lagrange Adair 6; Noble, Adair 8, Cline 6; Steuben. Cline 6; Whitley, Adair 11. Total, Adair 34, Cline 49, Feick 14. It required [Just Tortymine votes to bag the nomination, and Mr. Cline came unde- the wire with Just enough and none to spare. It was just as good as a thousand, however, and the Democratic nominee may well congratulate himself over the victory achieved.] The early indications pointed to a stubborn contest, but most Democrats see one way nowadays, so it turned out as an easy victory for the supporters of the Steuben county candidate. Mr. Cline is well known throughout the twelith district, has long been a leader among the followers of the mighty Bryan, and likely is the strongest nominee that his party conld name.

WAITED TOO LONG Other Parties Had Taken Possession of the Valuable Tract of Land Ed W. Myers, of this city, a law student at Ann Arbor, Mich., was a visitor with relatives over Sunday and returned to school work Monday morning. During the months of July and August of last year, Mr. Myers made a trip to Germany for the purpose of looking up a large and valuable estate to which he and several other Decatur people had fallen heir to since the death of his grandfather, which occurred years agb. Mr. Mydfs, after arriving in Germany, soon, located the land which his grandfather had owned and he states that it was one of the most valuable anfl best improved farms in that country. However, he arrived fifteen years too late to claim the estate, as according to the laws of limitation it had fallen into possession of other parties from whom he could not obtain it. Itome jof ‘tJte Voglewede’s were also heirs to the estate in question. Mr. Myers while abroad, visited Germany. Holland and Belgium and he enjoyed the trip very much. After returning he entered law school at Ann Arbor, Mich., and will complete his course of study next year after which he may engage in business in our city.

SHE HAD HER NERVE Judge Sturgis Pronounced a Sentence of Two to Twenty-One Years

At 3:35 o’clock this afternoon Mrs. Ella LaPointe, was arraiged before Judge Sturgis in circuit court and entered a plea of guilty to voluntary manslaughter, a»d the judge immediately pronounced sentence, and. Mrs. LaPointe will be confined, in expiation of her crime, in the Indiana Woman’s prison at Indianapolis not more than 21 years or less than two years. Sheriff Lipkey will take her away within the next five days, the time specified by law. Mrs. LaPointe did not lose her nerve for a minute, but came into the court room with a smile of greeting for those whom she knew. She was dressed all in black. She has enjoyed good health at jail and weighs forty pounds more than when confined. She was accompanied to court by Sheriff Lipkey and his wife. She spoke in whispers to her attorneys and reporters but did not speak a word aiond in the court room, as her attorney entered the plea. The agreement that Mrs. LaPointe should plead guilty ot manslaughter was reached by attorneys after Prosecuting Attorney Emshwiller arrived this morning from Hartford City.

AN EXCITING TIME ] Conflagration Originated < from Oil Stove—Loss Reaches $2,500 A most exciting time was experienced at Bernt Tuesda y morning when the home of Dr. R. W. Wilson was found to be wrapped in flames. The fire originated in the kitchen from an oil stove and before Dr. and Mrs. Wilson were aware, the stairway, the only means of escape from the burning structure, except by jumping from the window, was all ablaze and It was only by dashing through the fire that they avoided being seriously burned. It was at three o'clock this morning that the conflagration was noticed and fortunate it was that the occupants heard the roaring of the leaping flames in time <to make their exit. The people of the town were soon aroused and the fire department hastened to the scene In time to save part of the bpilding and surrounding houses, although the contents, including household goods, medicine, surgical instruments and clothing were practically destroyed. So rapid was the spread of • the fire and so dangerous the situation i that Dr. Wilson was forced to flee to 1 a neighboring house and secure cloth- • ins to don. he not having time to even > dress. The total loss aggregates about ’ $2,500 and Insurance was carried as follows: House $1,300; contents. $500; instruments $350. The piano wsa res- ] cued from the blaze before being damaged. It is quite probable that the house will be re-built In the near future.

LITTLE RECORD

A Bad Smelling Case from Fort Wayne Will be Tried May 25 The account of Benjamin Brown vs. Mary Lamb and George W. Thompson, account of SBO, was paid and cause dismissed. Frank Martin and fifteen others, through Attorneys Hooper & Lenhart, filed a petition for drain. Notice of some was made returnable May 18. The bond as given was approved. The d nin sought to be established is located in Washington township, and will affect the lands of Mary E. Hanna, Mary Voglewede, J. H. Vcglewede, Joseph Helm. Susanah Archer, Peter Braun. Henry R. Buckmaster, David C. Meyers. Daniel S. Wolf, Simon S. Myers, Joseph Rumschlag, Julia Colchin, Nicholas Colchin, Peter J. Coffee, Frank O. Martin. William Arnold, Harvey Harruif, Oliver T. Johnson, Jacob Rawley, Sarah A. Coverdale, Catharine Coverdale, Peter Heiman, Frank Heiman, E. Burt Lenhart Norman Lenhart, Charles T. Payne, Thos. J. Durkin et al, George W. Brown, George Raudebush, Washingion School township Johnson heirs and others-

The case of Cty of Fort Wayne vs. Leikay Packing Co., is set for trial May 25. The suit is one to abate a nuisance, the defendants being in business in Bloomingdale, a suburb. The firm of Erwin & Underwood will represent the defendants. ——o A STATE SENATOR DEAD. John C. Farber, of Frankfort, Died After Tan Days Illness. Frankfort, Ind.. April 20. —State senator John C. Farber, of this city, after a ten days' illness with liver and kidney trouble, died at bis home in east Clinton street at 6:45 o’clock this morning. Mr. Farber had been partly unconscious) for two days. No arrangements have yet been made for the funeral. Mr. Farber was prominent as a citizen, a lawyer and a politician. He was born at Xenia. 0., Jan. 3, 1853. He was graduated from the public schools of that city in 1870, and entered Miami university, at Oxford, 0., from which institution he was graduated in 1873 with the degree of A. B. and A. M., the latter degree being earned by taking a post-graduate course in bls senior year. —. o Frank Kern left for Bluffton this morning. While there he will make the weekly collections for the Prudential Insurance company.

CIRCULATION 2800 WEEK!v

HAS AGREED TO IT Congressman Adair Sends a Message to the Local Post

James H. Smith, adjutant of Sam Henry Post grand army of the republic, Tuesday night received a telegram from Congressman Adair, which brought the good news of the passage by both house of congress ci the Widow's Pension Bill. When signed by President Roosevelt, the new lawgives every soldier's widow of the Mexican, civil and Spanish-American wars a pension. Heretofore If a soldier's widow had a measly income of $250 a year it barred her from the pension privileges. Often the $250 was about all me income these soldier's widows could command, and as a result many of them have actually suffered privations and need. The new pension law gives every soldier's widow sl2 a month which in many cases will be a great help in maintaining these brave and gallant women upon a more fitting plane of self independence. Congressman Adahbent his energies upon this one piece of legislation and labored unceasingly for its passage. One of the many speeches delivered by the Eighth district congressional representative was in behalf of the proper pensioning of the loyal and brave women, who suffered equally with the soldiers in uniform during the trying period of our civil war. Everybody will rejoice that at even this late date congress has recognized the rights yf the soldier's widow, by the passage of this law. Congressman Adair asks that i all soldiers’ widows write him for blanks to be filled out.

NO RECORD TODAY The Treasurer is the Only Officer Showing Strong Signs of Life A marriage license was Issued to John B. Jones and Dora Minnie Bender. The former lives in Allen county, is a farmer and twenty-two years old. Dora Minnie is a daugrter of jjsrael Bender, living southwest, of Decatur, and according to the records is twenty years old. The case of the Erie Stone Company vs. Calvin Miller, now being tried at Fort Wayne, made fairly good progress yesterday and today, and the evidence will be about concluded by this evening. The case has been stubbornly contested, the main point at issue being the demand for damages made by the defendant. The failuri of the company to deliver stone as specified in their contract, being a strong card of the defense.

IS AT BLUFFTON NOW Rural Mail Boxes Must Be Regulation Heighth or no Mail Delivered The rural route inspector will soon be in Decatur and inspect the twelve routes out of the city for the purpose of ascertaining the prevailing conditions thereof. We are authoritively informed that any rural mail box without a number or name and not the regulation heighth (which must be high enough for a wagon wheel to pass under) will not be considered as a mail recepticle and the carrying of mail thereto will be discontinued until the above stated requirements are complied with. The inspector, who is now at Bluffton, is expected to visit our town next and the patrons of tne various routes would do well in properly arranging their mail boxes before his arrival to avoid any difficulties. It has also become a rule that all people along the routes must buy stamps and abolish the practice of placing money in the boxes for the carriers to fish out at each house. The twelve Decatur carriers travel more than three hundred miles each day, and they assume sufficient responsibility, say the authorities, without having to reach in eacn box for money. There may be some changes made in the routes this year, the facts of which can only be learned after the inspector I has completed his work.

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