Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 30 April 1908 — Page 6

IT WAS SUCCESSFUL A Tumor Weighing at Least Thirty Pounds Was Removed from this Lady Sunday afternoon at one o’clock Mrs. H. C. Berning, of five miles north of Decatur, underwent an operation for the removal or a tumor that while painful was successful in every respect. The afficted lady has for more than one year been complaining of a superfluous growth although it wag not until a short time ago that it was definitely known of what nature the same was. However, it continued to increase in size and pain became so intense that alarm was caused. Dr. D. D. Clark, the attending physician, advised last Thursday that an operation be performed for the removal of the tumor and arrangements were made to do so Sunday. Drs. D. D. and C. S. Clark and Dr. Duemling of Fort Wayne, were chosen to perform the surgical work, which they did very successfully removing from the lady a tumor weighing at least thirty pounds and it was pronounced the largest cancer ever seen by the physicians. Mrs. Berning stood the operation remarkably well, as she is getting along very nicely. It will be but a question of time until she will have fully recovered. This will be received as joyful news by her many friends. Miss Floe Conklin a trained nurse from Hope hospital, has been engaged. -o AT RICHMOND If He Accepts He Will Retain Possession of the Livery Stable Clement J. Keller, proprietor of the “Little Palace’’ livery stable on Jefferson street, who until a few months ago owned the Monroe street meat market has gone to Richmond, Ind., where he is negotiating closing a contract with the Richmond Abbotoir company and if they secure Mr. Keller’s services he will inspect all meat that leaves their packing house. For several days the management of this concern have been negotiating with Mr. Keller and it was after they made the flattering offer of $1,500 per year that he considered the- proposition and Mr. Keller is an expert in the meat business, he having held many responsible positions in large institutions in this part of the state. For a few months he worked at the Decatur Packing plant and it was when he retired from their services that he purchased the Bain meat market. It will not be definitely known until Mr. Dee Berger, who is well versed in the livery business will have full control of same. o — IN DAMAGE SUIT Costs Against Defendant— A New Trial May be Asked by Plaintiff As stated in our issue of Saturday evening, the jury in the case of S. S. Magley vs. Dr. of Fort Wayne, returned a verdict Saturday afternoon at 2:45, finding for the plaintiff and allowing him nominal judgment in the sum of one dollar. The trial began Wednesday morning and went to the jury Friday evening at 5:30. The verdict was the result of over twenty hours’ consideration. The verdict, will throw the costs, amounting to about SIOO, on Dr. DuemHng, but the cause may be retried as attorneys for the plaintiff state that they will probably ask for a new trial. The jury required several hours to answer the eighty interrogatories. The accident which resulted in the filing of the case occurred in July, 1905. Nearly three years ago, Mr. Magley being run down by Dr. Duemling's auto which riding to this city on a bicycle. The plaintiff was represented by Attorneys Fruchte & Litterer, of this city and Eichhorn & Vaughn, of Bluffton and the defendant by Leonard. of Fort Wayne and Simmons & Dailey, of Bluffton. ' o TO IMPROVE THEIR STREETS. Muncie, Ind., April 27. —Since it has become generally kno-wn that Judge Leffler believes that the new paving law is valid, several petitions have been signed and presented to the county commissioners asking for the improvement of Center township. The law provides that paving may be ordered on a roadway less than three miles in length, connecting two roadways that have been improved.

A DAMAGE SUIT Mrs. Emerine Seeks Divorce and Alimony—A Will Was Probated The first jury trial of the April term began this morning, being Susie Conant vs. Louis J. Habegger, damages, demand $2,000. Last fall Habegger missed a bicycle valued at $45. He accused Russel Conant, son of the plaintiff in this case of stealing same and secured the issuance of a search warrant and W. B. Tucker, town, marshal at Berne, where the parties live, accordingly searched the house and barn, belonging to Mrs. Conant. Mrs. Conant claims her reputation for honesty has been injured $2,000 and demands judgment. The plaintiff is represented by C. J. Lutz. The jury was accepted without a change, being composed of Jacob Buhler. Abner Parrish, Frank W. Dibble, George Kintz, A. J. Teeple, Samuel Jaberg. James Chrisman, William Ya gle, William Raudenbush, George H. Bright, Jesse Callahan. James Louden. The case will probably go to the jury Tuesday afternoon. Peterson and Moran filed a new case in which Harriet B. Emerine seeks legal separation from Benjamin Emerine, and SIOO alimony They were married in 1890 and lived together most of the time until July, 1905,when Mrs. Emerine says her husband drove her from home. She also accuses her husband of nonrsupport, cruel and inhuman treatment and abuse. Two children were born to the Emerines, but both are dead. The plaintiff also asks that her former name, Harriet B. Hawkins, be restored to her.

Old Adams County Bank. vs. Horace S. Porter et al, to foreclose lien, $125, demurrer filed by John D. Hale et al. William H. Codwell vs. Universal Oil company et al to foreclose mortgage and appoint receiver, set for trial, Monday, May 25. The last will and testament of David T. Wells was probated. It bequeaths all his personal property to his beloved wife, Hannah L. Wells, also gives her all the real estate to hold during her natural life and at her death to go to his daughter, Dollie E. Wells in recognition of her care given him and her promise td care for his wife. The will was written March 14, 1908, and witnessed by Charles 3. Clark and C, L. Walters. Mr. Wells died March 26th. o — ... LOBSIGER PETITIONER Christian Eicher to Represent this County as One of the Viewers At the joint meeting of the commissioners of Adams and Wells counties Saturday Martin Laughlin was selected president. A certified statement of the financial condition of French township was presented, which showed their debt limit to be $26,971, and their present indebtedness for macadam read purposes $23,486. This left a little difference of $3,125 and the Wells county officers were after it. That margin is thought sufficient for Adams county’s share of the Lobsiger petitino, and the same was ordered docketed. Marsh Bell, of Wells, and Christian Eicher of this county, were appointed viewers with H. B. Sark, the surveyor of Wells county as engineer, and they are instructed to meet May 7 ami be ready to report the same on May 15. The petition covers one and seven-eighth miles and will cost about enough to wipe out that little margin as reported from French township. The members of the board with County Attorney Lutz, attended the joint session. e— AWAITING THE FINAL CALL. Mrs. Buhler Sr. is Very II! at Marten —Arranges for Funeral. Mrs. Jacob Buhler Sr., who spent the greater portion of her long and useful life in this city is suffering from a complication of ailments at the home of her son, Emanuel at Marion, Indiana and is very low. She is the mother of Al and Jacob Buhler of this city and the latter visited her over Sunday. She recognizes the fact that the endis near and has arranged many of the particulars of her funeral, requesting that her remains be brought to this city and that the final services be in charge of the Rebekah lodge, of which order she has long been a faithful member. She is seventy-five years [old.

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The Last.XY ee k is the Most Dangerous One Says the Prophet St. Louis, Mo., April 27—May is to be a continuous performance of tornadoes, thunderstorms, hail and frost. The Rev. Ira R. Hicks has hung cut the danger signals in his long distance forecasts for the month and trouble is feared by those who have faith in his prognostications. The merry month is to open with a series of violent thunderstorms, approaching tornado violence tin the west, especially on the 3rd and 4th. Low barometer, sultriness, fitful south winds and restless clouds indicate an almost positive danger at this time, says Mr. Hicks. The country at large is to be visited with heavy rains and hail, followed by late snow squalls and sleet. Frosts will be general and there is probability of seismic disturbances. Careful watching is advised by the St. Louis prognosticator from the 7th to the 9th, and frost is due from the 7th to the 11th generally. High temperatures, daily rains and thunderstorms, with probable tornadoes, are on the menu for the 13th to the 16th, and flood periods over wide sections Will follow immediately. Much cooler weather is due from the 16th to the 19th. From the 19th to the 22nd is not seriously threatening, but look out for tornadoes, says Mr. Hicks. Quiet and calm and much warmer until the 24th will usher in the most dangerous period of the month, and Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the 25th, 26th and 27th. storm periods may be expected to become very threatening, if not tornadic. The 27th is the twelfth anniversary of the Bt. Louis cyclone. The danger area extends ovej the central and western parts of the country. The month is to end in comparative peace, although seismic disturbance is possible from the 27th to the 31st.

THEY MEET TONIGHT There are More Than Fifty Members of Both Organizations The Knights and Esquires of the Holy Grail who since their organization have held conclave meetings, have been separated into two distinct orders' and each order will hereafter hold meetings on different taights, The Esquire order which is composed of boys between the ages of twelve and fifteen years, will meet tonight for the purpose of perfecting their organization and two candidates, who are Dwight Lachot and Thomas DeWitt will be initiated into full membership. The boys who constitute the Esquire order are David Studebaker, Robert Peterson, Grover Miller, Dwight Lachot. Donald Vancil. Alonzo Dutcher, Forrest Vail, Eugene Steele, Dan Tyndall, Frank Kitson, Kenneth Neptune. Free Frisinger, Leland Frank and Thomas DeWitt, Lee Burke, Glen Tague, George Nachtrieb, Rex Soule, Emerson Hay, Gregg Neptune. Miles Roop and Kenneth Vancil. This as well as the Knights is an undenominational order and boys from any church are gladly received into membership. This year as planned will be a most interesting one to the members of these orders as many joyful eVents are scheduled. During the month of August the members will ■go to Winona for a ten days' outing and it is probable that they will again camp at Steele’s park this summer. There are twenty-four members of the Knighthood order all of whom are above the age of fifteen years and the senate that was recently organized by this order has created much interest. Dr. Wilcox is doing all in bis power to interest the boys. ■ — o Mrs. James Thrasher, of Andrews, is jll with smallpox and it is feared that the entire populace of that burg has been exposed. Saturday a child of Mrs. Thrasher died and over two hundred people attended the funeral. When the child’s death was reported the physicians did not report that that there was smallpox in the family. It is thought the child did not die from smallpox. Dr. E. W. Poineer, secretary of the Adnrews board of health, has filed au affidavit against the attending physician, Dr. W. E. Nichols, charging him 1 with failure to report the case of smallpox.

MORTGAGES EXEMI.T — X Nearly All Country Schools Are Closed —No Graduates this Yeas , ______ ) There are twenty odd mahadam roads in Adams county that were blocked by the failure of the bonding houses to raise the wind for the bonds. Concessions have been made by these bending concerns to handle this entire issue, but it can only be done at a small discount. If the people along the line of these various roads, together with the contractors, will make up this difference, they can get the roads. Under the law the bonds must sell at par. so the only way to overcome the difficulty is to make the difference good. Here is a chance for those who are energetic and want this road improvement. The recording of the mortgage exemptions in a public record especially !br that purpose, is one of the principal things being done at the county auditors office. The number of exemptions filed this year will perhaps reach two thousand, an increase over any year since the law has been in force. Each one is good for an exemption of S7OO from the appraised value of realty, providing there is a mortgage of that amount recorded against said real estate. County Superintendent Opliger is again located at his office in the court house, after having vacated the same for ten days in order that the grand jury could use it for their deliberations. All the township schools are closed, except one or two in Blue Creek, and they have not long to live. It was a successful year with them all. The Berne schools will have no graduates this year, owing to the fact that they changed their course of study, making the high school work four years instead of three. It was this change that gave them a commissioned high school, with all the attending rights that go with commissioned schools, mention of which has previously been made. o— HE IS SECRETARY Os the Northern Montana Fair Association-Been There Eight Years

A letter from Warren Moses, who for many years lived in Adams county, leaving here about eight years age for Great Fans, Montana, states that he has been cnosen secretary of the Northern Montana Fair association of that place. Mr. Moses was engaged in newspaper work in this city and so rsome time was a member of the reportorial staff of the Decatur Joprnal. After going to Montana, he secured a position on a newspaper and we are informed that he commands recognition as a writer. His election to secretary of the Fair association is an honor that Mr. Moses will no doubt prove himself worthy of and his Decatur friends will be glad to hear of his progress in the west. The northern Montana Fair will be held Sept. 21-25 and from a phamplet enclosed in the letter we note that $7,000 in purses will be given to race winners, hence the organization is evidently in the very best of circumstances. o WAS ILL FOR WEEKS And Died this Morning at Four O’Clock—Was Joy of Home After an illness of long duration, Goldie May, the eight-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Carpenter, of southwest of this city, died Friday morning at four o’clock after making a heroic fight against death. She was taken ill some time ago and her condition grew worse with the approach of each day, until the spirit took its flight to whence it came. The deceased is the daughter or Jesse Carpenter a prominent Washington township farmer and she was beloved by all who knew her. She had just reached the age when the parents considered her the joy of their home when the grim reaper called. The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at two o’clock and interment will be made in the Zion cemetery. Several Decatur people will attend the funeral as the Carpenters are well known here.

ELECT A NEW ONE Edward Zimmerman as Assistant Refuses to Turn Over Books Just now the French Town.'hip policy holders are up in arms against Ed Zimmerman, a resident of Adams county, living near the Steele school house, and the claim is made that he is a usurper of the office of secretary. The whole trouble has come up since the resignation of Harry O. Grove, a few weeks ago. when he left for Ms new home in Texas. Mr. Grove was tue regularly elected secretary and as soon as his resignation was handed in a meeting was called

for April 18th, when Jonas Neuenschwander was chosen to succeed him. The secretary's books were found in the possession of Ed Zimmerman, but he refused and still refuses to turn them over to the new secretary, the company claiming that Grove made him assistant. According to the by-laws there is no provision for the appointment of any official and the position taken by Mr. Zimmerman is held illegal by the policy holders. The reason that Zimmerman gives out for holding the books is that the company owes Grove $175 for transcribing the names and amounts of the policies of the 1,100 policy holders into a new book, and that he will not surrender the outfit until the bill is paid. Those who have been looking after the affairs of the company for years claim that the charges are exorbitant and that the transcribing of names could be done in a week or less. Solicitors for the company now hold applications for insurance but refuse to send them to Zimmerman as he could not legally fill out and sign the policies, but he holds the books and Neuenschwander the recently chosen secretary has nothing with which to write a policy. A meeting will likely be called soon and steps taken to secure the company’s property from Zimmerman. The company is one of the best and most reliable mutual insurance companies in the state and pays for losses promptly. —Bluffton News.

ADAMS COUNTY GIRL She Had’a Thrilling Experience With a Kidnapper Miss Adda Barnett, well known here, had a thrilling experience Tuesday at Venice. Illionis, at which place she is and has been for four years, teaching in the public schools. Among her pupils was seven year old Pearl Evans, whose father and mother are divorced, and both married again, the former living at Oklahoma City, Okla., and the latter living in Venice. The decree of divorce gave the daughter to the mother, but the arrangements never suited Mr. Evans and he undertook to defy the law. On the day in question he made his appearance unannounced in Miss Barnett's school room and made a frantic effort to kidnap his daughter. Through the bravery of the teacher, who was knocked down several times the effort at kidnapping was frustrated. In the commotion Mr. Evans was glad to seek rescue in an awaiting carriage, but officers overtook him before he reached East St. Louis, his temporary destination. He is now in the Venice jail in default of a $2,000 bond, and is being held under the serious charge of kidnapping. With him is his second wife, who is also held as an accomplice. Miss Barnett is a sister of Mrs. J. B. Stoneburner and George Barnett, and during the time she has been teaching at Venice, she has spent her vacation here, her home being near the Washington church. Previous to going to Illinois, she taught in the public schools of this township for many years. In the struggle to retain the child she was hurt, but not seriously. — o — BULLETIN BY STATE CHARITIES What it Cost to Maintain the Poor in Adams County Last Year. According to the last bulletin of charities and corrections, issued by the state board of charities, A dams county gave for the relief of the poor last year $1,225.04. In three townships, Preble, Blue Crek and Kirkland. no relief whatever, was given As tabulated it cost Union township $25.01, Root $24, Washington $679.74, St. Marys $176.84, Monroe $64 03 French $26.50. Hartfoiu s m> Wabasb $47.92 and Jefferson $lO. ■

CONCLUDE EVIDENCE Arguments in the Erie Stone Company Case Was Postponed Dore B. Erwin as commissioner in the partition suit of Rebecca Stauffer et a! vs. John B. Duer et al. filed his bond in the sum of $15,000 which was approved by the Adams circuit court. In compliance with this order of the court, the commsisioner will offer tor sale at the east dcor of the court house in this city on Saturday, May 23, eighty acres of Monroe township land, the same being the north half of the southeast quarter of section fifteen. Clerk Haefling has received word from Supt. Smith, of Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane, that he would have room quite soon and would admit Fred L. Watkins, who is now confined in the county jail awaiting admission to East Haven.

The case of Magley vs. Duemling is making slow progress in the Wells circuit court. The defense began their evidence at four o’clock yesterday, but the entire time this forenoon was taken up in calling the docket and setting cases for trial. This has delayed the above case, which did not resume until one o’clock this afternoon. Dr. Duemling is on the stand this afternoon. LAYING BRICK FAST Most of the West Wall and South End is Already Completed That Contractor Adamson expects to rush the work or construction of the Ward fence buildings to completion is evidenced by the fact that 135 feet of the west wall and south end of the main building is already finished and the same amount on the east wall will be completed this evening. The entire west side, however, is completed scaffold high and if nothing unforseen happens, the brick work of the Ward Fence buildings will be completed within four weeks at the most. No more anxious is Mr. Adamson to see the last brick laid than are the proprietors of the concern for hopes are entertained to have, the machinery removed from Marion and installed by the latter part of May. The business of the institution continues to grow and the facilities at Marion are inadequate to turn out the amount of goods that is in demand. Everybody concerned are awaiting the time when the Ward Fence company is comfortably located in their new buildings in our city. A ; SPECIAL VENTRE Judge Erwin, Formerly of This City, is Attorney for the Defense Herman Miller was formally arraigned in the circuit court yesterday afternoon on the charge of having murdered Marshal Columbus Croy, at Woodburn, on June 7. of last year, and after he had entered a plea of not guilty through Erwin and Underwood, his attorneys, the case was set for trial on May 28. On account of the widespread publicity given the case the attorneys joined in a request for a special venire of 100 men from which to select the jury. It is estimated that ten days to two weeks will be necessary to secure a panel and submit the evidence and arguments. Miller is impatient and wants an early trial. He has been sending word to his attorneys every day that the confinement at the jail is getting unbearable and that he wants to submit his case and have it over with. He is confident of an acquittal. His attorneys will rely upon the establishment of an alibi as the strongest point in the defense although the developments that are brought about during the introduction of the testimony of the state will govern them to a great extent. The prisoner is showing the effects of his long confinement in the county jail and appeared to have aged considerably when he was in the court room today.

An. order has been issued to the G. A. R. posts of Indiana changing the date of “Flag Day” from June 14 to Monday, June 15. This day is observed in commemoration of the raising of the United States flag over Fort Schuyler in New York on June 14 1777