Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 17 June 1909 — Page 2

Frank Crawford, Inmate at the Adams county jail, where he awaits commitment to the East Haven asy* him at Richmond, Friday escaped from the jail premises and before he could be captured he had gotten in the alley at the rear of the Schafer Hardware company store. Crawford’3 Confinement had been telling on his physical condition and Sheriff Meyer ■ decided to allow him to be in the yard for a short time yesterday and left Mm in the. care of Joseph Eley a prisoner. Crawford was outside the jail but a few minutes when he started en a dead run down First street. Eley followed pursuit but could not overtake the man until he had reached the down town district He caught up with Crawford behind the Schafer store and was about to capture him when the latter secured a paving brick and threatened to hurl it at his pursuer. Eley succeded in getting him down and held him there until the officers arrived. The man was taken back to jail. o At a called meeting of the school board Friday night the contract for four car loads of coal was let to J. D. Hale of this city, his price being the lowest of a number of bidders who sought the contract The contract provides that Mr, Hale is to furnish four carloads and the board has an option on one or two more cars, at the price of $3.20 per ton. The Wards cast iron coal will again be used in the schools next winter. After awarding this contract the resignation of Prof. William Beachler as superintendent of the Decatur schools was read and accepted by the board. Mr. Beachler has been here for two years, and during that time labored industriously for the betterment of the schols. He has several offers, but as yet has no} decided which he will accept. In whatever field he may engage his Decatur friends will extend to him and family their very best wishes. The school board has received two applications for the superintendency, but they will not engage the services of either until they have gone thoroughly into the matter. The board expects to secure a well qualified man to take the place. ■■ *o Friday afternoon at four o’clock the trial of Red Wentzer, charged with camping on a public highway, occurred and after evidence was sub- , mitted on both subsequent to a plea of not guilty, Squire Smith assessed a fine of one dollar and costs amounting in all to eleven dollars. By a number of reputable witnesses Wentzer proved that he was not a gypsy, as it was first intimated, but that he was a dealer in horses, and a man of unquestionable repute. He gave as his reason for camping west of the city that one of his horses became sick and that he could not go further with the anlmfll. Attorney D. E. Smith represented the defendant, and the case was fought bitterly. Following the judgment of the court the defendant and a number of horsemen who had gathered discussed the feasibility of appealing the case to the i circuit court, and at a time, it appeared that such an action would materialize. However the amount involved was so meager that it was decided later not to urge such an action. Wentzer resides at Marion, and is known over the country as a horseman of note. Attorney Chauncey Lautzenhizer, deputy prosecutor, represented the state, and he demonstrated his ablliyt in making a good case, one that would stick. Attorney Lautzenhizer is a brilliant young attorney and will be heard from in the future. o—■ — GENEROUS BUSINESS MEN Gas Magnates Are Kind-Hearted Peo- , pie—At Ossian.

S. E. Mulholland, assistant manager j and Attorney Huffman of the Indiana K Lighting company, spent some time t fc here recently securing the right of t Way for the new pipe line. It enters r the town at the alley, near the Krewson residence and thence south through the town on the first alley j east of Main street. The town trus- r p f tees wisely considered this best as f Main street has been put in good con- i' dition and it is best to let it remain ( £ so. The company is managed by gen- 1 ( erous, kind hearted business men who ' ( ▼lll treat the people nicely if given & a proper chance to do so.—Ossian ,fe. o — The epidemic of German measles R which is now raging in Logansport has caused a postponement of the. j commencement exercises of the primary department of the Baptist Sunday school. Thursday it was discovered that there are only four children I out of the big class of graduates who are not confined to their homes with measles. There are hundreds of oth- ( ’ er cases In the city. Already three deaths have occurred, but In each case the victims were small children.

Saturday was the closing day of the April term of the Adams circuit court and considerable time was occupied in the allowance of bills, and the routine Usual to the end of a term. ♦ ♦ ♦ Fruchte & Llterer are attorneys in a petition for a drain filed by them and signed by Sophia and Louis Conrad and a number of others. The cause was set for docketing on September 6. ; , . ♦ ♦ ♦ A demurrer was overruled in abatement filed in the divorce case of Rosie Pass water vs. Charles Passwater. * * ♦ Judge O’Rourke came Saturday to hear evidence in the cause of Julius Haugk et al vs. Erastus Fritzinger et al, suit on street lien and it being impossible to hear all the evidence in the case, this being the last day, the cause was postponed until July 1, 1909, at 9 o’clock a. m. *. * * An entry was made in the FaylorStudabaker case, providing that since this trial is in progress and has not been completed that the term be extended so far as this cause is concerned. However this does not allow any other matters to be disposed of. ♦ * * Last Saturday being the last day of the term, the case of Conrad D. Gallmeyer, trustee, vs. Edward Gallmeyer et al, the big case heard about three months ago, cannot bo decided before September, Judge Macy has been sick for some time, and for this reason has been unable to render his decision. * * * W. B. Weldy, guardian for Francis Laman, filed a petition for an order to buy a piano for the ward, which was granted, piano not to cost more than S3OO. * * * In the Cory E. Irwin estate, David Zehr, executor, the widow, Belle Irwin filed a petition for a distribution. * * * Proof of publication of final-notices were filed by Paul G. Hoper, administrator of the Anna Malloonee estate and by Alice Ray, administratrix of Shelby Ray estate. ♦ * ♦ In the William Sheets estate, Clara D. Sheets, administratrix, a petition was filed for an order on the administratrix to show cause why claims are not paid; petition sustained and administratrix ordered to make a report within twenty days. — ? —O— ; The horse season Is closing. Another auction was held at the First stret barn Saturday a. m. and about fifteen head of rejects were disposed of, cleaning up the stock on hands in good shape. Yesterday’s sale was as good as any held thifa season, but the company has not decided whether or not to try another sale, as two weeks from now will bring it mighty close to the first of July, a dead time in the horse business, and while a sale was announced yesterday, it is possible that it will be called off and that the 1909 season is oyer. It has been a wonderful one, proving that square business such as the Decatur Horse Sale company does will pay in the. long run. They are not done growing yet by any means. Yes-; terday there were more buyers here than at any former sale, and next year will find this the best market in the country, in fact it is now the equal of anything in the west. People of Decatur do not realize, at least the most of them, what this company means for this section of the country, because they do not stop to think of the immense business done. This year’s sales started on January Bth and have been held every two weeks since. In that time a few over threh thousand head of horses have been bought and sold. At an average of S2OO and those who have attended the sales know that this is a fair estimate, the total amount of money received for the animals is $600,000. Further than |hls every deal made represents two, that is to say, that the horses must be first bought up by the company here and are then resold on sale day to> the buyers, who come from all over the country. ,Thus the enormous sum of $1,200,000 has been handled by this company. They have made some money, we are ■ glad to say, not fortunes, but enough Ito encourage them to continue in the business, and this means that the farmers and stockmen of this section of thfi state may continue to have ,the best market in the world right here at home. The firm buys their horses over this and abput twenty other counties in this section, and 1 they have a reputation for fairness ; unequalled in the country, every ! rhorseman and every farmer speaking of them in the highest terms. Here’s. hoping that he next season will dou- j ’ ble this one. 1 — o i . , ■ ’, Temperance workers in DeKalb i county have decided to call a local ■ j option election in that county du<3 ing the latter part of August The 1 county is already dry by remon- *• strahce.

John M. Frlslnger, of the firm of fairs to leave’on his annual trip to Europe where he will purchase a large number of Belgium and Percheron stallions and mares. The past year has been a record breaker for the firm. Last October they had on hands fifty-five head of handsome animals, the greater number being stallions. Now they have only about a dozen. The firm is one of the oldest in this country and 'their fifteen years of fair and square dealing has given them a reputation that is the best asset they have. Mr. Frisinger will probably leave here in about two weeks and will not return until late in the fall. He may, however, ship an advance load of horses that they may be able fib show at the various big fairs, always an opportunity for advertising. Mr. Sprunger of the firm, has been in rather poor health for a few weeks, and is at present at Martinsville taking a course of baths. It is believed this will return him as sound as ever and Mr. Frisinger will then leave on his trip abroad. He has crossed the ocean each season for the past fourteen years. Consequently the novelty of the trip has long ago worn off, and It Is now purely business with him. The firm sold one of their horses today, it being shipped to Michigan. He expects to buy from sixty to seventyfive head of horses on this trip. t —■ o- —— Guy Mercer, known over the country as J. Carlton Guy, and one of the proprietors of the Guy Stock company which has often visited Decatur, is an inmate of the Athens Insane asylum at the present time, where he languishes with memory blank and an exceedingly feeble mind. Mr. Mercer has been known over the country as one of the most clever young actors on the stage, and from his pen many deep and interesting plays have found inception. Mr. Guy wrote the play “The Cry Baby” which showed in this city some time ago and this piece made a hit over the country. Os late he had been playing that weird role of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and became so Infatuated therewith that his mind became affected and his commitment to the asylum followed. While now imprisoned, every afternoon at three o’clock he goes through the play, and by those who have watched him he is said to have done it cleverly. Mr. Mercer certainly had a great future before him as an actor and ft Is to

be deplored that he has Suffered such a sad plight. He is well known by Decatur people all of whom will regret to hear of his misfortune. o— County Recorder. H. Steele is the recipient of a souvenir from the Hawaiian islands which he appreciates very much and which disseminates knowledge relative to the faroff islands very interesting to the reader. The souvenir is in the form of a periodical which is descriptive of the Industrial advantages dating from the reciprocity treaty with the United States until the present time. The edition details the advances of the Hawaiian Islands which finally effected the treaty with the United States viz: She repeatedly asked that such a treaty be made, but was refused by the United > States. Meantime the# owners of the large sugar and ,tobacco plantations ascertained that they could at that time secure higher prices for their product in Australia and simultaneously obtain provisions from that country at a lower rate of cost. Establishing a relationship witlj England the owners of the plantations learned that they could import English laborers whose wages would be very meager and consequently they began the importation of Englishmen. This awakened the United States government to the fact that unlbss the treaty materialized the dominating factors of Hawaii would soon be English. The reciprocity treaty followed. The periodical was sent here by a cousin of Mr. Steele, who has been In the Hawaiian islands. His name is George F. Steele, and he is a son of the late William Steele, formerly of this county, who later moved to Callfronia, where he has long since died. A sister of the former has also been in the Hawaiian island* for ten years, but is now visiting relatives in California. She will return soon. o CONTESTS WILL AND WINS , Indianapolis Man Receives Verdict From Jury at South Bend. South Bend, Ind., June 11.—The jury in the case of Erastus Eisenbeist .of Indianapolis against the estate of J his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Elsenbeiss lin which he asked that her will dis- | posing of $30,000 be set aside, returned a verdict today for the plaintiff. The case was before the court for two weeks. Under the will a son, Dr. Charles M. Elsenbeiss of Elkhart, postmaster, was the principal SmH fleiary and was to receive the bulk of the estate.

I.„ « ' ' Attorney A. P. Beatty filed a new case entitled Cribben & Sexton vs. Decatur Hardware company and Mary A. Loch, notes and account, demand * ♦ * In the case of Catherine Snyder vs. William Eicher, for possession Os real estate and $50.00 daerage, a motion to dismiss was sustained with judgment for costs against the plaintiff. ♦ ♦ ♦ The final report on the Sylvester Tlnkham drain, was allowed and,the superintendent was discharged. ♦ ♦ ♦ FTed Leichty was appointed guardian for Ralph and Nola Schaupp, and filed a petition for the sale of real estate. Sale ordered and guardian ordered'to pay the sum of $153.98 ro Mary Schaupp and $253.33 to Arthur Schaupp. ♦ ♦ * A marriage license was granted to John F; Haggard, aged 18, son of J. M. Hagard and Nola M. Cook, 18, daughter of Elmore J. Coot? * * ♦ Norman G. Lenhart vs. A. R. Bell et al, partition, final report filed and aproved and clerk ordered to pay funds in his hands to parties entitled thereto as shown by the commissioners report ,. ,I, i»O fr',,,,,.,.,..,.. ■ Miss Clara, daughter of the late Jacob Mangold, is confined at Hope hospital, Fort Wayne, to await the crisis of a very serious ailment which in all probability will usher her spirit into eternity. Since the untimely death of her father, Miss Mangold has suffered much. Worry over her father’s death preyed upon her mlnu until she partially lost control of her mental faculties.* She y’as admitted to a Fort Wayne institution some months ago in hopes of gaining relief from the mentil depression, but without avail and a short time ago she was taken to Hope hospital, where she could have t}ie advantage <of skilled, care. She has grown worse each day, and now her death is momentarily expected. The afflicted woman is well known in Decatur and her pitiful condition will be deplored by her many friends. Attending physicians state that it will be but a question of a short time until dehth will come. - BUBB CASE GOEB TO BLUFFTON Suit for SIO,OOO Damages Taken There on Change of Venue. , - A SIO,OOO damage suit was filed In circuit court here this morning on change of venue from the Allen circuit court at Fort Wayne. The plaintiff Is George Bubb, and he files the suit as administrator of the estate of Anthony Bubb, in behalf of the latter’s widow, Sarah Bubb, and her ten children. The damage suit grows out of a fatal accident on the Fort Wayne & Springfield .Traction line, which company is made defendant in the suit. On January 10, 1908, Anthony Bubb was crossing the traction company’s tracks between Fort Wayne and Decatur, when he was struck by a limited car, alleged to be running 60 miles an hour to make up eight minutes that it was late. Bubb’s view Is alleged to have been obstructed by a car standing on a siding and by trees and the company’s employes are alleged to have ben negligent in not being stationed so as to give warning especially the crew of the car standing on the siding. Bubb had a place of business opposite the traction company’s station and it is alleged he was crossing the tracks on business purposes to deposit freight for shipment. The firm of Colericks, of Fort Wayne are plaintiff's attorneys.—Bluffton j News. The case was tried at Auburn during the past winter and the jury disagreed. ■V _o i Frank Fetters, of Jefferson township, paid a fine of $16.75 in the court ’of Squire Smith Friday morning after ’.pleading guilty to the charge of as'sault and battery which was instlt tuted by Harvey Lawson. Fetter conI ducts a dancing platform in Jefferson ’township, and on Saturday night i Harvey and James Lawson, together ’with a number of other men got into a controversy about some trivial affair. Fetters admonished the boys that he would not tolerate trouble on the grounds and that if they wished to quarrel to go off the premises. ■They ceased the wrangle for a time only to begin again and when reprimanded by Fetter, Harvey Lawson became abusive. In return for his abuse Fetters landed a heavy blow 'which hurled him a number of feet, and the dispute was settled for the night. However, Lawson filed an affidavit against Fetters and Constable Smith Thursday served the ' papers. He came to town Friday morning and paid the fine and it is quite likely that he will institute charges against Lawson charging provoke. | ; —_ —- Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Meyers, of Pleasant Mills, went to Fort Wayne to spend the day.„y

r Alma Butcher at 9:30 a. m. Thursday j Judge and Mrs. D. D .Heller and was | attended only by the immediate fam- • ily of the groom, Mrs. Jennie Fuhrf man, of Marion, Ohio, and Miss Vera ? Ehlnger. At the appointed time the i bride and groom, led by the, Rev. Sherman Powell, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, took their Places In the front parlor of the beau-1 ■ tlful home and there the words were: > said which united the two lives in the holy bonds. It was a very pretty ceremony, the ring service being used, and after receiving the congratulat tions of those present, Mr. and Mrs. Heller left on the ten o’clock car for Fort Wayne, from where they will go i this afternoon to Toledo, Detroit, and other citfes of the east They will return the first of the week and will be at home in their own cozy cottage, i already prepared for them on north Fifth street. The bride wore a handsome gray golng-away suit and the groom was dressed in black. Mr. Heller is the son of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Heller, and one of the popular and ’ most highly respected, young men of this city. He is a graduate of the Decatur high school and the Indianapolis Law University. He has been a member of the firm of Heller & Son, attorneys, for a number of years, and is now Serving his second term as prosecuting attorney for the twentysixth judicial district His prospects for future success are very bright. His bride is one of the most clever and attractive young ladies of this city, where she has made her homo for the past four years. Her home formerly was at Columbus, Ohio. She is a graduate of the Angola college, and since coming to Decatur has served as bookkeeper at the Decatur Furnace company’s plant, where she has proven most capable. She is a charming young lady and the couple start life’s journey with the promise of a happy future. —o —• The marriage of Miss Mary E. Voglewede to Mr. Thomas Haefling occurred Thursday at 8:30 a. m.standard time at the St. Marys Catholic church. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Voglewede and the groom is the son of Mrs. Bridget Haefling. The ceremony was impressively performed by the Rev. H. Theodore Wilkins, the bridal party entering as the wedding march commenced. The ring ceremony was used. The bride* looked very beautiful in a princess! embroidery gown and wearing a white hat. Her sisters, Misses Rose and Agnes were bridesmaids, the former wearing a pink and the latter blue princess dresses with hats to the bridesmaids looked vep» pretty. The groomsmen were Mr. Leo Pllliod of Grand Rapids and Mr. Gerald Dailey of Bluffton. Ushers were Mr. Frank Wemhoff and Mr. Bernard Terveer. Following the services the wedding party and friends were conveyed to the Voglewede residence where an elaborate wedding breakfast was served at eleven o'clock. At the door 1 the guests were received by Miss Mathilde Berllng. The parlor, living ’ rooms and the dining room were fra* ■ grant with roses in vases everywhere, and the chandeliers in all the rooms were hung with smilax. In the dining ' room the decorations were green and ' white, the smilax and ferns were on - the tables and there were bowls of ; white roses. One table was given to the Bachelor Maids Club, of which ’ the bride was a member. During the ■ breakfast four girls, the Misses Gene- > vieve Berllng, Louisa Brake, Leota ■ Bailey and Bertha Kinney served. A ■ number of guests from other places » were present. They were Leo Pllliod, Grand Rapids, O.; Gerald Dailey, r Bluffton; Mr. and Mrs. Dan Haefling, ’ Fort Wayne; Miss Blanche Hart, Fort Wayne; Mr. Frank Fi»her, Cincinnati; Edgar H. Kilbourne, Detroit. ■ The bride and groom will leave on the t 12:49 over the Erie for Chicago and r other places for a week or ten days • trip. On completing the trip they will - live in an already furnished house - on north Seventh stret. Both Mr. i and Mrs. Haefling are well known t and popular young people and the r best wishes of their large number of > friends go with them. . > j ■ -o— — . .... • TO HOLD ANNUAL MEETING 1 • 1 County Superintendents to Assemble - In Indianapolis June 29-30. s Indianapolis, June 11.—The Indiana - county superintendents association i will hold its fifty-seventh annual a meeting in this city on June 29-30. r Those on the program are: A. J. Rei- ;, fel, of Franklin county; Richard Park, j ot Sullivan county; Ell P. Wilson of i Union county; Charles W. Jordan of Wayne county; Edgar Mendenhall ot e Decatur county; Ira Potts of Hunting- - ton county; William S. Corn of Brown e county; John F. Haines of Hamilton’ s county; Lee L. Driver of Randolph ‘county, and State Superintendent ' Robert J. Aley. ,il. ■ O 0 Miss Ina Hunslcker, of Lima, Ohio, 1, visiting In th, dty.

.county youth Thursday a. m. gathered thM^s^arefntenJh mweSl from uian a square in lengcn marenea irom the central school building to the Bosse opera house, where, after exercises strikingly appropriate to the occasion, they were presented wltk diplomas, which evidenced the fact . that they had completed the common education provided for in our public schools. Arrffhgetnenta had been made to hold the session in the Central school yard, but the inclemency of the prevailing weather conditions necessitated a chanr? in this part of the program, hence the opera housv was prepared for the eVer important event. As early as 8:45 o’clock thia morning admirers of the graduates and supporters of the cause represented began to assemble at the opera house, and long before the graduates arrived the house was packed almost to its capacity. The monotony of an unavoidable delay in the arrival of the class was relieved by several inspiring selections by the famous Hamrick orchestra, pleasing to say the least. At about ten o’clock the 148 graduates headed by Prof. L. E. Opliger and the trustees of the various townships, appeared, and were seated on the stage, the trustees, speakers, ministers and Prof. Opliger occupying the first row and the class the remainder. A selection by the orchestra signalled the rising of the curtain and following this the Rev. Richard Spetnagel delivered the invocation in a few well chosen words. The Temple quartet of Huntington, and an organization of note, rendered a selection which evoked vociferous applause from the audience. They responded with an encore. Prof. Opllger then introduced Prof. George H. Tapy, department of education Wabash college, who delivered one of the most scholarly addresses ever listened to by an Adams county audience. Introductory to the discourse the speaker illustrated that if an average American was asked why he was proud of the United States, he would give as his reason that it is the largest nation in the world the richest in the world and has the best environments. Prof. Tapy admitted that Uncle Sam enjoys the distinction of having these assets and admired, that they were valuable but he insisted that it is not the greatest possession of the American people. Great things do not find origin in the large nations during the time of their prosperity, continued the speaker and he vividly illustrated this fact by stating that Christianity found its Inception in the small land of Palestine; Protestantism in Holland And* gave other .illustrations. Prof. Tapy emphasized that material wealth and bigness were relegated to the rear when the greatest things of the country are referred to. Intellectual attainment and purity of character,are the greatest things that can come into the Mves of _ the people. The discourse was replete with logic and the auditors absorbed the thoughts presented with great satisfaction. The Temple quartet followed with another* very pleasing selection after which Prof. L. M .Sniff, president of Trl-State Normal college gave a very interesting talk to the class, examplifying the fact that Christianity should play an important part in the lives, of the scholars as well as edu • cation. He f said: | '"Education is . something you cannot lend, you cannot borrow nor lose and it is therefore quite different chan any other asset belonging to the human race. Prof, Sniff talked forcefully and was well received by the audience. His remarks were often interrupted by applause, demonstrating the appreciation of the audience. He presented the diplomas to the graduates from the common branches and did it gracefully. The Temple quartet again favored with a selection after which the audience sang “Onward Christian Soldiers.” The benediction was pronounced by the Rev. Sherman Powell and thus closed an important event in the lives of the class members. It is indeed gratifying to know that so many of the Adams county youth aspire to acquire an education. It is also gratifying to know that cne hundred and forty-eight were this year capable of completing the common branches. Adams county has- a system of education which year after year is equipping young men and i women for busy and useful lives and to the men in whose hands the des- , tiny of our public schols lies is indebted the congratulatory inclinations of the people. Prof. Opliger has worked vigorously for this year’s attainment, he has left nothing undone , which would advance the interest of ! the scholars and the teachers and ! much credit is due him. ; —o " * ■« ■■ ' Miss Alma Bowen has received a i letter from her brother, Clyde, who la i* an operator near Helena, saying that i he likes his work at that place, and is getting along fine. The country there is well settled. In some parts of the state the work is not as pleas- , ant as there is some danger of holding la position as operator.