Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 26, Decatur, Adams County, 1 July 1909 — Page 6

Woman*. mort florion. endowment i. th. power to awaken and hold the pure and honeat love of a worthy men. When .he lo.e. it and .till love, on, Sa* one in the wide world can know the heart atony ■he endure.. The woman who .offer. from weakaeii and derangement of her apecial womanly organiam .oon loaea the power to .way the heart of • man. Her general health suffers and she lose. ■■■■UP* her good looks, her attractiveness, her amiability W and her pnwar and area tide ns a woman. Dr. R.V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N.Y., with the assistance of his staff of able physicians, Ims prescribed for and cured many thousands of Women. He has devised a successful remedy for woman’s ailments. It is known as Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. It is a positive specific for the weakncssea and disorders peculiar to women. It purifies, regulates, strengthens and heals. Medicine dealers sell it. No Arattf dealer will) •dvise you to accept a substitute in order to make a little larger profit. IT MAKES WEAK WOMEN STRONG, SICK WOMEN WELL. Dr. Piortn’a Pluuut Pollot* rcgulato and atnmtthan Stomach, Liver and Bowoh.

Prof. Elmer E. Rice, of Bloomington, Indiana, will succeed Prof. William Beachler, who resigned recently, as superintendent of the Decatlir public schools. A telegram was sent to Mr. Rice Saturday notifying him of his selection for the place, and It is assured that he will be in charge of the schools next year. The school board, Messrs. Sellemeyer, Erwin and Mills made a trip to Frankfort Friday and also to Mulberry near that city and where Mr. Rice formerly lived and served in charge of the schools for five years. They heard nothing but the highest praises and came home with their minds made up that he is the man wanted here. Next morning a short session was held and it was unanimously agreed to employ Mr. Rice. The selection is no doubt a good one. Mr. Rice is about thirtyeight years old, has a wife and daughter, the latter just ready to enter high school. He has had twenty years of experience as a teacher in the common schools, high schools and supervision and was highly recommended by State Superintendent Robert J. Aley, as well as by every member of the faculty of the state university and by many others who know a school man when they meet him. He has been in charge of a number of good schools over the state and has devoted much time to college advancement. He is graduate from the Valparaiso college, with two degrees, has spent the past two years at the State University at Bloomington, graduating from there this month with high honors and is now taking the postgraduate course Ithere. Before his arrival here he will have received the degree of Master. He a life state license which he obtained by examination and comes here fitted in every way to take charge of the work. He will arrive with his family about August fifteenth. The school board have had an innumerable number of applications for the place and the task of making a selection has not been an easy one by any means. In choosing Mr. Rice, however, they feel they have made no mistake, and that the people here will agree with them ' after he has been tried.

The board received a message teat ] afternoon from Prof. Rice in which he - accepts the position. t' , —■ O — According to information received from W,.H. Eichhorn, attorney in chief, for the defendant in the Fay- , lor vs. Studabaker case, the big suit which was tried here and resulted in a victory for the plaintiffs, will be taken to the supreme court again. That this is one of the hardest fought legal battles ever fought in the state is assured from the fact that it has been tried four times beside an insanity proceeding prior to the filing of the case, but along the same lines. If the cause is taken up it means a good job for H. M. De Voss, the court reporter as it will take weeks to prepare the evidence, the transcript In the prehfous appeal costing more than S6OO. Tne case has been in court for eight /years and has been through the appellate and supreme courts. The News at Bluffton gave a complete history of the case and among the interesting facts mentioned were: Before this last trial proceeded the heirs were required to pay about $2,500 in costs before the trial proceeded but these costs will ultimately have to be paid by Studabaker if he finally loses out. It is said that he will carry the case to the higher courts again and in this case many more heavy costs will be added, for the transcript in this case alone will cost more than the first ohe. One of the attorneys said this morning that the total costs to date in the case run probably to $6,000, which does not include attorneys fees. The land in litigation and proceeds during the period of litigation are estimated worth from $15,000 to $20,000. Since the first trial a number of the witnesses have died, including Mrs. Jacob Stout, one of the heirs, Rebecca Houtz, Jacob Richey, P. M. Brown and Fred Ashbaucher and Col. J. B. Plessinger. The latter died suddenly of »heart disease during one of the earlier trials at Decatur. The case has occupied in trials during the four times It has been in court about 13 weeks, and this last trial lacked two

days of requiring four weeks. In the four trials combining 48 jurors, fortyseven have stood for the heirs and one for Studabaker. Besides the possession of the farm it is said that if the heirs once gain possession they will also have suit brought demanding of Studabaker an accounting of the proceeds of the farm during all the seven or more years he has had possession. ■ Dan Straub will peak from between the bars at the Adams county jhii until nearly fair time, as the result of a session of police court held for his especially benefit at nine o’clock last night. For some time Dan has been causing trouble for his wife, who has refused to live with him for a year past, and when he gets a “bun" on he goes to his wife’s home and abuses her or the children. Last night he was feeling just right and going home, picked up his little child which he beat with a heavy strap and then pulling a razor threatened to cut the baby’s throat Marshal Butler was notified and arrested the inhuman father, and he demanding an immediate trial, was accommodated. After hearing the evidence, Mayor France fined Dan five and costs and gave him thirty days in jail, amounting to all about forty-five days, during which time Mrs. Straub will not have to worry about him trying to kill them. He was very angry at the result and gave notice that he would appeal to a higher court, which the mayor told him he could do after his release.

New York, June 26—Justice Dowling granted Mrs. Howard Gould a separation from her husband and alimony of $36,000 a year. Mrs. Gould asked for a separation and $250,000 alimony. Mrs. Gould in her direct testimony, made a general denial of all the allegations of intoxication and improper conduct of which she had been accused by the witnesses for the defense. She explained her friendliness with Dustin Farnum, the actor, in that she simply desired to solicit his aid in some of her plans to return to the stage after she And Mr. Gould 1 had separated In July, 1906. On heri direct examination in rebuttal late yesterday Mrs. Gould declared that many incidents related by witnesses for the defense had been made up out of whole cloth or else highly colored. Her voice choked as she told how her husband "quit’’ her after upbraiding her before the servants, and she was on the point of breaking down as she told of how after she had lost all her happiness and the responsibilities had been taken from her she thought seriously of going back on the stage or acquiring a theater in order to find something to occupy her time. In regard to the question of alimony the court said he had only the power to fix the sum he thought proper for the defendant to pay the plaintiff in order to allow het to enjoy all the reasonable comforts befitting her station in life. This sum Justice Dowling said he would' fix at $3,000 a month, or $36*000 a year. "I would rather have the vindication than the money,” said Mrs. Gould, as soon as Justice Dowling finished his decision. “That's why I insisted upon a public trial. I guess people know now what I have had to put up with. This verdict is worth more to me than any money could ever give me.” — - o— Indianapolis, June 26.—Governor Marshall has directed Amos W. Butler .secretary of the Board of State Charities, to take a census of the population of. the state’s penal institutions, with a view of ascertaining how many prisoners committed felonies within three years of their admission to the country. Secretary Butler, it is understood, will begin the work at once. Under the federal laws immigrants committing felonies within three years of their admission to this country must be deported. 1 The theory of the law is that immigrants found guilty of a felony within three years are of criminal ten--1 dencies, and, therefore, undesirable I citizens, n a recent census of the • penal Institutions of New York a tot tai of 319 were reported for deportation to the bureau of commerce and s labor. The board of state charities ' is in charge of all the state’s penal I and benevolent institutions. There > is no way of estimating how many,

ed to Governor Marshall that a census of the poor asylums and the hospitals for the insane may disclose a number of epileptics subject to deportation. The immigration laws require that any entering the country who are found to have been afflicted with the disease prior to departure from the native country, shall be deported. A recent case of this kind was brought to light in Parke county. An investigation has been set on foot by Secretary Butler to obtain facts in this instance and arrange for the deportation.

Six people had an almost miraculous escape from serious Injury or death Friday night, between six and seven o’clock when the big bank barn on the George Trlcker farm, east of the city two miles, was struck by lightning. When the storm came up* two rigs, in one of which was Irvin Acker of this city and two lads, and in the otner Frank Railing and two boys named Nidlinger and Miller, were caught and asked permlssslon to drive into the barn. This was granted, of course, and Mr. Trlcker went out and insisted that the people go into the house. They preferred to remain In the barn, however, and a few minutes later a bolt of lightning hit the comb, tore off the gable and flashing down through the big building riddled some of the heavy timbers. The men and boys were all shocked of course, but none \ of them were seriously hurt. Mr. Railing was rendered unconscious for a few minutes, but soon revived and was able to go home after the rain was over, while the rest of the people felt no bad effects. Mr. Railing said it seemed that some one had struck him a terrific blow on the top of the head. The damage to the barn was slight Immediately after the stroke which did the work, Mr. Trickpr renewed his invitation for the people to come into the house and they responded without any hesitancy. — ip.T ■ i , Washington, June 26.—The chairman of the senate finance committee is not too busy with his scheme to raise additional revenue by means of special taxation to see that the

business of pushing up rates goes steadily on. Within the last three days and up to the time the-senate met todav rates have been increased on hides, coal, lumber, shoes, leather, pineapples and many other items of importance. The progressive Republicans have opposed every one of these increases, but with as many as one-half the Democratic senators voting with the “boss of the senate ’ when wotes were needed the downward revisionists were unable to do more than enter their protests and 'votes. Only a few important rates i remain to be considered. Most of [them will be increased. With, the end of the work on the schedules in sight students of the legislation are beginning to compare the senate bill once more with the house bill, and , the two bills with the present tariff law. A study of the bills does not offer much encouragement io those senators who had hoped that, maybe, something substantial would, - be accomplished in conference, with the assistance of the president,, who i has said all along that when the bill ■ went to conference he intended to . “get busy.” Approximately 70 P« r cent, of the duties will be fllxed when the bill goes to conference; that is ' to say, the senate will have accept- . ed that per cent of the rates set out in the Payne bill, and where there Is no disagreement there can be no consideration by the conference cem- . rnittee. Jt is pointed out that if the house conferees should bring tfe sahi 'ate conferees to agree to the house i action on all the disputed rates the . bill, when completed, would be a : downward revision measure. Unques- : tionably the senate leaders intend to yield on some of the rates, but no ’ one has any expectation that they .will give up more than one-half the advances that have been made. Some ■ well-informed onlookers believe Sen-, ator Aldrich’s willingness to have a ! corporation tax levied may be ad- ! counted for by his anxiety to hold prohibitory irates on many of the Important items in the bill. The fact I that since he 'seemed to be assured • of enough votes to put through the ' corporation tax he has been pushing i up duties is regarded as significant, p o . --u ,u ■*- - i The Niblick family here wece notli fled Saturday by wire of the death of Mr. I. R. Burton, at his home in i Philadelphia. The message brought sadness to the hearts of a number !of Decatur people, for he was perhaps the best known of any eastern traveling salesman who made this territory. His first trip here was made ' more than forty years ago, it being 1 necessary for him to drive here from i Fort Wayne, there being he railroad I ( into the city. He has come here con- > tinuously every year since and usually , several times a year. For two or

KETnHSS here only a few months ago. He represented the Miller, Bain, Beyer & Company .of Philadelphia, and for nearly half a century had sold Niblick A Company here A few days ago blood poison set in, superinduced by the ailment from which he was a sufferer, and the end came Friday. He was an old bachelor, his age being near the seventy mark. The funeral services were held last Tuesday at Philadelphia. . —....- <o ■».- . . ■ Look out for counterfeit half dollors. Some one seems to be pushing them out in this city, and if you are not careful you will have several of the worthless coins in your possession before you know It Several business men have complained about the matter, and one took in three yesterday. I The coin is a splendid representation so far ah appearances go, being a correct imitation, apparently made from a perfect mold, but when you pick one of the pieces up, you notice at once that it is lighter than the regulation half dollar piece. They are of the specie, which contain an amount of glass to give them the required ring and when new are very hard to detect. It is thought that some one here is doing a lively business on this line for when the coins first come in they are bright and new as though they had come from the mint, but in a day or two they have lost all their color of silver and are a dirty old lead hue. Several business men are supplied with these souvenirs, but the banks say they have not been troubled with them.

FINALLY DECIDED TO MARRY Indiana Couple Lived Together Illegally for Many Years. Lebanon, uuu June 25—After living together as husband and wife for twenty-seven years at their home in Thorntown, D. H- Rammel, 73 years old, and Mrs. Lucinda P. Rammel, 75, were marrigd yesterday. They applied tor a marriage license yesterday and Mrs. Rammel gave the clerk her name as Rammel. The couple would tell nothing about themselves, other than that they were Os nO blooded relation. At Thorntown they at first stated they had nothing to give to the public concerning their strange actions tn getting the marriage license. Yesterday, however, a romance was revealed which only the children of Mrs. Rammel knew besides herself and husband. According, to the story the romance began in 1882 at Mechanicsburg, near Lebanon. Rammel and Mrs. Rammel then the wife of a man by the name of Black, eloped to Ohio. Mrs. Rammel left their five children in the care of'the husband. Ih Ohio, according to a statement of Mr. Rammel they contracted a common law marriage. Mrs. Rammel’s first husband died In 1888. Before he died he secured a divorce from his wife. The couple then moved to Thornton, near their former home and have resided there since. Four of Mrs. Rammel’s children, of which her former husband was the father, are still living, and it was through their efforts that the couple was married yesterday according to law. The marriage caused considerable talk at Thorntown, as the people never had a suspicion that the couple had not been married long ago.

built in sixty days. Bluffton and Genova Line to Be Pushed to Completion. general Manager L. C. Justus, of the Bluffton, Geneva & Celfoa Traction company said this morning that bids will be received next week for the contracts for grading on the new line between this city and Geneva. He said that the work will likely be apportioned into two contracts in order that the construction can be carried on more expeditiously, and it is the expectation to have the line completed inside of sixty days. Mr. Justus says that practically all of the right-of-way has now been signed up, there belli* only a few instances where the complete contracts have not yet been filled out There is one condition existing that probably is without parallel fn railroad construction wort, that it, if it goes through as now appears apparent, and this is in the fact that it will not be necessary to enter copdemnation proceedings in order to secure a single piece of right-of-way. Many were so anxious to get the road that they have donated right-of-way. Most roads encounter cases where a case in court is the only way they can get through. —Bluffton News. i — 0 r‘" —* — are in receipt of a card from C. H. Bteey the wall known clothier from here, who is enjoying a trip through the west He writes from Arteta, Oregon, that he * having > good time and seeing many sights

emsrkab ■ ; -7— > Marlon, Ind., Juhe 26.—Shortly after I d’clock last evening the jury rendered a verdict of acquittal in favor of William P. Gray, charged with the murder v of his brother-ln-laW, Alonzo Bellville, at the Upland depot on June 1. Immediately after the verdict was read Gray shook hands with each juryman and then went to the home of one of his friends for the evening. It took the lawyers six hours to argue the case and Judge Paulus one hour in his instructions to the jury. The jury was out two hours before coming to a decision. There were few people in the court room at the time the jury returned, as a verdict was not expected so soon. CAME HOME FROM CLEVELAND Representatives of the Fullenkamp Store Buy Fall Suite for Ladles. Mr. Frank Gass and Miss Tillie Meibers of the Fullenkamp store, are at home from a trip to Cleveland and Toledo, where they purchased the fall suits and skirts for the big store here. They have purchased the best lot of goods ever shipped here, and will surprise the people of this locality when they make, the showing this fell. Next Monday,this store will begin its big annual mid-summer sale and will offer a great line of bargains to the public. Read their announcements In, today’s issue and those that will appear next week. It means a saving of money for you.

THE EVANSVILLE STRIKE. The Governor’s Visit May Pkve Way for Settlement. Evahsville, Ind., June 26.—Governor Thomas IL Marshall has come and gone, but the street car strike Is still on and tne traction company and the union men are as far apart as ever. Though many of the governor’s friends say he helped matters by coming here there are some who say the coming did no good. In his advice to the striking carmen Governor Marshall held out no hope for them and said he did not have the power to help them in the least His words were disappointing to the hot-headed union leaders, who had become imbued with the notion that the governor would come here and with a wave of the hand tell , the traction company that it would have to settle the strike by taking back the men now out of work. This he did not do but in his bjief remarks he said the strikers owed something td the community, and that by prolonging the strike they were simply hurting themselves and their friends. O' < — ——- According to brother Hicks, and while at times he has been the butt for some cruel jokes, it must be acknowledged that he has been hitting the mark pretty close this year, the month of July is to be a hot and stormy one. He predicts very high temperatures from the 2nd to the sth, causing a warm wave to pass easterly over the country and from the 3rd to sth low barometers and blustering violent storms. The prediction for July 4th is rain and thunderstorms for many localities. The period Bth to 10th, promises severe electrical and atmospheric unrest. Look for heavy thunder gusts and driving rain .squalls. On and touching the 9th storms W& reach their cris» A sharp change to rising baromefer, with cooler winds from the west wffl bring up the rear of these storms. The temperature will rise very high, the barometer will fail, and storms ot threatening aspect wIU visit many lotmilties, progressively from west to eOt, between the 14th aid 17th. From ihe Wth, 29th Mfe 21st will be noticgS-ble black, blustering storm clouds fnd scattering local downpours? of ran We do not look for general, rainfalls throughout the country, Although the whole month as a rule may be attended by heavy rains. We rather look for local cloudsbursts tfer narrow, scatterIng localities, with wide, intervening ijßns without formal or sufficient rainfall. Heavy electrical storms and violent summer gusts are very probable about the 23rd, and from that date on through the period 24th tc 28th. Spells of the most oppressive summer heat to be expected, ending in fierce lightning thunder, hall and sudden drop in tstnperature. — Saturday announcements of the wedding of J. H. Harjjnan, of Cleveland to a young worn* of that city wew received here. The wedding took place June 19 in Cleveland, and tht couple Will make their home there Mr. Hartman is very well known tc the young people of tA often visited here. He was in attendance at the wedding of Miss Efflc Redding and Ralph Culbertson, being a special friend of the crowd in whlct they were associated. —Bluffton Banner ■ ; -A-

WWWWWW MOI ay* I am * ... * i"**' At G. G. mTTNOA bum ■ Miss Anna Auispaugh entertal® a number of her friends in honor®her guest, Miss Alta Miller of Greß|| ville, Ohio. They left on the fß|| o’clock for Maple Grove park, wh®|| they enjoyed themselves for hours in dancing and other amu® ments. Mr. Will Geary furnisl® music for the guests and whenßß comes to that Will is right up to B|| top. A good old fashioned lunch BS served to all the guests present aBH which they returned to the city ®|| attended the picture theater. Th® present were Bernice Daily, Emßgl Terveer, Clara Terveer, Joseph® Lang, Anna Amspaugh and Alta 1® ler, and Messrs Chas. Los®, Weaver, Wm. Geary, Bryce McMellßf Harmon Colchin, Clyde Baumgartß|| and Bernard Terv&r. 9® ' * * * fill Miss Bertha Vogelwede will ent® tain the Bachelor Maids at her hc®|| tomrorow evening on Fourth str® and all are requested to be presen® ♦* * I Rev. Ream the blind Baptist prea®,s er from Indianapolis, will preach ■gl Salem on Wednesday evening, B the public is invited to attend services. Rev. Ream is one of ®|| best speakers that ever spoke to l|| audience in this part of the statßg ♦♦ ♦ I The Missionary Society of the MeBI odist church will meet with M® J J. S. Bowers Thursday. Mrs. C.®|| Lewton will assist the hostess. N® 0. L. Vance will read a paper “W® in the Sunny South.’’ B| Miss Margaret Mills and her S®| day school class are today enjoy® a picnic near Monmouth, they leav®|| on the 8:30 car for the scene of f®£ tlvities. It was a whole day of ple®|| ure, and no doubt they all enjoy< (® to the limit. ♦♦ ♦ I The members of the Senior clsMffi 1900, of the public schools of t®|| city will enjoy a reunion soon. ’■g members of the class have beco®|| separated during the years since tl®| graduated. This t«| are all back except on*,' and the evfl|| promises to be a happy one. ( ®|| ; ill The Missionary Society of the Ui®| ed Brethren church will meet at Bl church next’ Thursday evening. Hill, the president, will have cha® of the meeting. Opening the me®| ing with a song by the members®| good program will be rendered. B®| iness will be in order, and an offer®! will bq taken. H ♦» ♦ H A surprise birthday party was gi®| on Mr. and Mrs. L. .A Springer at ®g residence, five miles south of the ci®| During the fifty-two years Mr. Spr®|| ger has lived, most of the time I this county, he has made ma®| friends. Sunday morning Mr. Spr« ger went to this city to bring ® daughter, Mrs. Beery and family I his home to Spend the day. On ®g turning he found the house was tfl| gathering place for a large num J of his friends and relatives, who w® there to pass the day pleasantly wM him and observe his birthday. ®| noon the table was attractively ma®| ready for the guests. With all most delicious dishes the guests joyed the dinner. Those present frc® a distance were Mr. Henry Mathe J son and son Forest, of Fort Mr. Mell Springer and family fr<®| Van Wert, John Meyers and wife, S® and Mrs. Will Springer, Philip Spr®g ger and family, Curtis Springer a®| wife, Roily Springer and family ||| Wren, T. J. Henkel and family, Pei®| Buck and family of Rockford, M®| Myra Wolf and Mr. Floyd Sprague « Monroe, Miss Opal Rex'of this c« Mrs. Rash Matthewson and daugh® Ethel of Pleasant Mills. ■ ♦ * *» The Ladies’ Aid Society of tl®| Evangelical church will give th®| “Dollar Meeting” Thursday evenii® at the church, where they will t®| their experiences in earning their d®| lar. Sometimes, the experiences a® amusing. The musical program pro® ises to be good. Every one invited.® ■

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