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■lp- - ' ■: The Adams county board of educaI tion. Composed -f the trustees of the 1 various townships and one me übt’s | from each town hpard, met fm seiuilannual session at the office of Supt. I L. El. Optiger yesterday and confl siderable business was transacted, I looping toward the opening of the ■ schools of the county soon Those I present were J. A. Fleming of Union, ■ Charles E. Magley of Root, Danlbl I Hoffman of Preble, David Steele of I Kirkland, 0. J. Suman St. Marys, I Frank C. Wechter Blue Creek, C. C. ■ Beefs Monroe, J. T. Kelley Jefferson. I and D. B. Erwin Decatur. The pro ; I gram as published yesterday was ren-, U dered, Important questions being diaI cussed tn a creditable manner by I Trustees Beers, Wechter, Kelley, Su- ■ man and Erwin. A motion prevailed I that the minimum term of school ih I this county be seven months this year M if possible and that the coUnty board ■ of education putforth jthefr best itf-’ I forts to accomplish ■ also discarded the primary history , ■ /‘American Leaders and Heroes” Which ■ ■ 'has been used in the fifth grade be- ■ cause It was too heavy for the chib ! ■ dren and they substituted “First Steps: I in the History of our Country” by I Mowry. The old book, “American' ■ Heroes” win, however, be used ■to ■ the sixth grade this year and thus I there will be no extra expense to the I patrons and it is believed the new I I one will be much more satisfactory. I The schools in Decatur and Geneva, I open next Monday, September Sth. St [ I Marys and Wabash open on Septem-, | ber 20th, French oh Sept 27th, Mon-! I roe October 4th excepting the high I school which opens October 13th as I do the>lgh schools at Linn Grove and I Peterson where eight month terms I will be given and wnere the work will I be equal to that of first and second ■ years in commissioned high schools, I certainly a great advancement and I one for which Prof. Opliger has I worked for several years. The Berne I schools cannot open for a white db ; I account of the building under eon-, I struction is not completed and no de-; I cision has ben reached as to what will I the county. Root, Union, Preble, Kithfl land, Washington, Blue Creek, Hartfl ford and Jefferson" will open Sep- ■ tember 13th. The board believe this I will be the greatest year in the' ■ schools’ history. tMinn- 0 I Beverly, Mass., Sept I.—ln two I weeks President Taft will leave BevI erly on what will prove to be in I many ways a record-breaking preslI dential tour. The president’s first I Jitop will be in Boston the evening of I September 14, where he will be the I guest of honor at a big banquet given ■ by the Boston Chamber of Commerce. I The following morning at/10 o’clock I he will start a 13,000 mile journey I back to Washington. The way to the 1 national capital jwill lead through I Seattle, Los Angeles, the Grand canfl yon, the tip end of southern Texas. I the Mississippi and many other points I east and west. 1 The details of the I trip have been mapped out to the last I minute and contracts have been made ■ with railroads for every part of the I long journey. President Taft is lookfl Ing forward to the beginning of the I trip with mixed enfotions. He is ■ anxious tb/ Visß the various places ■ Included in his flherary and is never ■ happier than traveling, but at I the same time he has expressed hiiuI self as “terribly sorry” that his vaca- ■ tion days are so soon to end. He apI pears In the best possible condition. ■ He attributes this largely to the phy- ■ steal culture exercises he indulges ■ in for an hour every morning before I breakfast and to the three hours spent ■ every forenoon on the links of either fl the Myopia or Essex Club. I Beverly, Mass., Sept 1. —When it ■ tomes to digging up reasons to disI place a man from a job on the govfl ernment pay roH Georgia Democrats I win the blue ribbon. A few days ago la supplemental compjlaint was filed I with President Taft against a Repub- ■ llcan who holds the a ■ well known Georgia city. The comfl plaint said that the man was utterly ■ unfit for the job. To prove It th® comfl plainants declared that recently a tax- : I idermlst moved into his town and put i I up a sign. The next day the Republi- < Bean postmaster sauntered In, took off ■ one shoe and asked the taxidermist to ' [fix his corns. ■ |iSb ———: 0 ■ Rev. Jaus, pastor of the St. Johns i yjphurch, and who has had cha/ge of : ■ the Zion Lutheran church, located at i ■ the Corner of Monroe and Eleventh > ■ streets, in this city since the depar- i I ture of Rev. J. H. Klauslng, who re.- i ■ signed a few weeks ago to accept a ' .‘el 111/ . *•* .

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1L„. '' charge at Big Rapids, Michigan, Is ’ spending his time here this week, looking after finances, which will warrant the call of a pastor to this place. He says he <teels that the church here Is able. to support its own minister and from the way he has been greeted on his rounds this wee|c, knows he is right in the belief. He says the people he has called on have responded nicely and he win call a meeting for next Sunday afternoon, at the church here, when the congregation will issue the official call. They have a number of applications, and it is safe to say that the ; man chosen, will be able and worthy. The church is growing and is composed of splendid citizens of the community. Rev. Jaus has been assisted in his work by Prof. Henry Lankenau Md other members of the church. X j. o— i—- • Lewistown, f Pa.. Sept. 1 .—One of the most audacious Ind startling holdups oLa railroads train in the eastd i f<» year® occurred on’ the eastern slope of. the AUei^x/,, MW yesterday when a lone highwhyrndu stopped a Pennbylwrla ralljpaid express train vrithi a dynamite <!*rtridge 'and at the point of a revcdvel’ com- ; petted the crow V carry thousands of dollars in coin and bullion from an expresa .jto * spot in the wilderness. Wh«n tihe conductor of the jtrain attempted to Interfere with the robber’s plans he was shot In the ( hand and the bold bandit succeeded to making good his escape. In the dark‘ness, however, he mistook a bag containing 10,000 new Lincoln pennies for gold eoin and staggered away with it, leaving the real gold bullion ( to be recovered by the railroaders. When the news ot the robbery reached the railroad and express company officials they were deeply concerned at its boldness and immediately ordered every available detective from the east and west to the scene in ah effort to capture the robber. Bloodhounds ( were also put on his track, but | a late hour no trace of the man had ;been found. Despite the appearance of three passengers who had been calmly ordered the'Crew bAck on the train and compelled them to steam away, leaving the bullion beside the track. It was recovered later by a ' posse sent on a special train. When the train was leaving, he called out: “Goodby and good luck; I hope to see you again.” — o So far as learned here .there is nothing *hew in the Faylor-Studabaker war, and it is likely that the peace effected by the injunction suit will continue for a week or so at least. Speaking of the case, the Bluffton News said last evening: In his complaint in the injunction suit ‘Mr. Studabaker alleged that he was owner to legal title and to fee simple', and had been in possession under the said title since July 8, 1902, and continuing further recites the filing of the original suit by the heirs to 1902, and gives also a recital of the four trials of the case and the appeal to the supreme court winding up by alleging that since judgment has not yet-been entered upon the court upon the last verdict returned at Decatur the case is 'stllLpendtog and unsettled and his title sHll holds good in view of the unfinished state of the original case. He recites how Faylor and Stout took possession of a small residence on >e farm on August 27th and had Refused to vacate, although ordered off repeatedly, and had sought to eject him by force, and that he had been informed and believed that the defendants were armed with deadly weapons and that they would continue in possession unless restrained. He recited also that he had a tenant whom he wanted to place on the farm and who had gefods on a wagon on the highwftr near the farm, but had been kept off by Faylor and the Stouts. He said that he had crops on the farm and stock which needed the care <rf a tenant. He said that he had not been able to give notice of the intention to file a petition for a temporary restraining order because of the condi* tion related as to threats of violence. The injunction suit, in its trial, means’* re-hash of practically the old suit for possession, and a hard fight on this new suit is promised, involving points fought out in the first case. The Decatur court will likely take up the verdict returned by the jury at the last term.add enter judgment upon it shortly after court convenes, and it will then be up to Studabaker to settle or carry out his promised motion for a new trial. The jury’s verdict, gave the heirs right to posslssion of the farm and $2,000 damages. The News was informed this atter-

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BsmßWasiosmsßSßSsiSßmeßmßaimßesMktesnißamßßssßS" noon \that the Faylora and Stouts, after the restraining order was read to them, along with the fact that Studabaker tyad posted an Indemnifying bond, vacated the farm and came back to town without further trouble, k u. —o— —: 4—» : £ Local capitalists returned last night from an automobile tour to Decatur, where they personally - inspected the plant of the Coppock Motor Car Co., with a view to determining on bringing the; concern to Fort Wayne. All those making the trip reported themselves as highly pleased with the plant as they found it. Today it had been intended for the committee, chosen a few nights ago, to go to Indianapolis to interview officials of companies using the Coppock commercial cars and taxicabs, but it is probable the , trip there Will' be abandoned and that the committee will merely write for opinions of the users of the Coppodk B Thoge togthe party to DecattUJ. rday wereWeesrs. Grilr Villis JJaitersley, ‘li.•’i. :»OckbUl. Vt. H Kelly, .0* WTlWfig , at ately tb"t>e plant W showp throQgh , tenus aye tion at this time. 'Several complete cars todtfecteci and eperjr one of the roifors wak very impressed with what he saw. It is probable the committee will be ready wfth a report on the proposition within a few days, as it is intended to delay the movement no longer than necespary. Should the plant move here, commercial cars will be the big end ot the business, while some special attention will be turned to the manufacture of taxicabs, of which the Coppock company has some good ones in service in the larger cities.—: Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. Copenhagen, Sept. I.—(Special to Daily Democrat)—An American has finally located the north pole. The inspector <rf Greenland today reported that Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the Brooklyn explorer, reached the north pole on April 21, 1908. Since that date* he has been fighting to return to civilization, finding this almost as much of an effort as it was to reach the coveted spot Dr. Cook was practically alone in his voyage toward the pole, having had but one white man with him when he started on the last leg of the trip. This man was taken ill and returned to civilization, more than a year ago. Dr. Cook accompanied by a few Eskimos proceeded making a flying trip, with dogs and sledges. No details of the discovery or the manner of getting the news to the world has yet' been forwarded. Shetland, of which Lerwick is the county town, is a group of some 100 islands in the north Atlantic ocean, about 500 miles northeast'of Orkney islands and constitutes the county of Scotland. When the tittle schooner Jeanie, that was sent out as a Perry relief ship, sailed from St John, New Foundland, it was announced that the vessel would stop at Etah on the coast of Greenland and the belief is expressed that Dr. Cook has been found there where he was waiting for some ship to pick him up and bring z 'him back. Before sailing Captain Bartlett of the Jeanie gave out this prophetic statement, “If Dr. Cook is still alive he will have an interesting story flo tell. He went alone, unhampered by any party and his trip will be successful." If it was the Jeanie that picked Cook up. then the little vessel has secured communication with some other vessel from the frozen north which has put into some port and sent back the news. There was a great deal of dissension caused among the Artic explosers by Dr. Cook’s trip, the ftfloWWS of Peary i declaring openly 09® or. Cook had stolen a march on the naval officer, i who had planned to follow out prac- ' tically the same course in his dash : for the pole. Only twice has Dr. Cook been heard from, the first time when he sent back his white com- 1 panion, and .the next time when his': wife received a letter which said he 1 1 would push on alone. Dr. Cook was* born in New York in June, 186i>, and 1 has been a confirmed pole hunter i since 1892, when he acted as surgeon 1 in the Peary expedition. ; i j: — —o — d The school board held a meeting < Tuesday night with all members pres.ent, E. E. Rice, and the business vital to the interests of ! every taxpayer and school .patron was 1 ably transacted. An important feature of the session was the reduction > ■ . ■. ’• ■.

of the levy two cents, a statement to that effect having been file 4; with the county auditor by Secretary Mills: The task of fixing the salaries of the various teachers of the grades and high school was deferred for a few days, until such a time as the general averages' of the teachers are supplied by County Superintendent Opliger. -A Blight change in these averages will be made commensurate with the attendance at the recent meeting of the teachers’ institute,, those attending regularly adding two per cent, thereto. All business preparatory to the opening of the public schools has been performed by the board and what is expected to be one of the most successful terms ever experienced in this city begins next Monday. The co-operatloh of every Decatur citizen is asked by those under whose guidance out educational institutions Are conducted and it is but the fulfillment of a duty bound obligation that this chddrfuHy rendered by evpry individual who has regard for proschools of D“*atur will open Ma#day, Sept 6th. Only a short session be held in the morping, at ; time assignments prßl be made for the regular wdrir op Tuesday.' CtiUhren who have yet attradM school, but who are stx years of age, Wj wiii be by Dec. 25th, wiU be admitted to the primary grades at the different buildings. In accordance with fhpwew In the high school, fqV puiflft of oifier school corpotations, will be $4 per month; in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades $3 per month; in the firs., second, third and fourth grades $1.50 per month- The state board of school commissioners has adopted the home series readers for use in the schools of Indiana. These readers can be had atoe regular places. By presentiing yoW old readers, the new may be secured pt the following exchange pricks: primers, 8 cents; first readers 8 0»tfl second readers, 10 cents, third readers, 13 cents; fourth readers, fifth readers, 20 cents. AR tember Ith,; at one o’clock at the central . building. The superintendent will be at his 'office Saturday for the purpose of assigning pupils, who live outside of Decatur, to their propel* grade. E. E. RICE, Supt Justice caused an unfortunate and rather pitiful occurrence yesterday when Mrs. Katie Harke, was sent to jail for nine days, being thus compelled to leave her family-of children one a babe who is ill with the whooping cough at home, with practically no one tq care for them. The woman is the wife of a tailor who when sober works at various shops here,. They live on Adams street in the old Mann grocery building. Next door lives Rosie Gross and her family, Mrs. Harke claims that one ot Mrs, Gross’ boys insulted her thirteen-yeer-old daughter. She Stopk up the quarrel and said some ugly remarks to Mrs. Gross, who promptly had her arrested on a charge of provoke. Mrs. Harke plead guilty and there was nothing for the justice to do but to fine her, and he made it a dollar and costs, amounting to $9.30. The convicted lady had no money and was sent to jail for nine days. She asked to have her little babe brought to her and this will probably be granted her. The trial Occurred at eleven o’clock yesterday a. m. While It seems cruet to take this woman away from her home to serve a term in jail, it is perhaps all that can be done and it’s likely the time will be more of a rest than the unfortunate lady has known in several years. o A marriage license was issued to Orva M. Smith, aged 18, son of Martin L. Smith, to Pearl Heller, aged 18, daughter of Edwin Heller a Berne merchant. The* groom is just two days older than his bride. He was born December 24, 1890, and Miss Heller on December 26, 1890. In the matter of the estate of Hubert Topp deceased, Frances S. Armantrout, aidminstrator has filed a petition versus Elizabeth Topp and Ibther heirs to Sell sixty acres of land in Jefferson township. 'The petition shows that the is worth $4,500, that there was personal property valued at $1,500, and there are liabiliites to the extent of $4,200. Jacob Butcher is attorney for the administrator. \ ’ Real estate transfers: Samuel H. Hocker to WlMiam Yager tract in French township, $5,000. Sheriff Eli Meyer and Deputy Pres-

‘-■ ‘‘ ... inSjlA dorff are busy this week, notifying jurors of their selection to serve on the September petit squad. The Historical Club will commence its meeting on the twenty-first of this. month. The clubs books will be given out to the members this week The books contain a full outline of the winter’s study. Mrs., Jane Crabbs, Mrs. L. C. Miller, Mrs. John Fleming and Mrs. S. D. Beavers were on the book committee and they have mapped out all the work in a good style. Alaska and the other possessions of this country will be studied. The order of each meeting will be current event, study of lesson and entertainment Mrs. Chris Boknecht will be hostess at the regular meeting of the German Lutheran Aid Society Thursday afternoon. f The ladies of < the Maccabees are planning for a delightful /time at their ledge room on next Monday night September the 6th, the annual reunion wHI be held at that time. A* good program is being prepared and refreshments will be served. Every member is requested to be -Mfsa of Union City, ’was. the guest, ot honor entertained Tuesda. ynight by Miss Lula Schaub at her home on south Fourth street The house was beautifully decorated with potted fems , and golden rod, which made 4t very attractive. The evening was spent In playing progressive euchre which afforded a great pastime for the entire evening. Those who succeeded in winning prizes were Miss Kint Voglewede first Mrs. Tom Haefling second and Ada Deininger third.* neat and tasting luncheon was served by Miss Lula which was enjoyed by all present The. invited guests were Bertha Kint and Agnes Voglede, Ada Deininger, Mrs. Tom Haefling, Mrs. James P. Haefling, Emma and Mayme Terveer, Rose and Mayme Confer, Edna Crawford, Louisa Brake and Edna Ehinger. . Ladies Aid Society of the Evange* lical church will meet next Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Loch on Hfth street in their regular busiI ness meeting. On Friday afternoon will meet at the parsonage to make comforts. All come. The C. W. B. M. of Christian church holds its monthly meeting with Mrs. Eady, south Tenth street Thursday afternoon 2:30. Program: • Song —“To the Worq.” Scripture reading. Prayer. Topic—“ Benefits of Special Object Work." “Mission of Living Lint”—Mrs. McKinney. “Life Line Fund”—Orphan support —Mrs. Burk. Scholarships—Statical Suport—Mrs. Eady. The Mosses Memorial—Mrs. Fisher. Other Special Work —Mrs. Hunt. Business period which will include election of officers for next year. Mrs. Blanche Huffman of Preble, gave a very pleasaA six o’clock dinner Tuesday night/covers being laid for five guests, whd were Mrs. Arthur Rose guest of honor of Jackson, Mich.: Misses Lizzie Peterson, Eva Acker, Minta Acqer, Bessie Congleton, Miss Reynolds of Illinois. An interesting meeting of the Missionary Society of the Prebyterian church was held Tuesday at Mrs. Frank Gast’s home on Mercer avenue. Opening the program Mrs. C. _A. Dugan read a paper “The New Domain.” Following the lesson, Miss Irene Schirmeyer gave a piano solo. Mrs. Faylor of Chicago, played on the mandoline and her little daughter sang several times. The Gast family will leave soon for the west and the friends in attendance yesterday expressed their best wishes for the future of their hostess and family in their new home. Miss Bessie Congleton will give a picnic supper at Maple Grove park tomorrow evening in honor of Mrs. ArthuV Rose of Jacqson, Mich. Many of Mrs. Rose’s friends will attend, and the event promises to be enjoyable. The Ladies’ Aid Society ot the Christian church will meqt Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. French : Quinn in the south part of the city. All the members are requested to be present. A number of Decatur women, mem- . L *i£-A ■ »

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bers of the Pocahontas lodge, are at Monroeville today attending the grand “pow wow.” It is U big affair and i lodge members from all parts of the state are present. j Sylvester Spangler and Mat Kirsch have planned to attend the Spangler reunion held in Ohio today. a. week or so ago the Indiana Spanglers held their reunion at Maple Grove park. For some time there has been the idea among many of the members of the family that their should be but one reunion, since both branches of the family are related. The Decatur gentlemen present the matter before the Ohio branch with the hope that the two will unite. A crowd of young ladles left on the foyr o’clock car Tuesday night going to Mqple Grove park for. a nlcn.c party tohqnbr of Miss Lucy Kruet;:B, who is soon jp become the /rf.idt. Ben Elzey. The nifeinbers of the party were Misses Lizzie Knapte Emma Mutcheler, Ella Mutchler, Emma Schlickmann, Lucy FruchBertha Knapp, Matilda Sellemeyer, Lucy Kruetzmann, Margaret Weidler and Editoe Hachmann of Fort Wayne. The party returned on the 7 o’clock ear with empty baskets proving that they had dene justice to their piente dinner. Thursday evening, September 2, at the home of Rev. and Mrs. I. Imler’s the United Brethren ladies will meet and .give In their dollar and experience in earning same. If you are not a member of the church come an? how. Wifi , be glad to welcome all who are interested in church work. Husbands bring your wives, and wives bring your husbands, and spend a Social hour together getting better Acquainted. . — o Miss Florence Sprunger has received a letter from her mother and father, written from Antwerp, Belgium, where they arrived safe and sound, feeling fine after a delightful / J every moment of MmWrt tosee many places of interest, while Mr. Sprunger is attending to business. They left here about a month ago, Mr. Sprunger going to represent the flrtn of Frisinger & Sprunger, horse importers. He will purchase a large shipment of Belgium horses for the trade here and will bring them to their farm here about November Ist Mr. and Mrs. Sprunger left Antwerp on the day the letter was written for Nemour, Germany, where they will remain for some time, it being expected that the greater number of the horses will be bought After completing the work there they wiU visit many cities of interest in the old country, and the trip will prove entertaining as well as profitable. . —£ FOUND HIM UNCONSCIOUS Charles RossingtonWas Stricken Soon ' After Eating Dinner. The remains of Charles Rossington the well known hotel man whose death occurred suddenly Sunday at Peoria, lIL, arrived in the city early this morning and were taken to the family home at Cass and Third streets. In a letter to friends, Dick Townsend, of the National hotel at Peoria, gives • some additional details of Mr. Rossingtbn’s death which was due to apoplexy. He had reached Peoria shortly before noon and Ate dinner at the National. Soon after he complained of illness and lay down upon a couch in the parlor. A little later Mr. Townsend went to his side and found the stricken man unconscious. Physicians were called and Mr. Rossington was removed to the hospital, whqje his death occurred at 2:30 o’clock. —Fort Wayne Sentinel. — o-— GOT HIS FOR SCORCHING New York, Sept I.—One of the severest decrees ever pronounced by a court in an effort to discourage automobile scorching prohibits Felix L. Droit, a professional chauffeur and participant in the Vanderbilt cup race, from ever driving a car in New York state. Justice Zeller in the court of special sessions suspended sentence in Droit’s case today when he promised to regard these directions. Droit had been arrested several times for speeding and has spent some time in jail and paid a number of heavy fines. — o—■ ——■ — Fred Meyers who was hurt by a board running deep into his knee, is getting along as well as can be expected. - - ■