Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 27 October 1910 — Page 6

|j’ "Conrad Brake to dead” was the news that spread rapidly through the jstreets at 11:20 Thursday noon, and at first could scarcely be belleved by the citizens and his many friends who had talked on the streets with him, one of the most generally ap :. known and most prominent aged men of the city, but three-quarters of an ? > hour before. In fact the death came ’if as one of the greatest and most unex- / pected shocks that the city has |p known in some time, coming as a result of a sudden attack of the heart. H Mr. Brake, who has made his home fc' with this daughter, Mrs. H. F. Costel10, on Third street, for the past eighths teen years, arose this morning as usI' ual, but stated that he did not feel fe so very well, having been bothered | with stomach trouble, which in turn fe acted upon the heart. He dressed, however, and came down town, and | after attending to business matters [j‘. returned home again about 10:30 o’clock. Just as he entered the house and walked toward the kitchen door I? he called to his daughter, Mrs. Costello, that he didn’t feel well —that he felt so weak —and before anyone could get to him, he sank to his knees ' in the dining room door. Mrs. Costello called to her daughter, Agnes, who, for the first in a long time had remained at home in- the morning from her work, and she in turn summoned Dr. Costello, Daniel Donovan, W. J. Bosse and others of his old friends who were within call, and the . aged man was made as comfortable as possible. He never rallied, how- : , ever, and was unconscious when the end eame easily and peacefully at 11:20 o’clock. f During his several hours spent in the city’s business heart this mom- : Ing he visited as usual with his in- & numerable friends with whom he delighted in talking over the events of the day, being a .staunch democrat, and having a keen interest in political 8 news and everything of current in- ■ terest. He called at the county treasK urer’s office a little after 10 o’clock, , where he signed a check for his fall taxes and sat awhile in a chair behind the counter talking to the officials and speaking of the speech at the court Iro room Wednesday night. Treasurer Yager offered him a cigar, which he refused, stating that he did not smoke. He then came to the DemoB ocrat office, which was one of his favorite places of calling, and then on | down the street to the Old Adams | , County bank, where he drew five dollars for his immediate use. This was O probably the last place he visited on Ip his way home. Ifep ' During the course of the morning he met several friends, among them Bp Scott Ellis, who inquired as to his health. He stated he did not feel so H veay well, that he was getting old but ¥ that he was prepared to go any time, little thinking, perhaps, that it would be so soon. Had Mr. Brake lived until the thir-ty-flrst of this month he would have ? been eighty-four years of age. He was born at Esterwege, Hanover, Germany, October 31, 1826, and emigrat--■j ' ed to America in 1847, when twent- . one years of age, the voyage taking nine weeks. He landed at New Or- | leans on Amerlca-’s star of patriotic p days, July 4th, and came thence to Cincinnati, 0., and then on to Indiana, settling in this city. Much of * the way from Cincinnati he traveled ky’■ °n foot. He was employed here by the Crabbs and J. D. Nuttman Bros.* b}- stores for twenty-five years, his first salary being fifty cents a day, onep half of which was to be taken out in goods. In 1867 he was elected trustee of Washington township for a four-year term. He also served as commissioner of Adams county for | three terms, from 1886 to 1897, which m: to perhaps longer than any other commissioner in the history of the counit ty. In the early seventies he also . held a city office, being a city councilman for three terms at the munificent sum of |l2 per year. Mr. Brake L; was a man of untiring energy, and a Jy, faithful democrat to the last For the Kpaet thirty years he has lived a retired life, having by dint of untiring enp ergy and commendable economy amassed a comfortable competence. He was* married forty-nine years ago to Miss Wilhelmina Holthouse, a i sister of John and Peter Holthouse of this city. The wife died just three ■£. , years after marriage, leaving two little daughters, one, Mrs. Costello, beP tag but two weeks old at that time. The two daughters are still living, the other being Christens, wife of Max p • Garard, of Louisville, Ky.. He leaves two sisters, Mrs. Cena Feldhuer and j - - Mrs. Mary Rave, of Cincinnati, Ohio; also one brother in Wisconsin. The funeral was held Saturday g morning at 8:30 oclock at the St. r: Mary’s Catholic church, of which he was a devout member, and faithful attendant, and burial occurred at the St Joseph cemetery'. Q Jud** Oct W-HBpe*-tol to Dafty Democrat)—"A »pabliam tasmqwt to only an oM rsprtH w «. M. & 'f-jw-a ■S i i

* spots, not changed them. He must ? still hunt with his own pack, or run , hungry in the jungle.” This is Meredith Nicholson’s char- ’ acterizatlon of the republican insurs gent as contained in a letter written r by him to Samuel M. Ralston of Lebi anon, chairman of the democratic i state campaign committee, s "What constitutes the republican - party?” asks Mr. Nicholson. "Is it i Beveridge, or is it Taft, Lodge, Gug- . genheim, Root, Depew, Cannon, Al- . drich and the rest of them? With > what subtlety and craft would Mr. - Beveridge approach the Old Guard, . and with what honeyed words would . he persuade Senator Lodge, Mr. I Roosevelt's old chum, that the repub- [ lican party must stop stealing and ; ‘cutting melons and go to Sunday , school? I believe in a party system, and so do most of us. A single Uni ited States senator without his party behind him can be little more than a guerrilla, fighting between /the" lines and with no power or Influence. In the case of Mr. Beveridge we have not yet heard any appeal from Mr. Taft, the head of the republican party, or from Mr. Cannon, speaker of the house in four congresses, for Mr. Beveridge’s re-election. And yet, all the measures which Mr. Beveridge may advocate must pass through the hands of these men. “Mr. Roosevelt’s shifty attitude on the tariff issue does not commend him to straight-thinking people. He endorsed the Payne-Aldrich bill in the Outlook; his Saratoga convention where he said he licked his wicked republican enemies to a frazzle, eulogizes that astonishing measure as an effective reducer of duties; in Indiana he skillfully approved Mr. Beveridge for everything under the sun, but not for bolting Aldrich’s tariff bill.” r The supreme issue of the hour, says Mr. Nicholson, is that the government be g|ven back to the’ people—an issue which he says has been raised by the democratic party. “The present plight of the republicans, who find their ranks broken and demoralized, is,” he says, "due to the obstinate, relentless war made upon republican rapacity, misgovern-, ment and greed, by the democracy.” Mr. Nicholson declared that the moral principle which brought the re- 1 publicans into power reached its zenith and died with Abraham Lincoln. "When the war ended,” he said, "the republican party turned at once to the commercialization of its success.” He charged the trust evil 1 to republicanism. He declared that ' Taft is an issue in this campaign and ' called. attention to the fact that Roosevelt, in his Indianapolis speech, did not mention Taft’s name. 1 "No matter how little they may relish it,” he said, the republicans are no stronger in this campaign than the Taft administration. If re-elected Mr. Beveridge can at most be only the good little boy in the blue necktie who brings a red geranium bouquet to the teacher—the teacher being dear old “Sunny Jim” Sherman, a standpatter, with rubber-soled shoes. Mr. Beveridge, with all his talents, is not greater than the republican party. And, if he is not a republican, what is he, and why are the republicans of Indiana concerned in keeping him in Washington?” o NEW CLUB FORMED. Young Men of City. Organice Social ,Club Tor Winter. A men’s social club has just been organized in this city, and to made up of some of the most popular young men of the city. The work of organization has been in progress for .some time and a very enthusiastic meeting was held. They have recurfd rooms over the Lachot A Rice drug store, where they will hold their gatherings. Henry Schwarts made an address to those present Tuesday evening and a number of interesting points were dwelt upon, besides several matters pertaining to the organizing. On next Wednesday evening another meeting will be held and all interested are invited. An election of officers was held and Henry ' Brader was elected president and ' Henry Schwartz was named as treas--1 urer. At the next’meeting a record- ' Ing secretary will be chosen. ■ ——;— o ——• Albany, N. Y., Oct. 20 —(Special to ! the Daily Democrat) —David Bennett : Hill, ex-Untted States senator, and 1 until recently one of the best known 1 men in public life, died at his residence, Woolseit Roost, at 3:45 o’clock this morning. For two weeks -he has r ’ been sick with a cold and complica- • tion, and his death was not unexpect--5 ed. He was bern in Havanna, N. Y. August 29, 1844; studied law and was c admitted to the bar in 1864; was a member of the New York Assembly in 1869-71. He presided over the dem- •> oeratlc state conventions of 1877 and' * 1881; was mayor of Elmira, in 1882; • • fieutenant governor of New York ’ > USMS and gofgraor of New Y«k

: from 1885 to 1891. In the latter year i he was elected to the United States senate and served six years. He was a candidate for the presidential nom- • ination of the National Democratic convention of 1892. In 1896 he made a tour of the South prior to the conveption delivering speeches in opposition to the free-silver proposition. His remark, "I am still a democrat,” has been frequently quoted. Since that campaign he has taken but little part in politics and when tendered the honor of the nomination for vicepresident in 1900, refused it - ";'"O *'■ ■■■■> Irvin- Brandyberry vs Oscar L. Vance, action for contribution, demand >455, separate plea in abatement filed by defendant to first* and second paragraptaof complaint. Rule to answer. ' Martin Affholder was granted a divorce from Luella Affholder. Judgment against plaintiff for costs; also for 3100 to be paid to defendant. The custody of the minor child, Luella Affholder, is awarded to Elizabeth Affholder, the grandmother. Defendant granted right and privilege at all reasonable times- to see and have such child in her possession at the home of said Elizabeth Affholder. State ex rel. Grace Beavers vs. Homer Aschelmann, paternity, dismissed and costs paid, no arrest Itaving been made.

Real estate transfers: J. L. Longacher to Home Builders’ Realty Co., lots 127 and 128, Berne, 31100; William Scherer to Clara H. Reusser, 80 acres, Monroe tp., 310,000; James Hendricks to Jesse V. Essex, 40 acres, Monroe tp., 35,000; W. T. Barr et al. to D. C. Wagner, 20 acres, Wabash tp., 31,840; Benj. Schnepp to Caroline Thieme, 64 acres, Preble tp., 34,700. ■ - - -1 ' o— - MISS LUCILE LOCKE TO TEACH. Selected For the Third Grade in the Bluffton Schools. SupL P. A. Allen today announced - that the entire corps of city school teacfiers had again been filled, with the selection of Miss Lucile Locke as a new teacher in? the third room at the Columbian school building. Miss Locke was cftiosen to fill the vacancy which was caused by the resignation of Miss Muriel Staver, who resigned her position as a teacher after the schools had opened in September, in order that she might enter a school of osteopathy at Kirkville, Mo. Miss Locke is well qualified for the position to wfhlch she was chosen, and will fill the place with credit both to herself and to the city schools. She is a graduate of the Bluffton highschool, and also graduated from the Glendale, Ohio, college, in which dhe also was employed during her last year there as an assistant instructor on the faculty ~of the college. She will enter upon her work in the city schools immediately.—Bluffton News. •'' ' ; ' INSANE MAN’S DASH. Loganspqrt, Ind., Oct. 20—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Authorities for the northern hospital for the insane today are searching for William Cook, who escaped from the asylum last night and made a sensational race, during which he swam the Eel river. He eluded the police and the hospital authorities and was pursued by an attendant When cornered seven miles east of here he plunged into the river and swam to the opposte bank and disappeared into the timber. -a-..; INSANE BECAUSE A JOKE. . » • ' 1, • .*• •* ... J Terra Haute, Ind., Oct 20—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Ethel Taylor, nineteen years old, is in a padded cell at the police station today, a raving maniac as the direct result of injuries sustained, four years ago, when a chair was pulled from under her at a party-. Last night the girl went suddenly insane and tried to cut her head off with a hatchet to relieve the pain she had suffered since the accident. She will be sent to an asylum. —- *'7; A crowd that comfortably filled the court room Wednesday evening, listened an hour and a half to a speech by the Hon. Robert L. Henry, con* gressman from the Eleventh district of Texas, and we wish that TVery voter in the county could have heard this splendid speaker. Mr. Henry to an able lawyer, and while serving in the office of attorney-general of Texad won a notable victory against one of the big trust magnates, whom he sent to jail tor nine months. His district, and where he had lived but one year, immediately sent him to congress, and he has served that district for fourteen consecutive years. He explained the tariff measures in , a manner that showed that he was i well posted and he had th« highest pnalse ior the splendid mnd^l|j ; the

< ■ 11. ■i ■ i 11, ■ 11 a from this district, Mr. Adair. He told , of the long fight against the “big interests," and the first victory, when last March, assisted insurgent republicans, they changed, the rules in the house, clipping the wings of the tyrannical Cannon. He predicted a great democratic victon this fall, one that will make it easier to organize the house in a manner that legislation for the people may be enacted, Instead of for the trusts. It was a great speech and was enjoyed bjr the several hundred Who heard it. ’ *.*■ —O-- > H 1.../ A check for 35,000 was paid to C. C. Beers, administrator of the estate of the late Amos Ellenberger, who died from injuries received in the terrible Kingsland wreck, The settlement was completed Wednesday evening at 4 O’clock, Fred R. FShlsing representing the Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction company, and the money was paid by him to County Clerk James P. Haefllng. Besides this the claim agent agreed to pay all the hospital expenses, funeral costs, and amounts due physicians, amounting to about 3800, and the greater part of which has already been settled. Mr. Fahlslng went to Berne Wednesday and within a half hour after meeting Mr. Beers the settlement had been Changed. Accompanied by Attorney Chauncey Lautzehheiser, they came to this city, where a claim of 310,000 was , filed against the railroad' company, and then the compromise settlement not-

ed on the docket Mr. Ellenberger , is survived by the widow and five children and besides this amount Mr. Ellenberger left an estate valued at about 310,000 or 312,000, so that the family will be in comfortable circumstances. They have the s highest praise for the Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley company and for Mr. Fahlslng, whom they found a thorough gentleman and who, apparently, only wanted a settlement that was just and satisfactory to the family of he unfortunate man. Mrs. Ellenberger is still conducting the butcher shop at Berne owned by her husband, but the restaurant has been closed and will be sold A LOST PACKAGE ON A CAR. Linn Grove Man Had Some Bad Lack ' Tuesday. Orel Huffman, the Linn Grove druggist, came to Bluffton on the 2 o’clock car Tneectoy afternoon, and Wten he started from Linn Grove he had in one inside coat pocket a large envelope which he was to deliver to one of the banks. When he reached the bank here he discovered that the envelope was missing, and he started a search for It. He said he had pulled off his coat when he entered the car and hung it over a seat He either dropped the envelope in the car or getting on or off. It could not be found on the floor and none of those known to have been on the car knew anything of it Mr. Huffman said he did not know the value ot the envelope. It was thought to contain money or valuable papers.—Bluffton News. | Ol - 1 ■ Fred Avery returned Wednesday evening from Hot Springs, Ark., where he has spent nine weeks taking the baths and ■ treatment for an aggregated case of rheumatism. During that time .be took aixty-tkrpe baths And has gained five pounds, a very remarkable fact according to physicians there, who stated that pa- ’ Wnts generally tone te weight on count of the severity of the treatment, the baths being very weakening. Mr. Avery can get around fairly well and ean walk ordinary distances without his crutches, which he was unable to ■ do when he left here. Long distances, . however, such as a walk to town, he i does not yet undertake, oh Account of his weak condition. The doctabj? ■ stated that it will be necessary to i continue treatment at home for ser- ; eral years, before he can fully recov- ; ei but every encouragement was glv- * en him that be would ultimately be > cured. - ■/• —e — LEFT FOR KANSAS. » Mr. and Mrs. Levi Poling and son, - Harry, left this morning for Emporia, L Kansas, where they will make a sev- • oral weeks* visit with relatives. They I t went from here to Fart Wayne, - thence to Chicago, and from there 1 took the Sante Fe, which win take i tltam to their destination. They will i reach Emporia tomorrow noon. Mr. - Poling wa sthere a year ago and s was well pleased with the country, s his family accompanying him this - time on the pleasure trip. » - -i" *■ o . — Motorman Fred Smith of the Fart i. Wayne & Springfield Railway has re- . signed his position and will leave i Sunday for Los Angeles, Cal., near i which place ho will purchase , fruit t farm, intending to enter with all earLm R-’ 5 UK Osswwl Will

begin with about six acres of land - and then increase hie farm from time i to time, setting out his own trees and i* vines. A farm of six acres, each acre i of which, worth about 31,000 in that 9 vicinity, is more rich in close cultli vation than ten-fold the acreage of J general cultivation here, and Mr. J Smith, in that agreeable climate, is - anticipating an ideal home. Mrs. , Smith and litle daughter, Vesta, will i remain here until about the ) or until Mr. Smith gets things more established there, when they will follow. Mr. Smith has been with the in- ■ terurban since its beginning, coming > here four years ago September 4th, > and when the cars began running the i following January Ist, began service ■ as motorman, * serving continually ■ since. Henry Kruel wijl probably ; take his place, he having had much experience in this line. ’ ATTENDS MEETING. Prof. E. E. Rice Leaves Today For Valparaiso to Meet With Club. E. E. Rice, superintendent of the city schools, left today’ for Valparaiso, where he will attend the Central Indiana Superintendents* club, which meets there Friday. The club comprises invitation members and has a membership of about twentyfive school superintendents ofi the central part of the state. They will visit the schools of Valparaiso and discuss matters o feducational interest - One of the busiest men that visits Decatur occasionally perhaps, is Otto Haubold of Chicago, 111., advertising manager of the Phelps Publishing company of Springfield, Mass., and several other associate publishing companies. To add to this he 'is largely interested in a big deal in farm journals in tne west, which has just been maoe, and he is at present in the west attending to the details Os this matter, his wife and babe visiting with her parents, Dr. and Mrs, P. B. Thomas, in this city, while he is there. The new deal just consummated, will be of much Interest to Decatur people aside from the fact that a man well known here is interested therein because of the fact that so many of the magazines pub•liified by the companfeb ibe represents are widely read heire. Mr. Haubold is the western advertising manager for the Phelps Publishing company, for the Orange Judd company of New York City, and now for the new company, the Northwest Orange Judd company of South Dakota. Beaides this he is a heavy stockholder and a director in all the companies, being treasurer of the new coihpany, and one of the heaviest stockholders. While the many companies are separate corporations, Mr. Myrick of Springfield is president of all and are closely associated. When Mr. Haubold was in the east a few days -ago, attending the directors* meeting the company decided upon the western deal, and Mr. Haubold was immediately sent west to make arrangements for it. He then returned east to report and on his way back again stopped off here for a few days’ visit. The western company will erect new buildings for the publications at Brookings, S. and Mr. Haubold is there at present superintending plans for the erection of them- The state agricultural college and experimental station is at Brookings and Professor Willis, whom Mr. has secured as editor ct the western magazines, was associated with this college. The Springfield Daily Republican of Saturday says: “The Orange Judd company, Which publishes the New England Homestead in this city through the agency of the Phelps Publishing company, has this week acquired the Minnesota and Dakota Farmer at Drookings, S. D., the leading agricultural perodical in the northwest. With ft is to be combined the northwestern circulation of the American Agriculturist of New York and the northwestern circulation of Orange Judd *wher of Chicago. The combined publication wilt be a weekly magazine under the name of the Orange Judd Northwest Farmstead, with a guaranteed circulation of 100,000 copies. It covers the states of Minnesota, the Dakotas, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Montana and Wyoming. The Northwestern Orange Judd company is being incorporated under the laws of Minnesota, with a capital stock of tb, develop the northwestern Interests of the allied publications. Herbert Myrick is the president and editor; Otto H. ” Haubold, treasurer and advertising manager, and Pt6t. Clifford Willis vice president and editor of the Northwest Farmstead.” Mr. Haubold’s duties as advertising manager alone, require much ability and time, thia being an art in itself. Several Os the full-page ads, attraetivelv written am annasrinfT in th. Ch lw WK HfiA dbtf* VlftW ’ mTv* reM-SlnAifl’ll hAAu*l

i, M-. H .. bold’s companies are Good HouseMMng, New England Homestead, American Agriculturist, Orange Judd Farm, and the Northwestern Farm- J stead-all well known here. — - ,Q ' TO REMAIN HERE. fl B. L. Van Camp of Fort Wayne, who a short,time ago was placed in this Mtg ayiocal manager for the Indiana Lighting company, has been stationed here permanently and will in the M near future move his family to this ? place. John Wemhoff, who has been * connected with the company for some time, has been given the care of the / office and other business pertaining to the company. The company’s business is increasing rapidly in thia city. —< ■! will A OBITUARY. Martha Augusta, daughter of Reuben and Sabrina Lord, was born November 14, 1833, and died October 1,6, 1910, aged 76 years, 11 months and 2 days. She was born in Akron, Summit County, Ohio, and at the age of four years came with her parents to Adams county, Indiana. They set- / tied on a farm near Williams, living there seven years, when her father Monmouth, where she grew to wobought a farm one mile north of manhood. She was married to Alvin Wilder January 30, 1851. He died January 3, 1879. April 10, 1880, she was married to Almon Dutcher, who preceded her in death eight years ago. She lived seventy-two years in Adams county. She was a member of the Concord Lutheran church, and was a quiet, exemplary Christian woman. Having no children bf her own she was a good moth- ‘ er to nine orphans, who will rise up and call her blessed. She is survived by three brothers and three sisters:’ '' Martin and William of Monmouth, - Franklin of Blue Creek township, Mrs. Mary Christen and Mrs. Matilda Marker of Decatur and Mrs. Mina Nickey of Buffalo, N. Y., and a half- : sister, Mrs. William Worden; also ' five step-children! Mrs. John Fuhrman, Mrs. Samuel Fuhrman, Mrs. Os- j i car Fritzinger., Daniel and George Dutcher. Funeral services were held at the home, conducted by her pas- , i»r, Bev. A. K.,Mumma, of Hoagland. She was laid to rest in the Monmouth - cemetery. ■ - ' Mesdamee John D. Wisehaupt and Eli Oriat, who were called to Bluffton morning owing to the se- % vere illness of their mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Hunter, sent word to this city stating that she nad passed awny Wednesday night at 11 o'clock. She had taken ill Tuesday night, suffering with hemorrhages, and the children were at once notified of her condition, who, as soon as convenient, went to her bedside. Upon the arrival of Mrs. Wisehaupt and Mrs. Crist Wednesday morning she showed - J| signs of improvement, but soon-there-after took a change for the worse, . and grew weaker until relieved by death. She had reached the ripe old age of four-score and four years, but up until twenty-four hours before her death had been enjoying excellent health. She was well acquainted , with a number of people in this city, having visited here on several occa- | sions. With her husband she had been making her home with her son y and has been receiving the best of care in her advanced age! She leaves | to mourn their loss a husband and four children, they being John and | Richard of Bluffton and Mrs. Wisefiaupt and Mrs. Crist of this city. The funeral services were held Saturday morning at 10 o’clock from the home. The pastor of the Methodist qthurch at Bluffton, of which church she has long been a member, of- , fleiated. Interment win be made at Bluffton. Mrs. Sadie Cowley was at the t Steele & Weaver racket store today < for the first time since last Saturday, having been confined to her home on account of a case of neuralgia. I. Remp of Willshire, Ohio, and granddaughter, Mrs. Gene Christen, ? 'ft of Los Angeles, Cal.,' passed through the city yesterday afternoon on their way to Fort Whyne, where they wilt visit M».' Christen was formerly 5 Miss Dollfe Dent of this city and re- * sided here before her marriage. Mr. r - and Mrs. Christen have lived at Los Angeles for the past two'years. The state board of health at Jts ' quarterly meeting held Saturday tosued an order that it was necessary x for all physicians to report to the state board of health all cases of infantile paralysis, and a warning quarantine be established in each case. Reports show that there were four deaths In August from this disease and there have been thirty witnin the