Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 5 January 1911 — Page 5

OBITUARY. Mary J. Miller was born In Union township, Adams county, Indiana, December, 1853, and departed this life February 7, 1911, aged 58 years, 2 months and 4 days. On September 16, 1873, she was united in marriage ,to Benjamin F. Brown. To this union were born nine children, five sons: Samuel M., John E„ Lewis C., Morris M. and (’leveland Brown of Monroeville, Ind; four daughters: Mrs. B. H. Truman of Warsaw, Ind.; Mrs. A. M. Mauller of Pleasant Mills, Ind., and Rosa and Lillie Brown of Monroeville, Ind. Eight ot these survive her, the son, Lewis, having preceded her December 2, 1907. Besides the eight children there are left the husband and ten grandchildren. five sisters and three brothers. and a large number of other relatives and friends to mourn ner dej arture. Mrs. Brown was converted when a girl, sixteen years of age. She united first with the Evangelical church and afterward with the Lutheran church, and has been a devoted Christian all her life. Her last words were, "Oh, I see Jesus." She has been a great sufferer for ten years, and in all her illness she was very patient and forbearing until at last God called her home. The funeral services were held last Thursday morning at ten o’clock at the Flat Rock Lutheran church and interment took place in the I. O. O. F. cemetery. The services were conducted by Rev, J, A. West of Berrien Springs, Mich, > c, (United Press Service.) Rome, Feb. 17—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Pope Pius continues to show improvement from the attack of influenza. A bulletin issued today says that his condition is satisfactory and that the congestion of his throat has been relieved. The Pope sat up a part of the morning and received several callers. London, Feb. 17 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The resolution of Representative Bennett for the annexation of Canada is causing much discussion. Conservative papers say it is not a joke, while liberal papers say it is only politics to defeat the reciprocity plan. Washington, D. C., Feb. 17—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The Taft steam roller passed over the house committee on foreign affairs today and crushed out of existence the Bennett resolution to annex Canada. The committee voted nine to one to kill the resolution, Bennett himself being the only one to vote favorably. The meeting was hurriedly called at the request of President Taft and lasted only thirty minutes. New York, Feb. 17—(Special to the Bally Democrat) —William Rockerfeller, brother of the oil king, is •offering from an attack of lumbago at his hom«. The New York News, “street’’ organ says "notwithstanding the statements given out at the Rockerfeller home, it is known that tile millionaire suffers from pneumonia and is in a serious condition. Rockerfeller is the ruling spirit in the speculations of the Standard. -» (United Press Service.) Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 17 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The senate today without a dissenting vote, passed the employees’ liability bill agreed upon in democratic caucus. This is a platform measure and it is assured will pass the house. Labor leaders are highly pleased with the bill, although the clause that contributary negligence shall not be a bar to recover damages was weakened slightly by the qualifying conditions to diminish damages. Several changes are proposed in the Darling public acI counting bill, among them being one : to reduce the pay of the chief accountant to 83,500 and the pay of the field accountants to eight dollars a day. The house committee on public morals received the substitute option bill from the senate today and its early passage in the house is expected. The Higgens bill to increase the pay of township trustees was indefinitely postponed. —————- BUDS ARE SHOWING UP. Buds are appearing on Jhe trees and lilac bushes over the city as a result of the warm weather for the past several weeks. This is much ahead of the time when the buds appeared last year and it is declared by home weather observers that this means 3 there wil be no lilac blossoms this d year, as when the time comes for | them to appear they will have been » destroyed by the late frosts. sr ' ' " in The Baptist Ladies’ Aid society, infa eluding thirty-one guests, was enter- > Uined all day yesterday by Mrs. John i Chronister. The radPes quilted for Aw Mrs. T. W. Watts and at noon Mrs. 'pß Chronister set forth a sumptuous ' thicken dinner which was enjoyed to

the utmost Those present were Mesdames John and Isaac Everett, T. W. Watts, 8. Shamp, 8. E. Hite, and son, Charles, Jacob Yager, Harve Shroll and daughter, Helen, Loren Lake, Harriet Coverdale, David Stoler, Fortney, Simon Brandyberry, Henry Betz, Fred Smith, George Glass, Hovey Harper, Hugh Crumley, F. O. Davis, Rev. and Mrs. Ehle and children, Norris and Mary, and his father, Oscar Ehle and wife of Michigan. The society will meet next Thursday with Mrs. Hovey Harper. Another pleasant affair In the social doings of Valentine day was the masquerade birthday surprise party given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Weidler, about four miles north of the city in honor of their daughter, Mary's twelfth birthday. The guests were the Misses Minnie Kuklehan, Ruth Brokaw, Hattie Kern, and Messrs. Mace Cline and Homer King. The evening was spent in playing various games after which a two-course luncheon was served the guests of honor. At a late hour the guests departed for their home, wishing Miss Mary many more such happy occasions. Members of the Tribe of Ben Hur gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Purdy on West Wiley avenue Wednesday evening and pleasantly reminded Mrs. Purdy of, her thirtyseventh birthday. They played games and light refreshments were served. Mrs. Purdy was presented with a handsome lodge pin as a remembrance. —Bluffton News. Miss Matilda Sellemeyer was hostess to the Entre Nous girls Thursday evening at the H. S. Michaud home, Miss Ella Mutchler being a guest of the club. Embroidery work, with a guessing contest later, in which Miss Lilah won first honors, provided agreeable entertainment. The dining room, where a luncheon was served, was decorated in a very charming way with flowers. The Phi Delta Kappas have issued invitations to twenty couples for a social function to be given in the fraternity rooms this evening. "Five Hundred” will be the game of the evening. This is the first social affair given since the fraternity has moved into its new quarters. The Needlecraft girls, including Sue and Celia Mayer, Dessie Beery, Clara Weiland, Clara Bultemeier, Etta Mallonee, Vernia Smith, Agnes Gillig and Fanchon Magley, spent Thursday evening with their needlework and conversation at the home of Miss Jessie Magley. Miss Vernia Smith will entertain them next Thursday evening. Miss Sylvia Eaton and Miss Florence Kunkel, guests besides the regular Menu-ates. were entertained last evening by Miss Lucile Hale, sewing, a marshmallow toast and refreshments providing entertainment in their turn. Miss Edna Hoffman will be the next hostess on Wednesday afternoon of next week. A farewell party was given Thursday evening at the county infirmary for Miss Lizzie and Mr. Henry Graber, who are preparing to go to their new home. Games and conversation with a luncheon in two courses, provided a good time. Those present were Herman, Frank, Agnes and Ce celia Gillig, Lena and Mamie Harting, Clara Zeser, Irene Garard, Lizzie Graber, Dan and James Zeser, Lou Kintz and Henry Graber and Emma Gillig and Will Dowling. The Orient club, including Mesdames C. M. Hower, Charlee Murray, Harry Helm, Lawrence Smith, John Stewart, Charles Elzey and H. S. Lachot, with Mrs. A. P. Beatty as a guest, spent a delightful afternoon with their needlework and conversation at the home of Mrs. I. Kalver, a luncheon in two courses being provided by the hostess later. A very good time is reported. Mrs. Jeff Bryson of North Pleasant street went to Geneva Thursday afternoon to attend a dinner at the home of Mrs. Alfred Fristoe Thursday evening by the Ladies’ Birthday club. — Portland Review. o There was a change in the basket ball tables Thursday evening when the girls’ team of the Bluffton high school came to this city and engaged in a game with the girls’ team of the local high school. Although,, the home team has been doing some very good playing recently, this was their initial game with any out-of-town team and they demonstrated on this occasion where they were at by defeating Bluffton by a score of 19 to 2. Bluffton wasn't in it at all and the locals had everything their own way. It was interesting throughput and many good plays were made by the locals. Another interesting game was played between the eighth grade and the freshmenf of the high school, the

latter defeating their opponents by the close margin of 12 to 10. It was a hard-fought game. A large crowd was present and enjoyed the games. The decisions rendered by the referee were satisfactory to all and were fair to both sides. Mr. Forrey of Bluffton acted as referee for the visitors and Miss Karns as manager, while Miss Williams refereed for the home team. Frank DeVoss and Glen Warner had charge of the second game, and their decisions also gave satisfaction. Mr. Croniger, principal of the Bluffton high school, was also in attendance. ' — o ■ — - Miss Rosa Beatty, living seven miles northeast of this city, who lias been quite sick since Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Ed Ahr on Fourth street, with what seemed to be appendicitis, is recovering and will probably be able to return home Saturday. Her sister, Miss Hazel Beatty, has been with her here this week. Grandma Sowle, who has been a sufferer from Tung trouble for several months, and who has been confined to her bed since last Friday when she took a turn for the worse, is very low and is now able to speak only in a whisper, and a word or two at a time. Mrs. Henry Bowman of Monmouth who has been seriously sick is now able to be up. Her mother, Mrs. Fulleton, who is at her home, and who underwent an operation several weeks ago, shows no improvement, and it is thought that she is getting weaker. The W. F. Hilton 'family near Rivarre, received a message this morning of the serious illness of a friend or relative in Marion who was taken to the hospital there, and asking that the Hiltons come at once. Mrs. Cyrus Hammell, who was operated upon at the Lutheran hospital, Fort Wayne, for hernia yesterday morning, is reported as doing nicely, though she was very weak this morning. The condition of Ferdinand Bleeke remained about the same today, there being but little change either way. Mrs. John Wisehaupt in still improving, her condition becoming more encouraging every day. Those eating for her are are hopeful for her complete recovery and believe that unless something unforseen sets in she will entirely recover.

MARY REYNOLDS IMPROVING. Mrs. Victoria Hill has received the good news of the improvement of her granddaughter, Miss Mary Reynolds, who was obliged to resign her teaching in New Jersey several weeks ago and return to her home in Asheville, N. C„ on account of Bright’s disease, which rendered her condition very serious, she baing taken to a hospital in New York City before going home. The warm sunshine of North Carolina is doin much to restore her health, which news will be very gratifying to her Decatur friends. Her mother, Mrs. Rev. C. G. Reynolds, met with quite a serious accident recently, burning one of her hands so badly that she was rendered helpless for awhile. The accident coming at the time of the daughter's illness seems the more unfortunate. o— The Adam Dehil case is the big card in the circuit room and it will probably not go to the jury before noon MonI day evening. The state concluded its evidence at noon today, but the defense will require a day or »o and the arguments several hours. The case is being fought every inch of the way. It looks now as though the jury would have a busy term. There are a number of state cases to be heard and several important civil suits. —— The jury will be excused Saturday morning in time for the members to go home over Sunday. H. L. Confer has been appointed guardian for Frances Ward and filed bond as required. In the matter of the estate of Lewis M. Andrews, a showing was filed that the estate is less than fSOO. Alice M. Bittner vs. Charles Bittner ot al., partition, deed reported and approved. The case of State vs. Oliver P. Rayl, wife desertion, was reset by agreement for Thursday, February 23rd. SETTLEMENT MADE. In Case of Fred Manson —Will be Called on February 24th. In the case of Fred Manson, in ’Squire Frank Smith's court, a settlement was effected Thursday evening, when Earl Peters interceded in behalf 4of Manson, who is in his eP»P'°yr| Proper arrangements were made for

the care of the child and the case will be held open and called for trial on the 24th. Manson was r#eased from custody and returned to his Job at Auburn. $ The Lutheran ministers of the county held their regular monthly meeting Friday at First National bank, this being an all day session. Tjiere were present Rev. Dornseif of Root township, Rev. Ilenry Wehmeyer of this city, Rev. G. Bauer of Union township, Rev. Koch of Preble. The morning was spent in discussing topics of general interest to the church and Its work, and after returning in the afternoon a vfery excellent paper was read by the Rev. Bauer of Root township and one by the Rev. Wehmeyer of this city. These monthly meetings are of great good to the ministers in their work, and are eagerly looked forward to from time to time. HORSE SALE A SUCCESS. All Horses Sold and Date of Next Sale Has Been Changed. The horse sale Thursday was a success, all the stock being sold, the draft stock doing the best, the demand being the strongest for that class of stock. The management is pleased with the results and has arranged to have another sale the first week of March. The date has been changed slightly, it now being set for Friday, the 3rd. The buyers for the company will start out tomorrow to get another good bunch for the next sale. o AN ARTIFICIAL EARTHQUAKE. New York's “artificial earthquake,” caused by the explosion of twentyfive tons of dynamite, is the subject of two pages of illustrations, apeparing in the March number of Popular Mechanics’ magazine. An article states that, at the rate at which explosives are being used at the Panama canal, 25 short tons of dynamite, the amount exploded at Jersey City, would excavate 140,000 cubic yards of rock. If this rock were to be piled straight up on a city building lot measuring 150x50 feet., it would tower to a height exceeding 500 feet. Such is the disruptice power of twen-ty-five tons of dynamite. o AN IMPORTANT MEETING. Rev. Hessert and William Sellemeyer Attend Meeting at Garret. Rev. L. C. Hessert and William Sellemeyer left today noon for Garrett, Ind., and this evening will be in attendance at a meeting to be held at that place at 7:30 o’clock. It will be held at the German Reformed church and business pertaining to the new addition which will next year be added to the seminary at Sheboygan, Wis., will be brought up. Both Rev. Hessert and Mr. Sellemeyer are on the committee who will attend to the business which has been assigned to thia district. Lawrence Biggs, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Biggs, who is employed in the Pennsylvania shops at Fort Wayne, met with a very painful acci#.nt while at work Thursday, receiving a broken leg, which will cause him to be off from duty for some time. A message was received early this morning by Mr. Biggs, telling of the accident, but did not give any par ticulars as to how or when the accident occurred. He was at once taken to the St. Joseph’s hospital, where he was cared for and where he will remain until able to be about. He is having hie share of bad luck recently, being injured but a short time ago by being struck in the eye. This injury was also quite painful. Mr. Biggs and other members of the family will go to his bedside tomorrow and on Sunday his sister, Miss Golda, and Miss Irene Garard will pay him a visit. It is very probable that all of the five Adams delegates to the district spelling contest to be held at Portland Saturday, beginning at 9:30 o’clock in the auditorium, will be in line-un/ ready for the fray, at least Prof. L. X ■no reng ,a ’i ra se •e--->ah, h, inte ty of cid ar nte ur Dy unaries van , ' 'j. the young men’s class.' Mrs. k .

era, but Prof. E. E. Rice has received word of the illness of his father nt Frankfort and will leave tomorrow for his bedside, thus being obliged to cancel the engagement as judge. Prof. F. Huff of the Berne schools will servo in his stead. The Adams county delegation will leave on the, early morning train. ■ — o K. OF C. MEETS MONDAY. Next Monday evening will be the 1 regular seini-monthly meeting of the Knights of Columbus and the attention of the members is hereby called , to the appointed time. Heretofore the meetings ware always called at 8 CJ 1 p. m., but a new rule has been adopted and from now on until the firs* of April the assembly will be called to order one-half hour earlier or al 7:3C I o’clock. The coming meeting wih he an important one and the presence ot each member Is desired. —o ELKS' SPECIAL CALL. A very important meeting of the Elks has been called for this evening and the business to be brought up at this time is such that all the members should be present. A number of questions will be discussed, and it is urged that all be on hand. —o RENDERS NO DECISION. Owing to Judge Erwin's Absence From City Case Rests Until His Return. Judge J. T. Merryman of Decatur will make no ruling for several days on the plea in abatement filed by Judge Erwin in behalf of Ben Wartwell, charged with perjury on indictment by the grand jury. Judge Erwin has gone out of the city and the decision will not be made until his return. It is claimed by the state that a federal case directly in point has been found and the decision sent to Judge Merryman. In this case it was held that a cause for challenge is not sufficient to invalidate an indictmern returned by a grand jury. Tom Wilkinson is challenged by reason of his having served on a previous grand jury in the same year.—Fort Wayne News. The rrrangements for the reception of the visiting Odd Fellows are completed and the order last Friday held the first of a series of meetings which are intended to make the local encampment the largest in the state. At three o’clock Friday the Geneva delegation arrived over the Grand Rapids and Indiana and were conducted to the hall where they were welcomed by a large gathering of members of this lodge. The candidates being there, the Geneva team proceeded to give them the mysteries of the first degree which was followed at once by the second at the hands of the local degree staff. This work occupied' three hours and the gathering repaired to the K. of P. hall where a supper was served by the Rebekahs. Bluffton arrived at this tim« and after a short social period the lodge was called to order and Bluffton gave the Royal purple degree which is the highest degree of the order. The lodge and newly initiated members will then proceed again to the banquet hall where a five course banquet will await them. A good social time will be had. About thirty members of the Geneva lodge were present, and Bluffton sent a delegation of about fifty which with those of the home lodge easily make one hundred and fifty ' present. Quite a n/mber of the Bluffton Odd Fellows Mme in on the noon train. This meeting is tX p first of a series that the local will hold and arrangements being made to have a big tim/here on the Fourth of July when ths’Grand Sire of the order will be present. r • O'I as a regular smallpox d three men living near that I one man in town, have brokvith the disease. They are: Neuenschwander, Amos Tobias sprunger and Anurew sprunger. As a precaution against the spread of the disease, the j officials and public leaders of Berne’ met Thursday afternoon in the town : hall and decided to close the schools and churches for two weeks, and ad-' vised parents to keep their children at home during tin's time and allow no congregating or “loafing” of people about the street during this time. The Berne Witness, in part, gives the following: “If in two weeks this quarantine can be lifted and everything will again resume its normal course we shall have all the world to be thankful for and the whole community and neighboring towns will thank us for our prompt action. “Those who brought this unwelcome guest into our midst are the : four men named in the heading who XT w»"« New Years. . s < '■’EMOCRaX

' came exposed in the - worst form to' smallpox, having slept in the same room and in the same bunk with a man who was broken out with small pox at the tfme. They hurried home to escape quarantine and from taking sick there and never said a word. If . they were boys we would spank them . for it. "This was about fifteen days ago. j Last Saturday the first one broke out, I then the second and then the third, all in the country. Yesterday morn ing the fourth one, Emanuel Neuen ’ schwander. broke out in town. Ail four and the homes in which they live have been quarantined, and therefore no one need to be unnecessarily ! alarmed, because, although an epidem--lic of smallpox is threatening, the ! board of health has taken such steps I and acted so promptly that the disease will be held in check. “It would be well for every child to be vaccinated, and for every adult who has not been vaccinated for seven years* vaccination would be a guarantee against quarantine.” (United Press Service.) Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 16—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Results of the recent democratic caucus, when it was agreed the legislature must rush through the platform measures are apI parent today, following a busy sesI sion of the senate yesterday after- ' noon on the weekly wage bill, and the Clark-Harlan registration meausre. were passed and the bill to submit » new constitution for the voters’ approval at the 1912 election was introduced. The weekly wage law was not strictly a platform measure, but had the backing of the party and Governor Marshall. In connection with the introduction of the bill for a vote on Governor Marshall’s constitution Senator White, republican, introduced a joint resolution, calling for an amendment to the constitution, providing for state-wide prohibition. The resolution follows: “Be it resolved by the general assembly of the state of Indiana that there be added to the state constitution Section 27, to read as follows: That manufacture, sale or keeping for sale in this state, of spirituous, vinous or other intoxicating liquors ex- . cept for medical, scien .ific, mechaniI cal and sacramental purposes, be here- , by prohibited. “Sec. 2. That this amendment is hereby agreed to and referred to the i general assembly elected at the next . legislature.” The resolution was refer--1 red to the committee on constitutional I revision. ■■■' ; The Proctor substitute option bill ' was passed by the senate by a vote oi : 38 to 17. This bill re-enacts all the > ! provisions of the present law. and I' strengthens the clause relating to the I ’ enumeration of voters in townships ■I As to option elections which have , been called as a result of the enact- ; ing of the first Proctor bill, the measifure passed today contains a clause ■ saving these elections. In effect the i calling of the elections is legalized as ■ the bill provides that it shall not interfere with any action taken unde’ the law repealed. The republicans jumped on the Clark-Harlan registration bill as unconstitutional, but on a party line-up the measure passed by a vote of 29 to 15. The bill provides for a board of registration to sit in each voting precinct in three regular sessions in each year in which a general election will occur. The first session shall be held on Thursday, the one hundred eighteenth day preceding the election,.and known as the May session. The second session shall be held sixty days and the third twenty-nine days prior to the election. < o . LAST QUARTERLY MEETING. The last quarterly meeting of the Chattanooga mission for the conference year will be held in the Salem Evangelical church two and one-half miles east of Decatur, beginning next Friday night, February 17th, when the pastor will preach, and on SaturI day night the presiding elder. Rev. J. I J. Wise, of Fort Wayne district, XrtW ' preach at 7:00 p. m., after which he I will have charge of the quarterly conference. On Sunday morning the elder will again preach and administer the Lord’s supper. You are all urged to be present at all of these services, and let us endeavor to hiake our last meeting for the conference year a great spiritual feast to all. Yours for the meeting. REV. E. R. ROOP, Pastor. o - The case of the State vs. Adam Delhi, arson, is still in progress and will not go to the jury before Fri<te' evening. It is being hard fought ’Squin the state and the defense. The co toda; room filled Mille / '’ernard Voglewede appeared am x and paid the'fines "'"A - i/VYA- work