Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 23, Decatur, Adams County, 8 June 1911 — Page 5

REPRESENTATIVE FINED SSOO. Columbus, Ohio, June s—(Special to pally Democrat)—Representative Jay Owens today pleaded guilty to the charge of accepting a bribe, asked for • mercy and was fined SSOO by Judge Klnkead. He agreed to go before the grand Jury this afternoon and make a complete confession. blind travelers. Three blind men, musicians, and known as the Columbia Concert com-' pany, who remained in the city over night, transferring on their way from Ohio City to Hoagland, attracted quite a bit of attention by the many who watched them in their helpless condi- ( tion in getting about, and who had to be assisted in whatever they undertook to do. At Hoagland they are to give an entertainment under the 1 auspices of the Indies' Aid society of the M. E. church this evening. They are A. C. Fuhrman, B. F. Williams and J. C. Miller, and have been traveling together for the past seventeen years. They have traveled over the entire United States, with the exception of being at Los Angeles, Cal., and are scheduled to be there during the coming November. NORTHWEST SYNOD. The Zion classis of the synod of th» German Reformed church of the northwestern part of the state will on Thursday of this week convene at the Zion church at Magley and will be brought to a close with solemnity on Sunday, at which time many persons of prominence in the territory will be present. The Rev. P. H. Diebm of Huntington, Rev. Hessert, secretary, and Mathias Kirsch will be among the number to attend and a good attendance on each day is assured. The Sunday services at the Reformed church in this city will be dispensed with here so as to allow the members of the local church to attend, and many are planning to do so —o CHILDREN’S DAY PROGRAM. The Concord Lutheran Sunday school has prepared a very excellent Children's day program which will given next Sunday afternoon at 2:50 o’clock at the church in Root township. o ■■ ... “COW-CATCHER” KILLS A HOG. That "cow-canctiers" do not confine their catches to cows alone, was evb ient Sunday night when the 7:50 car from this city, manned by Motorman Louis Scheumann, struck a large hog that strayed onto the track near Stop 22, near the Charles Dickson home, making sausage of the hog, the largest piece of the big animal that escaped grinding, being one of the hind quarters. The cow-catcher, or pilot, and the headlight were broken by the collision and the occupants of the car shaken and badly scared. LEFT TODAY FOR CALIFORNIA. A. J. Smith and Family Will Have Delightful Trip. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Smith and daughter, Midge, and Miss Mary Fonner left at noon Monday over the Erie for their western trip. They will go to Los Angeles. Cal., and will also visit at San Diego, San Francisco, and other points of interest in that state; then going to Portland, Tillamook. Oregon; Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., and visiting among the Black Hills of Dakota on their return. The trip will Include visits at all the chief points of Interest along the way and wjll be a most delightful one. GO AS DELEGATES. At the general state Sunday school convention to be held at Fort Wayne on Thursday of this week a number of the members of the local German Reformed church will be in attendance and take part in the services. Mrs. Chris Vogt, Mrs. Henry Moyer and Miss Della Sellemeyer will be the representatives from this church here. The gathering will be a notable one and delegates from all over the state will be in attendance to represent the various churches. A program of much interest has been prepared, as well as much other business pertaining to a gathering of this kind. o— BIRTH OF A SON To J. H. Koenig of the Interurban Company. Saturday was a busy day for John H. Koenig. While he was engaged in attending the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Fort Wayne 4 Springfield Railway company in this city, at which time he was elected president and general manager of the “Children Dry FOR FLETCHER’S eASTO R I A

company, there came to him from his home in St. Mary’s, Ohio, the news ,Os the birth of a son. The household now has two sons and a daughter* — -o The board of review, including County Assesor George Gentls, Audi- 1 tor H. 8. Michaud, Treasurer Charles i W. Yager and the two appointees, Jp. i I N. Erwin ano P. G. Hooper, met at < i the auditor s office Monday and i , organized for their forty days' see- I slon, Mr. Gentis being elected presl- ’ dent, and Mr. Michaud secretary. On < account of the great amount of busi- < ■ ness about the court house today, in- i eluding the commissioners' meeting, 1 . etc., the board adjourned until 1 o clock this afternoon, when they proceeded to enter upon their duties. 1 They will go over the various asses- I ! sor s books and hear complaints i from the various tax payers over the ] county. Certain days will be given I over to hearing complaints from tax i payers of certain townships and i towns, the days to be published later, i ———————_o — ( The board of county commissioners ' met Monday to take up the bus- ; iness of the June session, the most i important of which was the sale of i macadam roads, and this drew a num- 1 ber of contractors. There were four , Toads sold, Wheat, Sisk & Ruple being awarded the Egley-Nyffler contract, Vai Snell the Peter Braun road, and Merryman & Fugate the Kessler and D. S. Wolfe roads. The bids filed were as follows: Egley-Nyffler Road. Wheat, Sisk & Ruptes272o.oo Sam Yost 3285.00 Clay Engle 2970.00 Merryman & Fugate 3282.00 Miller & Schuh 3372.00 Beers 4 Brown 3679.00 Peter Braun Road. Vai Snell $2087.00 Wheat. Sisk & Ruple 2580.00 Chris Musser 2700.00 Merryman 4 Fugate 2469.00 Miller * Schuh 3327.00 Beers & Brown 2699.00 Kessler Road. Merryman & Fugate $2568.00 Wheat, Sisk & Ruple 2735.00 John Engle 2579.00 Chris Musser 2575.25 Miller 4 Schuh 2635.00 Beers 4 Brown 2929.00 D. 8. Wolfe Road. Merryman 4 Fugate $2568.00 Wheat, Sisk & Ruple 2875.00 Chris Musser 2570.70 John Engle 2700.00 Miller 4 Schuh 2736.00 Beers So Brown 3199.00 M * A stabbing affray occurred late Saturday night in front of the Mutchler meat market, in which Dolph Hoffman was seriously injured by Jim Worden, who it is alleged, struck Hoffman, inflisting a long gash in his face. The trouble started over a quarter which Hoffman claimed that Worden owed him, and in asking for it both men became angry and Hoffman resented some nanies which his opponent called him, and hit him in the eye, the mark of which could be plainly seen this morning. In return Worden said that ne wouia get him yet and walked away, returning later with the intention of whipping Hoffman. Finding Hoffman still in the locality of the former fight, he walked up to him and struck him. A gash was cut in Hoffman’s face which required 6 stitches to close and Monday morning affidavits were filed and the parties brought into court, where Worden pleaded guilty to assault and battery and was assessed a fine of $1 and costs, which he stayed, and returned to his work on the Line street sewer. Hoffman was unwilling to prosecute the case, and could not state positively whether a weapon was used in the assault or not. bast Monday Warren Jones appeared before 'Squire Stone and offered to pay the fine which was assessed as the outcome of the trial held Saturday and the fine of $lO and costs was assessed, making $19.65 in all. It was their intention to take the case to the circuit court but for some reason he determined to pay the, costs and drop the matter. At the trial Saturday the prosecutor was unable to make the prosecuting witness state the facta which were the substance for the affidavit, and although the oath was taken twice, the witness persisted in failing to remember. —— The reorganization of the Fort Wayne 4 Springfield Railway company was not completed till about 9 o’clock Saturday evening, when the election showed the following board of directors and officers: President and General Manager John H. Koenig. Secretary—W. H. Fledderjohann. Auditor—Edwin Fledderjohann. Treasurer—Charles Dirkson. Other members of the directors board: Henry Gallmeyer. Martin Gerke. Ijouis Lamnwrs. Henry W. E. Dirkson. S. E. Whlpp. William Fledderjohann.

Jacob Koenig. w William Fuelling. William Auman. L. A. Graham. C. J. Lutz. A short while ago Mr. Koenig was temporarily appointed to the position as president and general manager of the company, this appointment being confirmed at the annual election. The meeting passed off very quietly, nothing of interest beyond the routine work coming before them. The report of Auditor Edwin Fledderjohann, covwlng the work of the past year was read, and showed the road to be in a flourishing condition. — 0 - S. H. Adams, the well known Portland manufacturer, who had leased a tract of land in the north part of the city for the erection of a heading plant, has now leased the g-ound and buildings of the Vail heud'ug plant, at the corner of Sevc ■ th rad Jefferson streets, and will htr. Ectory at that place ’r.i! nd ' (Ji? tract of ground I.; t’.ie no:th part of t’ > city. The lease of the Vail plant is for a period of three years. Mr. Adams has also bought a part of the machinery of the Vail plant and will us- this in the operation of the factory. A part of t’>e timber to be used at the plant is I eihg hauled to the grounds and things ate being gotten into nediness for the woik. Mr. Adams’ son-'n-law, Mr. ]:• ed. of Portland, will m nage the De atur plant. FUNE-.AL OF MRS. GALLMEYER. The funeral of Mrs. August Gallmeyer, whose death occurred Thursday evening after a short illness, was held Monday morning at 10:00 from the St. John s Lutheran church, north of this city, the Rev. H. C. Jaus officiating. Burial took place in the i church yard cemeteiy. The son born I to Mr. and Mrs. Gallmeyer ten days ago, whose death was expected, is reported as being better, and hopes are now entertained for its recovery. At the regular session of the city council to I e held on Tuesday evening an important feature that will come before the council will be the election of a new member to serve on the school board of the Decatur city schools to succeed A. H. Sellemeyer, president of the beard, whose term expiree in August, and who will then have served three years. He is not seeking a return to the office, and who the new member will be de; ends upon tl e selection to be made by the .city council. Two candidates are in the f-eld to fill the vacancy, they be ing Arthur Suttles and Ervin Brandylerry, but neither of them have been making an active fight for the position and the question remains to be settled at Tuesday evening’s meeting. Special Judge D. D. Heller, who beard the divorce complaint of Martha A. Buffenbarger vs. Henry Buffen barger, week before last on Monday morning entered his judgment therein finding neither of them entitled to a divorce. Mrs. Buffenbarger set out her causes in the complaint, and Mr. Buffenbarger in his cross-complaint, but neither were given a decree. The judgment was rendered against the defendant for all costs. Christian Hoffstetter vs. National Supply Co. et al., injunction. Motion by defendant, to dismiss cause for want of prosecution sustained. Cause dismissed without prejudice to new action. Judgment against plaintiff for costa. The current report of L. C. Hughes, guardian of Lewis Glen and Francis V. Gessinger, was filed and approved. William B. Drew was appointed guardian of Meyrle and Georgia Longnecker, filing SSOO bond. Laure A. Van Camp, executrix of the Anson Van Camp estate, filed petition for order to compromise claim of Monroe Grain, Hay 4 Mining company, which was sustained. Executrix authorized to settle claim for $102.61. Emerson Elzey, executor, files inventory of the Thomas J. Elzey estate, which court aporoved. Also petition to sell personal property, which is sustained. Private sale ordered, without notice, for cash at not less than appraisement. Real estate transfers: Albert Studler to Fred M. Studler, quit claim deed to land in Hartford tp., $2000; Grand Encampment, I. O. O. F., to Reiter Encampment, No. 214, lots 21, 22, 23, 24, Decatur cemetery, sl. BANS PUBLISHED. Another approaching June wedding was announced Sunday at the St. Mary’s church for the first time, the contracting parties to be Miss Edna Ehinger of this city and William Berling of Bluffton. Both are prominent people, and the event will be one of prominence in social circles.

Thy will Malinda Baker, wife of *j*T Baker, wbon deaffi' occurred ’ May 31st, was probated today., The'i will was written May Bth. To her i husband sbe leaves all of her real es- I tate, the same to be his during his ,- life, he to have the rents, profits and i income therefrom as long as he lives, i be to pay her debts and funeral ex-' 1 penses. After bis death the real es- ] tate Is to bo sold to the best advan-. i tage, without sacrifice or forced sale, 1 and the proceeds divided among the’i children and grandchildren as follows; To the children, Jonas E. Bak-' er, Sarah E. Beery, Franklin F. Baker,' l Samuel C. Baker and John D. Baker, 1 i each one eighth of the net proceeds, to Rosa A. Andrews, one-fourth; to the grandchildren, Mary Helen Baker t and Jennie Shiners, each one-six- i teenth. Rosa A. Andrews is names as executrix, with power to sell the land: and carry out the terms of the will, I without order of court or the giving of < bond. 11 Elizabeth and Ben P. Rice vs. Hen-| ry H. Hart et al., partition, I). B. Er-it win, commissioner for sale of real es-, i tate, filed SB,OOO bond, which court approved. 1 John M. Wells vs. Alta C. Pontius, t appointment of guardian. Cause sub- i mitted, finding for plaintiff that de- i fendant, Alta C. Pontius, is a person of unsound mind and incapable of managing her own estate. Attor- < ney for plaintiff allowed $25 and the ; prosecuting attorney, $lO. The same I is ordered paid by the guardian as . costs. John Wells is ordered to be ap- < pointed guardian upon filing proper application and bond. The costs of this action are ordered paid by the guardian. ■ ■ j I The board of review has gotten ; I down to work in short order. They' looking over the assessor s per- j sonal property books and have com-. pleted the township, taking up the towns and corporations today. They expect to finish in time to commence on the real estate books tomorrow. The report and resignation of F. S. Armantrout, administrator of the Syl-|- > vester Pontius estate, were filed. Re- 1 ’ port approved, resignation accepted. , and administrator discharged. Susan, i Pontius then qualified as adminiswai trix. t I John M. Wells qualified as guardian ! of Alta C. Pontius, person of unsound > mind. Bond, SBOO, with O. L. Va*ce i and* John S. Falk as sureties. John A. Cook, guardian of Jessie » Cook et al., filed current report, which s court allowed. > — o ; A very interesting meeting of the Knights of Columbus was held Monday evening and the usual line of bus- ) iness was carried out as on former occasions. Owing to the extremely warm weather nothing in the way of k- amusements are at present being held j and the meeting itself was cut as j short as possible, after the business t matters are taken care of. All members of the Royal Neighbors e are earnestly requested to be at their, e hall this evening at 7:30, and espec- ( ialiy the degree staff, for drill work, in preparation for the trip to Tocsin . 1 on June 12th. n — r The Rebekahs are requested to be e at the hall this evening in full at-j v tendance, as there will be initiatory. I work, Walter Johnson and Frank En-1 gle being candidates. Tuesday evening the Modern Woods men will hold another of their inter- j I. esting gatherins at which time the degree work will be conferred upon i several candidates. Ben Elzey, Lawrence Green and John Beel will receive the second degree and the first will be given Albert Williams. Meme bers of the forestry tearm are earnestn ly requested to be present in uniform., i and to be prepared to render the ’. work. h ---- The commissioners were busy this afternoon allowing bills. They will i- meet Wednesday to close up the i- session's work anc will then make a ■- trip over the McElhaney road in Blue i Creek townslißr. I, s The lease ®f the county for the rooms in the Interurban block, nsoi as the surveyor's office, expires July t Ist and the Board this morning decidt ed to remote the office to the conn house. Mi. Ernst will probably be , installed in the room now used by the s sheriff, and hi* office will be arranged in one of the upstairs rooms. The quarterly reports of the sheriff, treasurer, juditor, recorder and su- ; perintendent of the county infirmary . I were filed end approved. l The petition for the Mud Pike Macadam road was found sufficient. J. 11. ; Steele and A. Q. Durbin named as ’■ viewers and C. C. Ernst as cr.gineeer. ; They will meet at the auditor’s office 1 ®

Junt 12th. On the Stahl road Phil Schug and Jonas Neuenschwander are viewers and C. C. Ernst engineer, meet at the office of 8. A. M. Butcher, Geneva, June 10th. John Engle road .—Osc?’ Ktirsam and Frank Heller, viewers, and Ernst engineer, jpeet at auditor's office June 10th. Joseph M. Peel road found sufficient, continued. Paul Baumgartner road —Jacob Fuelling and William Meehberger, viewers, Ernst engineer, meet at auditor's office June 10th. The petition of John J. Meyers et j al. to change township line was dismissed. The auditor was ordered to give notice for receiving blds for coal at the next term of commissioners. The drainage commissioners on the David Berger ditch were granted an extension of time until the next term to file their report. The auditor was ordered to advertise Water street in Berne and to post notices as required by law. John W. Kleinhenz was granted a license as a wholesale dealer in intoxicating liquors, filed his bond and is now privileged to conduct the business. Auditor O. D. Garrett of Wells county filed a certified copy of the proceedings before the Wells county board of commissioners regarding the John Schafer macadam road on the county line. o — WILL SELL BONDS. Trustee Butler of Washington township will on Wednesday of next week sell $7,500 worth of bonds for the new school house, in Dist. No. 7. The bonds will be sold in the office of Attorney D. B. Erwin. GALLMEYER BABE DEAD. Velma, twelve days old, daughter of August Gallmeyer, died Monday night at 1 o’clock at the home near St. John’s, and a short funeral service, with prayer by the Rev. H. C. Jaus, was held at the home Wednesday morning, with uunai in the St. John’s cemetery. The mother of the babe died Thursday night, the funeral |>eing hel< Monday morning POSTMASTERS GOT INCREASE. Washington, D. C., June to Daily Democrat)—The readjustment of salaries of postmasters in Indiana resulted in $lO6 increases for the postmasters at Crawfordsville, Ft. .Wayne, Lebanon, Logansport, Jeffersonville, Michigan City, New Albany, Richmond. Vincennes, Washington. Evansville and West Terre Haute, while the Gary postmaster was boosted S2OO. I .. ■ —o — MINISTERIAL MEET * Held Monday Was a Good and Profitable One. i The ministerial meeting held Mon--1 day at the library was one of much 1 interest and a profitable one through- ' out The meeting was opened by the I president, Rev. I. Imler, followed with i devotions, led by the Rev. D. O. M ise. The paper on “Prayer,’’ and it Charge ! of the Rev. Hessert was very important, and his outlined pointe appealed | greatly to those in attendance. He statj ed that for prayer to be beneficial in the sight of the Almighty God ft must be reverent, intelligent and sympathetic. His remarks on his subject 1 were interesting and the close atten tion of those present was held. — ANNUAL MEETING. June 12th the Day Set For Stockhold ers of German Telephone Co. The annual meeting of the stock 'holders of the German Telephonf 'Company of Craigville will be held or June 12th and will begin at 1 o’clock | All votes ty proxy are to be in writ png and to be filed with the secretary previous to the voting. Other busi ness pertaining to the company wil be attended to as on former occasions and the meeting will be an importan I one. which requires the attendance o each and every member. B Mr. B. B. Teeple of the firm of Fris inger 4 Sprunger has just returnee from the Dakotas, where he, with Mr Sprunger, purchased eighteen head ol horses for the sale here. They are i been gone several weeks, and have I had a most delightful trip throughout | the west. The horses they are bring ing are of the ordinary commercial stock and will be offered for sale at the First street stables Thursday of this week at the regular horse sale. The . horses arrived this morning and were 1 at once unloaded and taken to the bams, where they will be given a good rest, as they have been in transit over four days. The majority of the horses will weigh hundred

pounds and are not western Tonies, but the product of heavy draft stock, which has been shipped into the wtwt Mr. Sprunger will arrive in the city Wednesday, he having remained behind to complete several ‘. business deals pertaining to-the shipment stock. This will be the last chance to secure ho) s< s nt public MH't'vß Lils season aid al t!:c iurmerg should attend the side if they have 'i.f.j nwo*’sary needs to fill. The cotV •ditipn of the ground will, probably give the sale a big butiui of spectat|ors and the sale will be Weil attended piy buyers desiring different kinds of •taek. ■ <>- WILL OPEN OFFICE TOMORROW. Dr. Finkhousen Leases Rooms Over Hyland Plumbing Shop. Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Finkhousen were in the city today, making arrangements for the opening 'of the doctor's office for the practice of Chiropractic in this city. He has !<■ ed the rooms over the P. J. Hyla I plumbing establishment on Mon.< street and will open his office W> nesday. Dr. Finkhousen gradua - 1 June Ist from the Grand (Mich.) college of Chiropractic in a class of seventy-nine. He is a well known young man, having formerly resided near Wren, Ohio. Dr. and Mrs. Finkhousen will reside in this city. o ——— County Clerk James P. Haefling is in receipt of a pamphlet from the census department at Washington. D. C., that contains some very interesting information tor Adams countv folks. The pamphlet contains the census of every county in every state in the United States for the past twenty years, giving the report for 1910, 1900 and 1890. The report for Adams county is as follows: 1910 21,840 1900 ..22,232 1890 20.181 This shows that the county made a gain of 10.2 per cent in population from 1890 to 1900 but lost 1.8 per cent from 1900 to 1910. This loss seems not to have been confined to Adams county alone, of all the counties in the state, as the total for the state from 1900 to 1910 shows a loss of .3 per cent, while from 1890 to 1900 it made a gain of 16.7. The population for the entire state for the three last reports is: 1910 2,224 '7’ 1900 ..♦4121 ‘ 1390 -a,912 .’.’7 o — L Hartford City, Ind., June 6—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Charles A. Reeves, editor of the Hartford CityJournal, and former candidate for congress in the Eleventh district, was today fined SSOO, when the jury in tbe ’ case of Marshall Sauer against the editor for criminal libel returned a verdict to that effect after being out several hours. s . J St. Louis, «.u., aune 6—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Unaware that his two small children were in the hay ''loft of his burning barti, William ( Amptman, a farmer near here, today rescued two horses and his .children , were cremated. Amptman is ' wild j with grief. , Salonika, Turkey, June 6—(Special . to Daily Democrat) —A $75,000 ranI som was today demanded by banrti's who last week kidnaped Professor o Ritcher, the German explorer. Ritcht er sent a letter to the Turkish govern l- ment as well as his own asking that t the amount be paid. i- * Aguas Calientas, Mexico, June 6— (Special to Daily Democrat)—That an , ‘tempt on the life of Francisco Madero was made here last night i I ustrated is the belief of his friend-. Escorted to a banquet in his honor, a { Mr. and Mrs. Medero entered th* e room, all the lights were suddenly * x n tinguished. Friends spirited him, k ' away and took him to his private es-'. Jr) ATTEND li-' • — -=* II Rev. D. O hid Rev. E. I’, s. Jones went to Fort XVayne this mornit ing to attend the joint convention of jf| lhe district Y. P. A. and laymen’s and | ministers’ association of the Evangel- [ leal church to be held today and to-s-j morrow. Many noted speakers are cn d the pregranr. >1 I WILL NOT OPERATE. e i e, Physicians treating Johnny, tiveit | year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John 5-jScheiman, at. the Hope hospital, Foil il-Wayne, state that it will net be nee e essnry to operate upon him as at first s feared. The lari had been suffering e; from what was thought tn be tubere , Jest’s of the hip br ne : a<; e wag taken e,to Fort Wayne for exar ination. An a X-ray examination revt led a better t .condition of the bone than was ? thought and no operation will be i ">■ 1 essary.