Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 23 November 1911 — Page 6

» Ac thi* »*»*** ot th* y**r * 1* port Act th*’. i* thi* «ouniy wh|ch u*wrw th* r*put*Xloo of baring th* gre*t**t number of mil** of wton* ro*dt of *ny eouatf In th* United State*. according to *r»*. that we lake •very possible »t#P to keep them in good condition The.** ar* law* governing th!# matter and they *h*u'.d be enforced Every person should aee that they do not violate th* law and that th* other follow doesn’t either The follow ag jfy of the act referring to this question and the result of a case appealed to the supreme court was furnished us by Peterson 4 Moran, and * <:»en to our readers that they may tak* ad ran cage us the knowledge: Chapter 180, An act to amend section 1 of th* act entitled "An act to require all b;- iways on which United Ata tee rura j f’ee delivery ma-1 routes are establ bed to be kept in repair and passable condition, providing penaltie- for the violation thereof,” approved Mart* 9. 1993. and declaring an emergency—'Sec. 178, approved March 9, 1907.) Highway*—Rural Free Delivery—Repair. Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of Indiana, that section 1 of the act entitled “An act to require al! highways on which United States rural free delivery mall routes are established to be kept in repair and passable condition, providing penalties for the violation thereof." approved March 9, 1903, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows to'*it: Section 1. That in addition to the duties now conferred on them by law in respect to the care of highways, it shall be the duty of the board of commissioners, township trustees, road superintendents and road supervisors to keep in repair and in passable condition all highways in their respective districts or jurisdictions along or on which United States rural free delivery mail routes have been or may hereafter be established and maintained, and the township trustees shall set acide at least five per cent of the amount of road fund received by them each year as an emergency fund to be used in carrying out the provisions of this act. It shall be the duty of the above-nam-ed officers in performing their duties in respect to highways to give preference to the highways along or over which such rural mail routes have been or may hereafter be established and maintained. It shall be the duty of such officers to see that such highways are properly drained, are kept free of all obstructions, including snowdrifts and are at all times in condition to be safe and readily passable to ordinary travel. It shall be the duty of said officers and of each of them upon receiving notice of the defective or impassable condition of any of the highways so used by mail routes above defined at once to repair or cause to be repaired, the said highway or highways. In making such repairs the board may repair bridges or culverts wherever necessary for the purpose of this act, regardless of the fact, that there may be no appropriation therefor, and pay for the same cut of any moneys in the county treasury not otherwise appropriated. If any member of any board of commissioners, any township trustee, road Supervisor of superintendent shall fail to repair any such highway within his jurisdiction or to cause the same to be done, for a period of five days after receiving notice of the defective condition thereof, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction there©’’, he shall be fined not over $2.00 for each day he shall have so failed after receiving such notice. Emergency. Sec. 2. An emergency existing, this act shall be in force from and after its passage. Acts 1907, pages 298 and 299. The supreme court of Indiana, in the case of the State vs. Collier, decision made January 28, 1909 <Reported 86 Northeastern Reporter, pages 10151017) say: The section upon which this prosecution is based is as follows: That in addition to the duties now conferred on them by law in respect to the care of highways, it shall be the duty of the board of commissioners, township trustees, road sui erintendents and road supervisors to keep in repair and in passable condition all highways in their respective districts or jurisdiction along or on which United States rural free delivery mail routes have been W m»y hereafter J>e established'and maintained, and the township trustees shall set aside at least five per cent of the amount of road fund received by them each year as an emergency fund to be used in carrying out the provisions of this act. It shall be the duty of the above named officers in performing their duties in respect to highways, to give preference to the highways along, or over which such rural mail routes have been or may hereafter be established and maintained. It shall be the duty of to see that such highways are properly drained, are kept free of all obstructions, including snowdrifts, and are

•J at all time* In 1 condition to b« safe i|*nd readtly paaaabl* to ordinary trav- | > el It *h*lf be the duty of said off!- ►, ceca, and of each of them, upon rel reiving notice *i the defective or itr. -I > pa***bi* condition of any of the high I i, way* *o used by mail route* above defined, at once to repair, or cause to ( > be repaired, the said highway or high- > way*. In making «uch repair*, the' l board may repair bridge* or culverts 1 wherever nece*»ary for the punxse* -of th!* act. regardlee* of the fact that > there may be no appropriation there- > for and pay for the »ame out of the . money* in the county treasury not t otherwise appropriated. If any mem-, , ber of any board of commissioner*. any township trustee, road supervisor or superintendent, shall fail to repair , any such highway within bls JurlsdicI tion. or to cause the same to be done, . for a period of five day* after receiv- . ing notice of the defective condition [ thereof, shall be deemed guilty of . a misdemeanor, and upon conviction . thereof shall be fined not over $2 "J t for each day he shall ha»* *o tailed I after receiving such notice.” I t • J 500 MILES WIDE. Second Cold Sna* I* Fast Bearing Down Over Indiana. * 1 Indiana will feel the effects of a I second cold wave that will send the 1 thermometer sliding down to the 2? ' mark by Friday, according to predictions made by V. H. Church, observI er at the Indianapolis weather bureau f Consolation is that the cold will not L be as severe or as lasting as the wave the first of the week. ! Starting from the coast, the wave ' has tor two days been sweeping over ‘ toe Rocky Mountain states and We.; ’ nesday night was hovering over Minnesota and the Dakotas, bringing with 1 it zero weather and worse. It seems ’ to be cutting a path for itself about 1 500 miles wide, lopping heavily over 1 the Canadian border. The northern part of Indiana and ’ Michigan will be the heaviest suffer ■ ers from the cold, according to Mr. Church, who thinks the central part of the state will catch only the ragged edge. He predicts a drop to 10 ’ or 15 above in the central part of the state, while the river counties will feel only slight effects. Coldest weather during No’emt r . for years, is the me sage flashing from all points the wave has struck. In western Minnesota 12 below was > recorded Wednesday, 12 to 14 below throughout the Dakotas and a co’I responding drop on the outskirts v the wave. L _ ’ LIECHTY-MARKLEY WEDDING. A marriage license was issued tnis i afternoon .o Earl Haymond Markley, L nineteen, a son of Daniel F. Markley, residing south east of the city, and Miss Frida Liechty, nineteen, daughter of Mrs. Joel Liechty. The wedding was announced some time ago for the ; twentieth of this month. Mr. Markley has rented the F. J. Tangeman property on East South street and furnished it for a home. —Bluffton News. A NEW UNDERTAKING FIRM. , H. B. Cowan, an Adam* County Boy. I ‘ in Business at Wlll»hir*. 1 1 ' Willshire, Ohio, has a new under- * ' taking firm and one w-hich they may fully be proud of. The head of the . firm, H. B. Cowan, an old Adams county boy, is a graduate of the Barns’ I school of anatomy and holds both an I Indiana and an Ohio license. For the last three years he has conducted an establishment in Chattanooga, Ohio, where he proved himself very efficient 3 in his business. He goes to Willshire r well recommended and his equipment j is modern and up-to-date in all respects. 1 | CALLED TO INQUEST. 1 — Louis Scheumann and Jesse Schug, j of the interurban force, members of the crew of the special car that was - run to Fort Wayne Thursday evening, h went to Fort Wayne this afternoon 1 where they will be used in the coroner’s inquest held over the remains of i. George James, the man who was killed 0 by being run over by a Wabash Valley [. car. The special car taken to Fort. e Wayne was returned unoccupied to n the bams here, the passengers return- .. ing on the regular last car. While dov ing some switching, it is said, the DoL . catur car was the last one to pass the j point at 12 o'clock, where the accie dent occurred, before the man was a killed an hour later by the Wabash 0 Valley car. The Decatur crew did net s witness the accident, but were called f to the inquest for some purpose. i- ’ !_ MOTION FILED. i.1 Attorney General Honan and Labor j- Leaders Mixed Up. 1. o (United Press Service.) y Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 17 —(Spe-i’l to Dally Democrat) —Deceit and cone spiracy are charged against Attorney

General Thoma* Honan of Indiana In a motion filed her* today tn th* Indian* superior court* by Edgar A. Per- ' kina, president of th* Indiana Stat* • Federation of Labor, and other labor • leader*. After a pleading of the attorney general that a suit brought by the labor force* against the trustees of the Indiana reformatory and the Indi- ' ana Manufacturing company, between 1 which a contract for convict labor existed, he discharged the labor force*, and alleged that th* attorney genera! allowed the use of his name by attorney* for the manufacturing company. John Woy. one of the oldest and most highly respected men of the city and county, was found dead on the j floor of his bedroom Friday at his home on North Fifth street, hi# j room filled witn gas fumes which un-| doubtedly resulted In his death from, accidental asphyxiation. Mr Woy had , been suffering from kidney trouble for j many years but had been able to be up and around. Thursday he seemed a* well as usual, ate with his usual heartiness, and at supper seemed even more cheerful than usual. He has been in the habit of leaving the sma.l gas stove burn in his room during ft>s night, so that should he have occasion to get up, as be often did, the roo’t would be comfortably warm. When breakfast was ready this morning at 5:15, Mr. Fansler went to the door ot hi* room, which opens off of the sitting room at the front, and tapped on it as usual to awaken him. He upped twice, and getting no response, opened the door and was horrified to find the man lying on the floor dead. He »3s lying in such away that his feet were near the small stove, and one arm la: as though clinging to a small window rocking chair. The room was filled with escaping gas. Later investigation showed that the small rubber tube leading to the stove had been disconnected. and it is thought that Mr. Woy getting up in the night was seized with a fainting attack, which he has had on several former occasions, and that perhaps in the fall, he fell in such away that the tube was disconnected and the gas fumes rushing forth and : seizing him at the time of his faintness. did its fatal work. Dr. Thomas, a friend of the family of many years, was called and arrived within twenty minutes, but life was found to be extinct and nothing could be done to re vjve him. The body showed no bruises made by the fall, or in any way. The death, it is thought, occurred between 2 and 4 o’clock this morning as Coroner Grandstaff said, when he arrived on the scene this morning at 9:15. that rigor mortis had net yet set in. When Mrs. Fansler arose ti ; .= morning she detected in the other per" of the house a slight odor of escaping gas. but thought nothing of the ma - ter at the time. If the gas had been escaping during the entire night would completely have filled the hoo-’ and would have been noticeable on the second floor, also, which it was**.:, ter during the day. and this gives another reason for inferring t . the death did not occur until the latter part of the night, and that the c: " was turned on then when he fell. Coroner Grandstaff has not yet z: rived at a verdict, but will probabl.* > give accidental asphyxiation as the | cause ot the death. 1 The death of Mr. Woy comes as a■ distinct shock to his many friends ■ here, as only Thursday afternoon, ap- l parently in his usual good health, he ! had been down town, conversing with his friends. For eighteen years he had been a resident of this city and was known to everybody, and spoken of in only the highest and best terms. Had Mr. Woy lived until next April | 13th, he would have been eighty-three years of age, having been born April < 13, 1829. in Carroll county, Ohio, the | son of George and Catherine Woy. I His father died when be was but a babe and he Jived at home with his mother until his marriage. Mr. Woy was first married November 29, 1849,1 to Miss Elizabeth Worley, who died! July 5, 1859, leaving one child —Silas 1 Luther, who was born September 19, : ; 1851, and died in 1860, both being buried in the Monmouth cemetery. Mr. 1 . Woy was married March 15, 1860, to 1 • Hannah Bonebrake Dunlap, whose ’ death occu Ted in this city about ten I years ago. The one child born to • them died in infancy. Mr. Woy had been a resident of this i county for more than half a century. - He came here in the spring of 1851, - settling upon his farm In Root town- - ship, where he lived until retiring and ? coming to this city, eighteen years - ago, where he has since lived, on 3 North Fifth street. i Mr. Woy served as township trust tee two terms and also held other of--1 flees of trust, being held in the highest esteem by all. He was at one time a candidate for auditor of the county on the republican ticket, and was defeated by only thirty-five votes, a r very small majority in this democratic county. Mr. Woy was a member of the Concord Lutheran church of Root town--1 ship the greater part of his life, and - was in every sense of the word a dey vdtit and pious man, whose every deed

corresponded with h*« Christian profeaalon. It la said that no man was truly more beloved than he, by all who ant at church, and *ven after hla removal to this city, several mile* from th* church of hi* choice, with very knew him. He was a regular attendfew exceptions, was 4n bl* place at the house of' worship when services were held there. Mr. Woy was the last member ot hl* family, since th* death of a *i»ter In e«»tern Ohio, who died last New Year * at the age of ninety-nine years. He has, however, several nephew* and nieces residing in Kansas, Ohio, and other states, and arrangement* for the funeral will not be made until word come* from them. 1 Since the dealh of hl* wife, ten years ago, at his urgent request, Mr ' and Mrs. William Fansler moved into' ' hl* home and he lived with them, be1 ing given the best ot care. TO HUNT COYOTE. i A coyote, or more commonly called a wild prairie dog. 1* causing quite a ' bit of disturbance just a few miles east of this city, on the Studabaker' farm and inhabited by John Loshe. I For some time chickens and other small fowls have been missing and i the anima! which has been causing the ! disturbance has on several occasions i been seen, but never by a sufficient! number to round it up. Thursday ev-1 ening Peter Loshe was in town and : secured a number of aharpahooters! and invited them to come out and corner the unwelcome guest and make Its capture. The hunt was to have been made this morning, but on account of the bad weather which set tn the trio had to be postponed until a later date. The coyote is a savage, dog-’ ke ani-| mal. and is to be found in the north- > western countries, where they roam | wild. They put up a brave fight for: < their lives when surrounded, and the hunters will go well armed, and expect to return with the desired game resting on their shoulders o Happiness is a stimulant; Contentment a narcotic. —John Emery White. The W. R. C. ladies from Geneva spent the day at the home of Mrs. O. P. Markley east of Bluffton. All the ladles gathered there at the noon hour and all enjoyed a large dinner Following the dinner the afternoon was spent in a social manner. Present were Mrs. Jacob Shears, Mrs. Jacob Mertz. Mrs. Jerry Swank, Mrs John Armdorff, Mrs. Ferris. Mrs. Lewis Weibie, Mrs Campbell. Mrs. C M. Christman. Mrs. F. Collmcn, Mrs Noah Brown, Mrs Katheryn Fough’, Mrs. Phil Hoffman of Monroe, Mrs. William Markley living east' of Bluff ton and Mrs. M. W. Reiff and Cor Studabaker, from this city.—Blufftc.; I News. Thirty-five of tn<-, members of the Evangelical Ladies Aid society were entertained Thursday afternoon by Mrs. J. F. Lachot The business of the society was given first attend- - | and then some busied tnemselves with I needlework, while others conversed I and for still others there were two initerert ng contests In a smelling con ‘test. Miss Vernia Smith won first hon- ! ors, while Mrs. Fred Engle was the ' - inrx?r of laurels in a state contest. Refreshments contributed to the pleasi ing entertainment, as did music, which was rendered by Miss Vernia Smith. The society wfll meet in three weeks , with Mrs. Fred Linn, this to be an evening social. Miss Adda Donaldson of Wars hi" and Mrs E. L. Carroll were guests oth- J , er than the members of the Thimble , club who were delightfully entertain ' ! ed Thursday afternoon by Mrs. Da:. j Vail. Mrs. John Everett was a pleasing hostess to the Baptist Ladies' A'-d society which met Thursday afternoon, the attendance being very good, and t where plans of interest to the church , work were discussed, followed by a so- ! cial during which the hostess served delicious refreshments. — The Rev. T. L. Jones of Montpelier, i who conducted prayer services Wed-! nesday evening at the Baptist church,; and who will arrive again tomorrow to| ' preach over Sunday, was a guest at' dinner Thursday of Mr. and Mrs. S.! E. Shamp. Mrs. J. C. Sutton entertained the Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid society Thursday afternoon Further plans i for their bazaar were discussed, the ladies deciding to hold It in the store ■ building adjoining that of Bernstein’s • the first week in December. Mrs. Dr. : W. E. Smith will entertain the soi ciety in two weeks. A very well planned surprise was i carried out last evening, when the ■■ friends and neighbors of Mrs. Andrew Foos on South Fifth street unexpect- - edly stepped in on her and expressed - their wishes to spend the evening wiih 1 her. A large number of her friends - and neighbors gathered, and until a 1 late hour one of the most enjoyable

time* ever had together wa* th* occa*ion of Thursday evening Mr* Foo* proved h*r*e!f a charming entertainer and delightfully entertained her gueat* for several hour*. A delicious lunch wa* later *erved by Mr* Koo*. The young ladle* of the Sunday school c’.as* taught by Mr*. J. N. Frl»toe before her going to Winona to live temporarily, came in on Wednesday evening to surprise the Fristoe*. and that they did so to perfection was evident to *ll. Th* girl* have a happy faculty of performing this stunt on Mrs. Fristoe, and no one could appreciate these affairs more. They came with baskets of edibles and at once ! took possession and proceeded to have a picnic *up»per, such as only girls can plan, and all enjoyed eating. As one girl expressed herself, ”1 always feel so happy when I come here,” and this could truthfully be said by Mr. - and Mrs. Fristoe as well. The party consisted of the Misses Lulu Atz, Stella Perkins, Naomi Dugan. Ruth Patterson. Ireta Erwin. Goida Bigg*. Lucy Mclntosh. Ruth Hammel, Ruth Buhler, Frances Cole and Edith Long. Mr. and Mrs Fristoe entertained at 12 o’clock dinner on Thursday, Mr and Mrs. C. J. Lutz, Mr. and Mrs E. S. Mose* and Rev. and Mrs. Gle ser The Bachelor Maids held a very interesting meeting/it the home of Miss Ada Deininger. The game of "SIX I ' was again in order and afforded great pastime until a late hour, aftr". which prizes were awarded to Miss Kynt Vog'ewede and Mrs. E. H. Kilbourne of Fort Wayne. The next meeting will ( be held with Mrs. Fred Schaub. A most pleasant party was spent at the home of Anna Vollmer Thursday evening when she entertained a number of friends at progressive peanuts in honor of Mrs. Helen Burns of Cov- : ington. Ky.. and Mrs. Margaret Toley , of Cincinnati. Mrs. Costello of Chicago was also an out-of-town guest.; Prizes for the evening were awarded ■ to Mrs. B. J. Terveer, and second to 1 Miss Rosa Hess. Mrs. I. Kalver will entertain at a. “five hundred" party this evening Mr. and Mrs. Eli W. Steele have, figuratively if not literally speak ng. ‘kissed and made up," and this morn- > ing both left on the 7 o’clock train 1 for Portland, where the suit for di-; vorce brought by Mrs. Steele, was dis-' missed. It will be remembered that a most remarkable sensation was j sp: ng late in the afternoon of Se, -! tember 27th, when Mrs. Steeie fil : i the suit, making sensational charges, j and asking for 15C,w0 alimony. Jh’-; ease was then venued, upon request.' ito the Jay circuit court, and the ‘ was set for trial December 18th. It is I true, according to the old saying, that a woman may change her mind anytime and in this case it seems most i happily so. Mr. and Mrs. Steele, it is understood, held a conference ThursI day morning and in the afternoon an-1 other, in which it is said, the happy | | change of mind was made, resulting in i the trip to Portland today for the di: • missal of the case. —, — e K. OF C. MEETING. — All members of the Knights of Co- ■ lumbus are earnestly requested to be f on hand for the regular meeting which i will be held on next Monday evening) at their hall. In addition to the meet-1 ing when a number of business ques-, ticns will come up before the board | an oyster supper will be served for | j the members and each and all are re-1 quested to be on hand for the social ' occasion. INVESTIGATE PEORIA FIRE. Insurance Agent Says Landlord Did Not Try to Save Furniture. Peoria, 111., Nov. 17 —Deputy State Fire Marshall Henry Bogardus and an assistant from the office of State Fire Marshall C. J. Doyle arrived in Peoria | to investigate the fire wnich destroyed I the National hotel. They were sent to j Peoria at the instance < f D. C. Schupp, - an insurance agent, who declares that | Townsend, landlord of the hotel, did i not make a proper effort to save the I furniture. Schupp represents the , Western Empire Insurance company, I which had a pol’cy of SIO,OOO on the I furniture in the notel. j _____ : I Daniel L. Uhrick on Wednesday - brought suit in the circuit court ■ against his wife, Ona Uhrick, for di- ; vorce. Summons to the sheriff of . Adams county was ordered issued. • The complaint alleger, that the couple j were married on July 18, 1896, in Adams county, and that they separated i on October 26, 1911, when the defend- > ant abandoned the plaintiff and de- ■ camped with another man whose name - is not disclosed in the complaint. Mrs. 1 Uhrick is charged with cruel and ini human treatment in that she would - leave her home ; an< remain out at i night, staying away sometimes until i after midnight with divers immoral *

_ ___ . — — - "*•' » ' person* Th* complaint »ay* thM thi* I ha* been going on for th* pa*t y*ar. i Ftor six »*ek* prior to th* time the I •ult waa instituted th* plaintiff »ay» < he w** ill of typhoid fever and that bl* wif* refused and failed to give him I proper car* and persisted In going out *t night and absolutely refused to, give up her evil association* and evil | way* and Uv* *'th •» • <if ** should Sh* I* ai*o charged with hav- 1 ing told her husband that *he no long- I er would be true to him and intended i to leave him and that on October 26th 1 she made her threat good. When she ’ left Mrs. Uhrick took with her 1 th* two youngest children, Marie VI : ola and Chauncey Uhrick, aged eight I and *ix years, respectively, leaving a 1 ton at home *ick with typhoid fever. < Beside* the two children already nam- < ed, the couple have thre* others, nam- < ed Franklin, Clarence and Lewis, aged 1 fourteen, twelve and ten years, r*- < spectlvely. The plaintiff Ilves at Red- i ke y__p O rtland Sun. Th* Uhrick* i were former residents of this county j “ * Thi* city is to be Included in the; 1911 sale of Red Cross Christmas seals wnich will begin about December 1 in | every town and city in Indiana. Tbe < money reairzed from the sale of the < seals will be used in this state to 1 check the startling increase of tuber- < culosis. I While the work over the state is be- . ing directed by the Red Cross Seals i Commission of Indiana to be named t by the state managers, a complete campaign plan has been prepared for every city and under this it is believed every person in the state will be reached. ‘ Through the campaign in Indiana i this year the commission exiJects to t sell between one million and two mil- i lion seals and is busy perfecting the ! state organization. In cities where < anti-tuberculosis societies are active, i the work will be under their direction < while in other communities clubs and other societies will act as agents. : : Upon these organizations the state < commission is basing its hope that i , the sales this year will exceed all pre- i I vious records. The seals will sell for one cent each < i and the money raised in Indiana will 1 | remain in the state for use in the i : fight against tuberculosis. The fact 1 ' that nearly 5,000 people die in Indiana < I each year of consumption, costing the ’ state $10,000,000 annually, is spurring 1 the state commission in its campaign I )to sell Red Rross Christmas seals, i ' 'Every seal,” according to the com- i mission, “is a bullet fired in the war- i j tare against the ‘white plague.’” ! The sale of Red Cross Christmas ; seals this year is in the hands of a ’ newly organized commissioe, headed < by Professor Severance Burrage ' 1 ’ T rid’ e University, Lafayette. The other officers of this commissi, n are i Miss Rtoda M. Welding, vice president, Terre Haute, and Miss V. C. Ha: - I rison, secretary, of South Bend. Dr. 1 Theodore Potter of Indianapolis is : chairman of the campaign committee, : and Merels Sidener and Guernsey Van I 1 Riper are the sales managers. Mrs. jL. G. Ellingham. Dr. Henry Moore and i Lannes MePhetrridge are the other 1 members of the campaign committee. ' - - - - - .......... - - ■ ( Owing to the fact that he left no d:- * rect heirs, and made very little other , ■ arrangement for his affairs, the will of John Woy, the aged man who was found dead Friday, was probated 1 this morning in tne circuit court. The ' will was written July 31, 1903, with a codicil added thereto August 7, 1903. ; The codicil does nothing more tha: correct the names of the church departments to phich he leaves the bulk l of his estate. R. S. Peterson and Calvin Peterson were witnesses of the will. Mr. Woy provided first tor the payment of sickness, funeral aud other expenses; second, that all his personal property except promissory notes be sold at public sale; third, that the executor collect at his death, the promissory notes owned by him, with, ; the least possible harshness to the makers of the notes; fourth, the exJ I ecutor is to sell all real estate at pubi lie or private sale on terms he thinks best; fifth, the executor is to cause the body of his wife and child, buried at Monmouth, to be taken up and buri ied in his lot in Maplewood cemetery, ? provided this has not been done by him during his life time; sixts, the executor is to see that his body is in- ’ terred in his lot in Maplewood cemetery and a proper inscription put on 'the monument already up; seventh, to Cora Bonebrake he gives $200; to Sar- ? ah Fansler he leaves S3OO, conditioned t that she and her husband - remain with and care sot f him as they w’ere doing when .. the will was written, until his decease, a this being in full payment for all care I- or work done for him during his last 1 sickness, unless he should live longer I- or be more than ordinary care, in case h ot which the executor shall make e such additional allowance as he deem i., just; ninth, the rest of the estate is' i- to be divided into four equal parts d and given to the following depart- i t ments of the Evangelical Lutheran il church of the general synod—to the' il hoard church extension, to the (?■

board of foreign ml»*loni, totb*b«. of horn* mlMions, and to th* fund society. C. D. Kunkel 1* executor, and will qualify next It I* thought the funeral wlll ***• held before Monday. — ■ C—SPEAKS THIS EVEN| Nq / The Rev. Seman*. pa* tor 0{ Methodist Episcopal church, who been conducting a conference meet! ■lnce last Sunday, wl.hes to W that on th!* evening the congrentj will be addressed by hl» f ather Rev. E. L. Semans, D. D., of War Sllw So far the meetings have proven ffl0 « fruitful, there being large attendance' present each evening and able dig. courses at each time have been g/ *n. Th* service* will be brought to" dose on Sunday evening, when th. Rev. J. A. Beatty, district superintend ent, of Fort Wayne, will deliver the sermon. Tomorrow evening being Sa’ urday, there will be no services held REV. JONES AT BAPTIST. Rev. T. U Jones of Montpelier will preach trial sermons at the Baptist church next Sunday morning and evening, being one of the candidates for the pastorate ot the local church, sig. ceeding the Rev. C. E. Ehle. who has gone to the Fort Wayne church. R et Jones was here Wednesday evening and conducted the mid week pr ajer service and was very well liked. HAD "AERIAL SOMNIPATHY." Padadena, Cal., Nov. 17—‘ Ethereal asphyxia or aerial somnipathy" is what Calbraith P. Rodgers, transcontinental aviator, declares attacked him when he fell near Compton. Ca., last Sunday on the last flight of his cross country trip. Furthermore, Rogers asserts this is what caused the deaths of many other aviators. "It lurks in the pockets of the upper air strata,” he said yesterday, ‘and creeps irresistably upon the senses ot the aviator, lulling him into dreamy unconsciousness. “I believe this same thing to hare caused the deaths of Arch Hoiey, Ralph Johnstone, Eugene Ely and a number of others who have fallen to their death by losing control of their craft” Indiana schools will receive $!"3,062.34 as interest on the common school fund in tn* December distribution from the office ot the auditor of state, according to the figures compiled by the state superintendent ot public instruction and filed Thursday with the auditor. The apportionmen: of the funds to counties will take place after the December settlements. The total amount of interest from th“ fund for tbe year November hi 1910, to November 1. 1911, was ss%•] 908.49. The total amount of the common school fund, which the various counties held in trust in June, It'll, was $8,846,825.10. The total .mount ofj interest paid into the stare treasury! in the June settlements was $25",•] 747.15. The remainder will be reap- j portioned by the state superintend-1 ent after it is received from county treasurers. Many of the counties receive more than they pay in because of the op-1 eration of the statute which regulates • the amount of money disbursed w them, according to the number of children in each county. The telephone system, which is rapidly being adopted by all the leadine railroads in place of the telegraph system heretofore used, in the giving receiving of orders by the telegriph ers, is being installed Leaf railroad also. The :: -tallatitniij rapidly approaching this 1 ”! '■ ** thought will have reached here M next Monday. The t , pl.one w j work a great revolution railroad fairs, and the one insta '■'> ,ae ver Leaf will be the fir ’ roads in this city, except bj t f' e 1 terurban. The telegraph system »‘‘- be also retained by the Clover to be used in case anyth, go wrong with the telephone. DECATUR K. OF P. MAKES P IEA That the District Convention be He Here. At the meeting ot tne Pythias Thursday evening. * attended by A. R. Huyette. v. district deputy, a p!ea «« 1 rt that Decatur be given the new convention, which is some time in February. Dunkirk are also eager for of entertaining the is thought that Decatur ■' l The convention has not t et " ' . e i for fifteen years. Mr. Hu>“' very excellent address " ’ o f tinening, and the evening " / ° usual pleasure. T' ie '' . gpa jr. work was conferred . Jlj FOR SALE—Five 2-year-old col^ lr 1 miles south of Pleas.'Jesse Ray.