Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 1911 — Page 3

K Following a patient and mom in ej tfn))l , suffering since weeka lasi *r gudinlay ns a resuit of scalding tn !»• ■ juries. received by falling into a pai; f)1 hailing water, and Immediattfiy fol loW ed with the setting in of sceptic ■ poison, Ferdinand William. Jr., iftth "8 Ron (l s Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Hleeke ’» ■ I*"’"'' 1 ftWay ”* r ’ <>rlock "’’‘Tuesday Btl evening at the family home after all o'l medical attention failed to bring reHos. The death of the little son, so B I young In years and which was brought ” H iibotti I" an accidental way, is indeed H. a sad one, and one which Is causing Bl great grief to the heart broken par B, ents- 11 " Hl be rememliered that on B nvo weeks ago last Saturday, while preparations were being made by the B. inoilier to give him a bath ho left the |B- house through the kitchen door. Tn BE| th,- meantime, while Mrs. Hleeke was Kg carrying the water from the kitchen BH. stove to the bath room, a knock was heard from the front door, and be- ■ lieving it to be* the little fellow to Bl have gone around the house and wantB| ed in out of the cold, set down the |E boiling water near the kitchen door. While responding to the knock she ■ I found the person to be Stanley Calgjr ,0 "- wll ° had come over to play and B ■ during which time Ferdinand enter- ■ ed from the kitchen door, and not seeB F- mu the two pails, stumbled over one |l| in such away that he stepped into I tl,p other, throwing the scalding fluid B • the entire way up his hip, burning the ■ rtc-li almost from the bones. All med ■ I tcol treatments were tried, and trnff. ■ I [■ Sunday, the day following, he was tn Bl I a mo-t serious condition, and at times H "ions, poisoning having set in and ■H ' n spread through his entire system. Bl ~p ,!len seemed to rest easier and B w,,h tll( * Passing of time until last B| Tl " >c ' ,;iv bis condition was favorable. Bl rFrom-then-on a sudden cham-e was B| noted and his life despaired of since, BH the inevitable hour dawning WcdnesEl d-v evening. He was three ven’-s?twc, | | months and eight days old. and the I ■ • y.-inuo-st of six children, two brothers | Blind three sisters--Edgar, Alton. Tied ■ ■ wig, Marie and Norma, along with the | | sad parents mourning their loss. I The funeral services will be held I ■ 'Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock from | ■ th- hrnwe. Rev: Wehmeyer of the i.u- ■ I theran Zion church, in charge, after I ■ whith the-remains will be taken to ■ I ' Emmanuel Lutheran church in I I'Vruon township, where the main serrI |'• ■■ will be held, also-in charge of Rev. i | "Wehmeyer. .Interment at the Rleetoe E |<-eeuuery. I IN THE-fVILDING REALM. I | I- Carpenters were today ir'-a.-o 1 -■' | ■nnil'i-hg ,in the tm-lving for t> - lb-or" B&.IB Knapp hardware store. The ncw M 'building was fl-rtisbed swfim -nth ’«r j ■Jh Knapp's moving into ” -.-ve-M BB weeks ago. but the carpenters are, i ■?m>v putting en tK tinishn „ 'euch.-s 818 ln ,lle way of sbe'ving. The building I ■ '- l ' ; 1 ‘ flnv Olle io ‘ 11 " K '-' ■ ■' 1 ■ I ■Mid thoroughly up to date. B|[ The carpenters on the two Sowers ( I -ij ne ” business block.' w* - today ..--rk | ’-fflK'”U on the fixing of the steel ceilings i | ,B.n ’be balconies that exp-nd ovet the I .'■sidewalk. The buildings, which r.lrSB nearing completion, are two of Vue ■ finest in ifte city, bearing tb<> est ■ B lnai,:s -of all up-to-ilate equipment ABLE TO BE OUT. B F° r First—J. M. Frisuvyer Suffered In-1 juries Ourinj Stormy Voyage. HI r I ,J. M. Frisinger was aU5e to be out 11 afternoon for the first his return from ®,4gium. Jw.' -B^ eari!n K Wednesday on the 4 o'clot K : B car lor Fort Wayne. ' Mr. Frisingee . t been confined to bis home since i resurn, having been very badly, t B ? i , raineci in a fall received during the i of the ship in its stormy voy- i four days before his ship landed 1 Bn Jsew York City, November Zlst.p ship had a very rough passage, twenty-three days on the wa- 1 Mr. Frisinger is able to walk Bvith th® aid of a cane, but has by no 1 fully recovered. ’ Sf ' [ The following copy from the St. t Bamtps (Minn.) Joun>a,l-Gazette, of the ( December 7, of the wedding of r former Decatur young lady, will be t with interest by her many here: 1 I “At the home of the brio*- s sister, g Bfrs. J. W. Shanks, of this city, at c Bl:00 o’clock Thanksgiving evening, 1 .So'curred the wedding of Miss Edith t Blay Porter and Edward Allan Colaw. r I “As the bridal couple entered tlte J ®louble door-way, leading into the par- e ‘ lor, they were met by Rev. Edwin T. g of the First Presbyterian n , vihurch, who, by the short ring cere- e Tpony, united these two lives. I ■ “The bride's wedding gown was al delicate pink satin, trimmed with ■bite silk laces and pearl bands while the groom wore the conventional F jblack. The house decorations were in j jink and white, chrysanthemums ot these colors, and smilax forming the principal part. * • 11 ■ “After the ceremony, the bridal £ party, with only the In/mejlifife 4?' l '?* t

t ; hr ° thediaia K room where ‘t| R th “-course bridal luncheon was In at e,U ‘ er end of ‘he tho center of the ta!e ole. e, "On the same evening the happy y; couple deputed via the 11:45 train for 11 a. short visit at Omaha and Kansas 8- ‘ tty, after which they will proceed to 0 Kansas. They win bfl nt home at it their country home. ■’Limberlost,' d near Chanute, Kansas, after May Ist. g "Tbe bride has been a resident of p . Chanute, Kans., for some time, but n f or the past few months she visited e - wtUi her sister in this city. The o grooni is a respected and successful 0 real estate deader of Chanute, Kans." n * —— s Th e lo«»l order of Red Men held an n Important meeting Wednesday night, 8 <dirring whiohi they elected officers for the ensuing term and gave the degree o to several candidates. t . A large- number of members was e present and the second degree was given. Next Wednesday night the s 'third degree will be given, and also l_ the first to another candidate. Folj lowing the degree work an interesting session was held, the election of h The following officers taking place: e Sachem—John Logan. 5 : Senior Sagamore—Andrew Moyer, j Junior Sagamore—Frank Aurand. B Prophet—Will Helm. I. Keeper of Records—A. P. Beatty. I .Keeper of Wampum—J. D. Hale. , Collector of Wampum—Geo. Steele. g Trustee—J. ■N.i’Fßrriah. j 'Considerable other business was (disposed of, and the agitation of the ] reorganisation of the haymaker det gree was talked over. It is probable itirat thv first (Oft the year will see ; some definite steps taken to revive this interesting degree. # P. W. SMtTH RETIRES J " Jl s JAs Director of the Fort Wayne Telephone Company. 'Henry R. Freeman was elected a I member of the boatfd-of- directors of , the Home Telephone, company at the tnruudl meetingrof the stockholders of . the company, held Monday evening , nt The Commercial ■ bibb, where 4,800 t shares out of 5,000 were represented. Mr. Freeman suceee'ds'p.'W. Smith of ■Richmond and other members of the , board chosen include Charles R. Bash, A. E. C. UrCker, W. .A."Bohn,' Max B. Fisher, G. Max Hofmann. W. L. Moel- ! lering, John R. Rewss auo isldor Le-h- --; man. VVlllsim C. Rcliwcr presided |as chturman of the -meeting, with ’ Frank E. BOhn as secretary and Otto Mnrahireiis as .assistant' secretary. Reports show a big advance for the year, both in improvements and in volume | erf 'tjusineisi.—‘Fi-rt Wayne Sent (Bele Washington, ti C., Den. 7—li. view : of tlte fact that what '» known as the Sherwood pension bill is ivevy likely to beewne n law at •tills ses.Tion of congress, a poll taken Vy ’RepreswI tative Adair of' rhe old soldiers of rfhe j Eighth district is ot interest. The information which Mr. Adair lushed to bring ©trt Thy this- ito'.l was the percentage of soldiers of the civ'l war who will receive the maximum allowance of a doHar-acday if the bill I becomes a law. The allowances piro- ! vided for in the bill are .graduated, ;uc- - cording to length of service, as fcl|l«»ws: Ninety days, flfi per moW&; six months, S2O per month; tihxe months, $25 per month; w year w over S3O per month. Mr. -Adair’s poll, which has just been wmpleted, develops sone- rather astonishwtg facts. It shows, for instance, that, of all the civil ww soldiers, between 90 and 95 per cent served longer than one year and eonsequently wTil receive a dollar-twday pension under the Sherwood bill. It I had not been supposed that the per- I centage was newly so large. “I find,” said Mr. Adair, ‘‘that in | the Eighth district over 2,000 of the 1 2,200 soldiers served one year or longer and consequently will be en- i titled to the maximum pension. A | very considerable niwnber of the remaining 200 will also be entitled to a dollar-a-day under another provision of the bill, which grants that amount to totally incapacitated -soldiers. Mr. Adair is a member of the committee on invalid pensions and Representative Sherwood of Ohio, chairman of the committee, whose name the hill bears, has asked the Indiana member to take charge of it on the floor and make the first speech in its support. Adair will do so, and incidentally will embrace in his speech the information gained from this poll. Sherwood is an old man, himself a civil war veteran, and does not feel physically ca- I pable of leading the floor fight. - - -O” ~ ALL IS READY For the Address of Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley Next Saturday. Great progress Is being made by the ladies of the W. C. T. U, who on next Saturfey and Sunday will have with f. as their gw a entertainer, 9

■ Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley, of Liberty, | Ind., vice president of the state organization, who on Saturday evening 1 will give an address at a mass meet- > ing to ba held In the Evangelical church. Mrs. Stanley, who is a speaker of much note, and one whose sayings are full of earnestness and force, as well as being an orator of ability, - will take as her subject, “At. the > Mercy of the State," which will be a most, interesting talk. All friends of the W. C. T. U. are most earnestly requested to attend the meeting to bo held at 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon at the Baptist church. No colI lection will be asked at this time but ■ an offering will be taken up. The tickets for the democratic pri-' j mary election to be held next. Tuesday i in this county were primed today at j , this office. The exact number printed ' was 5,337, divided among the various , ■ precincts according to their vote cast | two years ago, each precinct being - ' j given sufficient extras to cover any i . increase in the vote. Three hundred s! sample ballots were also printed. The > officers of the county committee. D. - | N. Ei win, chairman; C. C. Ernst, sec-, - j retary, and R. R. Schug, treasurer, 1 j served as the election commissioners ! ■ and had charge of the printing. The campaign is drawing to a close. It has been in some ways unusually quiet, due no doubt to the fact that the new “corrupt practice" acts provide that no money can be spent to influence voters, not even a cigar be- . ing permissible, and it being necessary that earn candidate file an affi- ! davit as to his election expenses. A ! | number of bets have been posted as - | to the results and there are several ■ interesting contests. The returns will, i as usual, be received at this office. > c, INSPECTION TRAIN. The Erie railroad ran an inspection train over the line for the first time • today, it arriving here about 9 o’clock and the Inspectors thereon inspected the sight, hearing and speech of ev1 ery employee of the road from the 1 section hand to the highest priced em- ’ ployee. The object is to eliminate 1 any chance in train mis-management : that can reasonably be foreseen. The 1 train proceeded on eastward about 10 ■ o’clock but gave out no information 1 as to the results secured here. * ’ S. B. Ramsey, formerly a resident • here and a son-in-law of John H. • Williams of this city, met with a ’ painful accident in the Delphos yards 1 Wednesday afternoon. About two 1 years ago Mr. Ramsey left his posi--1 tion here as section boss and went to Delphos, where fie was promoted to • yard boss, which position he has since ■ held. While at work Wednesday an unseen switching engine ran down the track on which he was working and before be could be warned he was struck by the engine and thrown to the ground. The tender and engine passed over his body but did not cut him as he was pinioned between the rails. He suffered a serious scalp ! wound and a dislocated hip besides some internal injuries. After the ac-cident-the train crew, azsisted him to his feet and he walked home alone, but these became worse. A c-ard re (Ceived by Mr. Williams this morning (gave the facts of the accident and asked him to come to Delphos tonight, Wiiich he-will do. That Mr. Ramsey escaped with his life from the precarious position is fortunate. The physicians etate that h will be some ttime before "tee is able ftp -be up and .aroqrrtl again - — HAS “RfcGAL” AGCNCY. Wilber Porter, who is eowiucting the Carriage 'Works, and is numbered among the hustling young business | men of the <city, :hf«s taken the agency ' | for the famous “Regal” car, and will, from now on. be th»3 local agent tor I this popular aaid fast coming ear. kt I is especially' , k-nown for its underslung construction, the first'build of its kind ) and for which It fast approaching the I front. The “Regal 35” is the first full 1 nnderslung touring car to be sold at a popular price. The utiderslung construction is the safest and most duraable, it is mechanically right, the center of gravity Is lowered, the weight ! of the car and its occupants bearing them below the actual center. It is one of the most attractive ears on the market today and its sale is enor-1 mous. Mr. Porter is at present making arrangements for moving into more commodious and roomy quarters, and will be located in new headquarters by January Ist of next year. — — ——— STATE TRUSTEES MEET. To be Held in Indianapolis Next Tues- ' day and Wednesday. | Adams county trustees will be num- 1 bered among the attendants at the twenty-first annual meeting of the Indiana state trustees' association which convenes in Indianapolis Tuesday and Wednesday, December 12th and 13th, in the representatives’ chamber in the state house. Among

• • the speakers on the program are Mayor Shank of Indianapolis, Attorney General Honan, State Examiner W. A. Dehority, ex-Vice President Fairbanks and Dr. J. N. Hurty of the state board of health, with other well known educators. o— — Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 7 —" Consumption has killed one person every two hours In Indiana for more than seven years." This startling statement was made today by Professor Severance Burrage, president of the Red Cross Christmas Seals Commission of Indiana, after consulting statistics comi piled by the Indiana State Board of I Health. "And last year alone tuberi culosis claimed the lives of 4,710 i>ersons in Indiana,” he said. “In three years this terrible disease has invaded more than 11,000 i homes ana claimed more than 'one [ victim in many of them," he added, i “Besides the ravages of the disease in taking life,” said Professor Burrage, they are making thousands of 1 children orphans each year. In 1910 tuberculosis made 2,49 h children under twelve years of age, fatherless' and motherless.” | "Besides the large death rate, tuberculosis has its financial side. It is costing Indiana $27,500 a day and I thousands of dollars In the loss of years of productive labor.” Spurred by these statistics Professor Burrage is determined more than ever to make a success of the Red Cross Christmas Seals campaign, because the money: raised in Indiana by the sale of the seals will remain in the state and be used to check, prevent and cure tu-' berculosls.” The campaign in Indiana this year l is being managed by a new organiza tion—the Red Cross Christmas Seals ‘ Commission of Indiana. The Ameri-! can Red Cross is back of the nation- ! wide movement, although the work directing the state commissions has been turned over to the National association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, with headquarters in New York City. The state commissions have in turn selected campaign managers who are managing the work in the several states un- . der their direction. The headquarters of the Indiana sales managers 1 sat 246 Postofflce Building. Indian- ' apolis. Peterson ft Moran, attorneys for ■ William J. Barrone, have filed suit against Henry Knapp, lor foreclosure ’ 1 of mechanic's lien, <leman<\ S3OO. i , — Oscar Austin, of the Austin Adver- ' itistng Syndicate, Iras filed an inter--1 trening petition for the allowance of ' a s4ll claim against the Adams 1 County Publishing company in there-] ceivership case. The petition alleges ; that he entered into negotiation with ‘ the company’s manager, I. D. Landis, 1 October 10th, to inaugurate a circulation voting contest, which he began, placing four solicitors in the field, ' I)lll‘that about November Ist, the pub--1 Itshhig company called the contract ' off, liis work during that time amounting to $336, which, with attorney’s ' fees, brings his claim up to s4ll. D. , H. ErWin is Augtill's attorney. Susie Eury vs. T. 3. Durkin, sheriff, et al., possession and damages. Demurrer to second paragraph of J separate umhmt of Bovine overruled; exceptions; reply filed 't>y plaintiff t® . second pata.graitx of separate answer .of So vine. Margaret Reber vs. Earl Reber, divorce. Additional allowance of sls , made to plaintiff and > sufficient I amount of property is released from the restraining order to pay for the same. A divorce was today granted to Mirlie Meyers from Frank Meyers, and her name changed to Mirlie Foyer. She was also given the custody of i the child, Chester Meyers. Costs, were adjudged against the plaintiff. | The case was heard Wednesday, being taken under advisHiiem until today. Joseph D. Krick vs. E- Burt Len- ‘ hart et al. Objections to amending the complaint overruled; exceptions; j amended complaint filed; exceptions by defendant. I Final report of Rose Christen, executrix of the will of Godfrey Christen, was approved and the executrix discharged. ' Arthur Farlow, administrator of the I John C. Thomas estate, filed fnven-1 lory, which was approved. Final report of William Hart, guardian of Wilson E. Hart, was allowed I and the guardian discharged. William C. Ryan of Fort Wayne l is the attorney of Adrian C. Faure, 11 in a suit filed against the Oakland Mo-1' to Car Co. et al. Lake & Fox 8r05.,-) on contract, demand, SIOO. Faure al- , leges that the Lake & Fox. Bros, were agents for the motor car com-

— — —. w——pany, and that last December 14th, t the Lake & Fox Bros., partners, de- 1 posited with the motor car company, t SIOO for the faithful performance of a contract, which they fulfilled, the right of the motor car company to f the fund thus ceasing. The plaintiff t alleges that he furnished the part- < ners the SIOO, with the agreement < that it was to be returned to him, I which the motor car company failed I to do. { 1 The petition of John S. and Anna I R. Colchfn, for the adoption of the ' child, • Mary Callihan, as their legal t heir at law, was granted them. The I child is about three years of age, be- i Ing born March 30, 1908. She has f been with the Colchins since she was e about two and a half years of age, c they having secured her from the t Catholic home bureau of New York t City, for de])endent children, the t board of directors of which filed with the court, its consent to the adop- < tion, the child having no living fath- s er or mother. The court ordered that t her name be Mary Callihan Colchin. i I ' Fort Wayne papers report the issu- f ance of a marriage license to Martin t J. Fruechte, Adams county, and 1 Louise S. Eisenberg, Allen county. r < WILLIAM HODGE - i Coms to Majestic Theater, Ft. Wayne, j in “The Man from Home.” 1 t The engagement of William Hodge i in “The Man from Home,” at the 1 Majestic theater, Fort Wayne, Wed- 1 nesday evening, December 13th, will 1 be considered by many theater-goers I as the leading event of the amuse- ‘ f ’ ment season. Mr. Hodge, who played i 1 I f . this comedy an entire season in Chi- ' ‘ cago, seventy weeks at the Astor ; ’ I theater, New York, twenty-eight ( 1 i weeks in Baston and nineteen weeks ( 1 in Philadelphia, is now making his. 1 first general tour of the country. In- 1 diana has an especial interest in “The Man from Home.” It was written by 1 ' Booth Tarkington in collaboration with Harry Leon Wilson. “The Man : from Home” is a young lawyer of Ko ,' komo, Ind., and his honored name is ' Daniel Voorhees Pike. Indianapolis and Fort Wayne arc 1 the only two cities in the state in ' which Mr. Hodge will be seen in the ' play this season and the Fort Wayne engagement offers opportunity for local lovers of the best stage offerings j to see the most successful play that has been produced in recent years. Liebier & Co., the producers, give guarantee that it will be presented by the same company that participated in the long runs in New York and Boston, and the same handsome and j elaborate scenic production. The | management of the Majestic theater has arranged to take excellent care of out of town patrons and all rail and telephone orders will be promptly filled. The holiday season will have no greater pleasure-giving factor in this vicinity than will be afforded by the management of Mr. William Hodge in “ The Man from 'Home.” o WAS OPERATED ON Dr. Cowan Undergoes Ordeal for Appendicitis. Dr. J. C. Cowan was taken serious- . ly ill with appendicitis at his home in Dixon Wednesday morning. His case being very acute, it was deemed best to have an operation performed at once and he was taken to the Lutheran hospital, where the operation was performed by Dr. DuemTing. The operation is thought to be successful. Dr. Cowan is a son of J. C. Cowan of Pleasant Mills. N. W. Abbott and Mrs. Charles Sautbine and baby, returned home last night from Fort Wayne, after making a short visit with Charles] ' Sautbine, who is confined to Hope I j hospital in that: city suffering with •> I 'fractured skull received over two • weeks -ago when a brick fell from | (building, striking him on the top f 1 | the head. He was taken to Hope li< ■! ’ pital, where a pant of the skull v, a | - removed, but last Wednesday was : forced to undergo another operation, more of the skull being removed, j 1 I making a piece about the size of a j | half-dollar removed from the top of ( IMe head. He is able to walk around , ( in the hospital and is making favorable improvement, although he will bo I confined ther.e for some time yet - 1 I Bluffton News. Mr. Sautbine is a I I brother of Mrs. Will Ward of this s i city. | r t WILL SELL OAKLAND. |l 1 s Samuel Weir of Indianapolis, trav- • a eling representative for the Oakland fi automobile was in our city this morn-1 ing and later in the day placed the > agency for this car with Dan N. Er- A win and Glen Falk for Adams county, b Mr. Erwin hhs been acting as agent N only temporarily, but now assumes P the agency for the entire county and d will push this famous car to the best tl

I of his advantage. The Oakland com- ( pany is now making eight models and they are selling from SI,OOO to $2,250. D. N. Sprang, A. R. Bell and Professor E. E. Rice, superintendent of the city schools, attended the farmers’ Institute held by the association of Marion township, Allen county, at Williamsport, or Poe, Thursday. Professor Rice was one of the speakers on the program, giving a most excel lent address on the education of the boy and girl on the farm, and ending with a talk on sugar beets, which was a most timely subject, in view of the proposed location here of the great sugar beet factory, the first in Ind ■ ana, and in which ihe farmers of the surrounding counties, as well as those of this county, will be interested. His talk abounded in good practical poinss and was highly appreciated by the many auditors. The institute was held in the Met! odist church at Williamsport and the attendance was quite large. At noon the ladies of the church served a din ner that for excellence cannot be beaten, and the gathering was one of great social pleasure and importance, as well as being highly educational. The Decatur attendants returned Thursday afternoon on the 4 o’clock car. A most pitiable case came up in the Adams circuit court at 1:30 o’clock Friday afternoon when Orley Meyers, the young man from Van Wert, Ohio, who was arrested last Saturday by Sheriff Durkin on a charge of petit larceny, appeared before Judge Merryman and withdrew his plea of "not guilty” made heretofore, pleading guilty instead. The charge against him was made by Henry Sturbaum, an old soldier from the Marion soldiers' I home, who had been rooming at the same place with Meyers, who ha<> been an employee for the past six weeks or so at the Holthouse livery stable. Sturbaum charged Meyers with stealing sls in cash, a fifty-cent pair of gloves, and a gold finger ring, I November 29th. Meyers, who is a ; young man about thirty years of age, is suffering from tuberculosis of the lungs in a bad form, and upon the recommendation of Dr. Costello, who | appeared in court, stating that Mey-1 ers was tubercular, and that confinement Tn jail would be detrimental to him, the sixty-day jail sen-1 fence given him, was suspended by ] I Judge Merryman, during his good be-1 liavior. The sentence also included I $lO fine. Meyers has been a sufferer from tuberculosis for some time, and has undergone an operation affecting the ribs, the wound turning into a running sore, which is very much ag-, gravated at the present time. The young man is contemplating going to I a free sanitarium in Lima. Ohio, i where another operation will be performed, hoping to obtain relief. He is said to be without a cent, and appeared in court this afternoon without a lawyer, entering his plea of guilty After taking the things from Stur-, baum, Meyers got a livery rig and | drove to Van Wert for over Thanks-; giving day, where he was apprehended , by the sheriff there, holding him until ; Sheriff Durkin went over after him last Saturday. ’ i Licensed to wed: Anna L. Passwa-! tens, born March 7. 1894, daughter oi George W. Passwaters, of New York, to wed Asa E. Smith, born June 3, 1884, farmer, son of Wiley and Sarah Smith; Lena Neuenschwander, born March 27, 1861, daughter of Ferdinand' Bieberstine, to wed Albert J. Miller,; born December 4, 1866, son of Jacob Miller. The bride was divorced in 1903 from her one former husband. 'Squire Stone officiated at both the weddings, that of the first taking place in the clerk’s office at 4:30, and that of the second at the Stone office at 3:30 Thursday afternoon. William E. Gerding of Fort Wayne, ' Allen county clerk, was a business I visitor here yesterday, and while here, i i isited with his friend, County Clerk • James P. Haefling. H. M. Byliosley & Co., vs. Fo.t Wayne & Springfield R. R .Co., :■< [count, $300; amended bill of i artic I lars filed. __ Thomas F. Mulilgan vs. Anna B. Mulligan, divorce, i). D. Heller, spe ial judge; verified motion by cross complainant to compel plaintiff to comply with the order of the court. Lucinda J. Branyan et al. vs. Ascii Brookover et al., quiet title. Answe. by Stetzel, Pore and Rickert, separately, each in two paragraphs. Rule to reply to each separately. Second and third paragraphs of answer filed and December lltli is fixed as date for settling issues. Thin! paragraph of answer by Aseal Brookover et al., filed. Ruled to reply. o--Mrs. Horace Callow of West Plains, Mo., who accompanied by her husband and cnlldren, and her sister, Mrs. D. N. Erwin, of this city, was expected to arrive m Fort Wayne Thursday evening, where she was to enter the hospital, was not able to make the •

' complete trip at this time, and her arrival there will probably he delayed a ' week or so. The’Journiy from West Plains to Jonesboro, Ark., a distance of one hundred miles, was made, but there Mrs. Callow, who is in very poor health, was not able to proceed, and she was taken to the hospital until she should gain strength for the remainder of the long journey. A brother, Fred Falk, formerly of this city, resides at Jonesboro, so she is not wholly in a strange place. Mr. Callow remained there, but the children, Mary and Stanley, accompanied their aunt, Mrs. D. N. Erwin, to her home here, arriving Thursday night. The Callows lived in West Plains, Mo., nearly a year, going there las January, hoping the change of climate would benefit Mrs. Callow’s health, which it failed to do, as she has grad ually failed. Mrs. Erwin went to West Plains a few weeks ago. Marion, Ind., Dec. B—C.8 —C. W. Boucher, president of the Marion Normal colleger announced at chapel exercises Wednesday that his college had been consolidated with the Beardsley institute of Chicago and the Eastern Indiana Normal "school of Muncie, all to be located at Muncie under the name of the Muncie Normal institute. The change is to be effective March 1, 1912, and at that time Mr. Boucher desires to transfer the students here to Muncie, where the large building of the former Eastern Indiana Normal will be occupied. M. M. Kelly of Milwaukee is president of the new school, and Mr. Boucher and wife each signed a contract to teach in the school for three years. Mrs. Boucher will be an instructor in elocution Mr. Boucher said it was a cash transaction. , The college last summer had an attendance of 2,200, but the wihter attendance is only about half that number. The Marion residents, with the aid of some members of the Marion Normal college, will attempt to build up a new normal school here.. w Many Decatur and Adams county students have attended the Marion Normal school, and are graduates of that institution. o ' BRIDGE COLLAPSED. And More Than One Hundred Workmen Lost Their Lives. St. Petersburg, Russia, Dec. 8— i (Special to Daily Democrat) —It is believed that between 160 and 200 persons lost their lives by the collapse of a railroad bridge over the Bolga river near Kazan. The bridge was Just in course of construction and was ’ filled with workmen, when, without warning, the supports gave away, allowing the men to fall into the icy waters. Only a half-dozen bodies ha e been recovered today. Troops were dispatched from both sides of the river to search for bodies and to rest m any of the men who still may have yet been alive. NEWS FROM COURT HOUSE. Rudolph Schug, guardian oi Je-- •• Ellenberger et al., filed inventory, which was approved. Mary E. Steele vs. John Scheimann, replevin and damage, $25, cause dismissed and costs paid. Charles Boknecht qualified as adI ministrator of the estate of Emma Boknecht, giving S2OO bond.

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