Daily Democrat, Volume 4, Number 156, Decatur, Adams County, 14 June 1906 — Page 1

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choked to death »eru Woman Murdered by Burglar ICCVRREO IN HER OWN HOME Lt Homs to Find House Dark and Was Attacked by the Brute. J rippw-M' I«* Special. I Peru. I'i l. June 14.—Mrs F.lizaf■ h. aired fifty-two, eneouna burglar in her home early thia tortiuur and he choke,l her to death Wore a.—ndaiice arrived She was ipjred »mewhat before she died. , pre no di-o-ripiiyi of let assailant Mr.. French lived at 55 east Eighth tw t, with two son*, who U P „»n st the tune. Mm. French was K tin* home of a neighbor until nine /dock, when she went home. There pit no lights rin the house at 9:30 he went upstairs to investigate. She ~und nothing and came down again. L» »bc reached the foot of the stairs be was grabbed and choked into un.eu.us'ic>e*. Het" murderer then »n from the house. Fifteen minutes Iter the woman regained eonsciotwi„. e"t t<> the door and called to irr neighbors. Mrs. Shngruh and If. _ley responded. f Several divsi<iai>' '*ere summoned but could L nothing, as cerebral! hemorrhages Mbwed. caused by her struggles risen tin viilian was choking her. >atb eatuc at 11:55 p. m. The murenored rhe house at tit** back rindow. There is no clue as there ru no light and Mrs. French couldt't sec lo’ assailant. She was eonriiiur almost to death. The murderer »thought t<> be some follower of the l irepuiigu Sells circus, which was lading tu-ar there at the time. Notag has been missed from the irate. a'girl with good sense A Hoosier Lady Who Fooled the Professor. • A southern Indiana girl graduate rho had been given the theme. ‘‘Betted the Alps Lies Italy.” promulgutM the following: ‘‘l do not care a rent whether Italy lies beyond the A<[» or in Missouri. I do not expect t" set the world on fire with my future career. I am glad that I have a fwd education, but I am not going tn misuse it by writing poetry or essaJ'« on the future woman. It will enable me to correct thy grammar of •uy lover I may have should he speak "f ‘dorgs’ in my presence or ‘seen • man.’ It will also eome handy when I want to figure out how many pounds et wap a woman can get for three duz.cn egjjs u j || le gnveery. So Ido ®ct begrudge the time I spent in ac•faring it. Bitt my ambitions do not "J w high. I just want to marry a tian who can lick anybody of his •eight in the township, who can run ,n eighty acre farm and who has no btnale relatives to come around and by to boss the ranch. I will agree k' cook dinners for him that won’t *<l'l him to an early grave affection •nd to see that his razor has not been iwit to ent broom wire when he wants I" shave. In view of all this. I do n "t care if 1 . je t a little rusty on the rule of three and kindred things as hie years go by.”

THE young people s social. The young people of the 1. B. ’i'Urch an* making elaborate arrange®enta fur a social on the parsonage u *n at 810 Monroe street next Saturday evening, lee ereani ami cnke, good fellowship in large measure, young ladies will also dispose ot a number of collars and 'kerchiefs, the product of their own deft “Kers. All the young folks salute t-o-w.

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TAYLOR COLLEGE EXERCISES! Account of the Year in Indiana Meth odist College Taylor L'niveisity ha* enjoyed a year of great prosperity. It ha* panned otic of the most successful years m all its past history. l-a.«t sitnimer it put n new steam heating system at a cost of more than S'l.lHHi. p no* makes a move toward witter work and electric lights. Ail the exercises during Commencement week were of n high order. In the departments of music, both instrumental and v,.eal. in the oratorical department. not only on the t om merwement platform did they show good training but at the State Prohibition contest at Indianapolis, the representative from Taylor. Mr. J. S. Newcombe, carried off the honors. Five out of six state oratorical contest* Taylor has won. Taylor development take* in the whole man body, mind and heart. Seven Were graduat'd from tile t.dlege of Liberal Arts; seven from the Academy, seven from the Theological department, one from the Normal achool, four from the Music sehisd, and «ix from the Business college. The following degrees were eon ferrod by President \\ incheater by the authority of the Board of 1 rustees ii|s>n the person* named: The degree of A. B. Upon Stewart Wesley Gisriel and Alice G. Hndnutt", Ph. It. upon <’. Edward Gisriel. Eva B. Matthews. John A. L»--h, Rowland R. H. Pierson and Robert L. Stuart; the degree of Ph. D. in cursu upon Riotnro Hakemaye. having been in 1 aylor University three years and having taken the degrees of A. B. and A. M- from the University of Tokio, Japan: the degree of LL. !•■ upon Louis Klopseh, Ph. D.. publisher of the Christm B raid: th- degree of It. H. upon R>'- Ephraim L. Semaus. presiding elder of the Wabash district North Indiana conference. Rev. Lewis A. FWeks. pa«to-r of the First Methodist Episcopal church. Elkhart. Ind.. Rev. T. J. Johnson, secretary of the Preachers' Aid Society. Rev. William Hamilton, Brooklyn. N. V. ami Rev. William A. Knox, Hamsun, N. J. Liberal gift- have been received during the year from friends of the University, so that the trustees were able to provide tor all current expenses. The faculty for the ensuing year is equal to any in the history of the University. The prospects for a glorious future were never brighter. THEODORE P SHONTS TALKS Delivered Commencement Speech at Des Moines. Serlppa-Mi-Rae Special I>es Moises, la.. June 1 1 . Theodore I'. Shouts, president o! ti- • i'a.iama Canal Commission was the speaker before the Commencement exercises at the Drake I niversity. He said while he didn’t believe in muek raking, yet there is reason in the attitude and revolt of the American people today against crookedness among millionaires. BOY KILLED HIS SWEETHEART Chicago Youth Does Rash Act While Despondent. Sc rip p«■ M t T tae Spec la I. Chicago, June 14.—Elmer Meyer, a machinist'- helper, aged seventeen, became despondent because Minnie Rice, aged nineteen, spurned his attentions, waited for her on Michigan Boulevard this morning and shot hetthree time*, then unsuccessfully attempted suicide. Ihe girl will die. WAS AN ADMISSION OF GUILT. Scripps -Mc Rae Special. Cleveland. • )., June 11. At the opening of the Standard Oil company's investigation by the Interstate Commerce Comtnis-iou today. Attorney Kline for the company said the Standard would present no evidence in rebuttal. This is taken as an admission of guilt. PRESIDENT S UNCLE IS DEAD Scrlpps-M Rae Special New Y"i’k, June 14.—Robert B. Roosevelt, ar. uncle of the president and himself prominent in polities died early this morning.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, June J 4. 1006.

COURT NOTES New Case Filed to Force a New Trial IN THE AMACHER DITCH CASE Chria Hoffxtetter Files an Injunction Suit —Journal Office is Ordered Sold. a, 1 A new proceeding in the AdamCircuit court i« the one tiled today by Attorneys D. D. Heller & Son and Hoop r A Lenhart for Roswell O. Johnson who brings an action against Christan Amaeher and Ira Wagner, complaint for a new trial. Our readers will retnember the famous diteh case which was tried here twice, the first time resulting in favor of Johnsor. but the court granted a new trial and the next trial resulted in a verdiet for Amaeher. An apjieal to the supreme court was prayed, but the Qpurt reystrter could not furnish a transcript and thus the appeal was cheeked. This suit is to compel a new trial and the result will be watched with interest by the parties concerned and by lawyers all over the state. The complaint covers thirtyseven pages including the petition and reports, ete. Snyder & Smith, of Portland a- attorneys for plaintiff have tiled a new case here entitled 1 hris Hof-tetter vs. National Supply Company e» al., complaint tor an injunction, to prevent defendant drilling for gas or oil on plaintiff's land in Wabash township. Marriage lieensi - have been issued to Bessie Rumple of Berne and Osear Augspurger of Fort Wayne, ami to Miss Maude Burdg of tin- city ami James M. Collette of Van Wert. Judge Erwin held a short session of court yesterday aftermsm when B. W. Sholty. receiver for C. M. Ker.von, tiled a petition for an order to -ell the Journal office and saipe waordertd. Sale is to include subscription list and accounts and is to be sold in bulk for cash after giving two week- notuie by publication. The proceeds is to be distributed according to the priority of hens after the payment of costs and expenses. THE BIG GAME gm Bluffton Here With Two Hundred Rooters RAINS FRIGHTENED THE FANS But Grounds Were in Good Condi" tion at Three O’clock—Great Interest Shown. The long l,x»ked for base ball event is on today if it doesn’t rain too hard. The Bluffton team arrived on the noon train, accompanied by UW rooters. As many came overland in buggies, automobiles and any ether old way to get here. The teams are in earnest and today s game will lie a battle royal. The feeling on.each -ide is to avoid trouble and hart! feeling aid to uplift the sjxrrt. Ihe game whs called at 3:31) and the biggest crowd of the season is m attendance. Representatives of both Bluff ton papers are here to send the returns home. The Daily Democrat today began a telephone service from the grounds recording the game in the bulletin window by innings. The line up of the teams was as published yesterday. The heavy rain at noon in Decatur and south and west left the grounds in better condition than expected, ait scarcely rained there at all. However, the crowd was not as large as it would otherwise have been.

RULES FOR CONSUMPTIVES Laid Down by Dr Harty of tn* State Board In a circular letter by Dr, J N. Hnrty, •eeretary of the state board of health ,a number of rule* are laid down by which Dr. Harty <•»• tuber-1 euI«MM or eoiisumption. may he controlled. The subject is treated tinder | several snbheads. The first is ‘"(’on-i sumption and How to Prevent It.” On thia joint the circular contains the following: C onsumption cause* about oJHki i death* in Indiana every year. But | abb* |/hy»ieiatis tell u». that, if wci follow certain direction*, ” ean helj> to st imp out the disease, ('otistimption is not inherited. It does not belong to our ehmate. It is very often cured It is preventable, t'onsumje ton i* usually carried by the poison which comes from the consumptive’s sputum, or spit- Niek persons shoul.i take care to burn their sjiit, or pat into the drain. The trouble now is that eottaumptives spit upon the Hours or in the 1 street. The poisonous sputum then 1 dries, and goes as dust, to infect dozens of people. Under the heading of •‘Thing.* Rad for Weak Lungs.” the circular says: [hut. and smoky or dusty places are bad. Dark, damp or crowded rooms are bad. Dirty shops ami stores, dirty saloons and da nee halls, dusty kinds of business, like marble cutting, sorting feathers or making ei gars, are bad for weak lung-. To sit over work is bad Helf indulgence and intemperance are very bad. Vice weakens the strong and kills the weak. Fresh air in plenty preventconsr.mptioii. Sunshine kill* the germs ('house sunny roms. O)»en the windows and let th* air in. Keep tae lnot.se clean and if a eonswmptive has moved out of a room have the board of health disinfect it. Be in the open air as much as call be. Outdoor w.-rk ** 1 l-lfy better res' IBdowr work. Keep the feet dry. Breathe with deep, long, full breaths, so as to carry the fresh air to every corner of your lung-. !)•> this always for several minutes in the morning and at night. Breathe through the nostrils and not through the open mouth. Spend your money for -imp e ami well-cooked food —good fresh meat, egg-, oatmeal, rice a l other vegetables, ami for bread ami butter, milk, and fruit. Bacon and ham are g’>od. and fat pork. Do not spend money for lieer or other liquor*, or for quaek medicines, or ‘‘cure'. Live a regular life, and keep the bowels regular. Get plenty of sleep. Daily bathing i* g,H,d. A cold slap bath over the chest in tile morning, followed by a rough towel, is excellent for weak lungs. Keep clean company ami a clear conscience. Courage is very important. EXPLOSION ON AMERICAN SHIP Occurred at Liverpool and Killed Six People Scripps-M« Rae Special Liverjx>ol, .June 14. —The .Kmeriean Inner Havereford from Philadelphia, put into jxirt here this morning and while unfastening holds, an explosion occurred, killing six ami injuring forty. FLAG DAY IS OBSERVED The Colors Float tn Every American City and Hamlet. T ii- is flag day ami in even village. ,owu and city f.<-m coas' to coa-t, east and west, north ami south, tion'* the goriotis Siai- ami Stripes, emblem of freedom. In Decatur the dec rations, while not profuse, show that the occasion has not been overloos I. This evening the W R. t will celebrate the event with ar apprupriate juogram at the G. A. K. hall. You should attend. N. B. Sunday School Superintendents. A l Sunday -ehool superintendent * who have not yet -eii\ in the report of their Sunday school wil. jdea*e send same immediately to the county secretary. MRS. C. VOGT.

GENEVA NEWS “Pic" Cross had Serious Accident DR MASON IS TO LECTURE Will Appear at Geneva June 26th— Mrs Carpenter and Miss Keil Entertain Fnends. ■ h.-n»'i Ind.. June 14.—“Pie’ I'r.w*. the y.mm- - - o? Mr. a I Mr*. W. D. t'ros*. w:i- the victim of what might have been a very **n«>'iaccident Wednesday ami one wine I was very jmintul H- was riding a bicycle near hi* >■ i.-- r . lane street I and hi* foot »lij>ptr.g from the pedal, threw him off. Jiwt as h* struck the brick pavement a rig pas-ed an 1 before he could get out of the way, two wheels of the buggy ran over his ankle. Hu* cries brought help at once and he was carried into bis home, where Dr. Price was ealled. He *aid no broken were broken and no ligaments were torn, but “ Pieie will limp for a few day* ou a badly bruised ankle. The Epworth League members the Methodi-st ehurc have be»n ven - -fill in -e.- . a Ci’g.i ■men' with one of the country’- beat platform lecturer-. Dr. Ma-Hi. who .'ill lie here on T i-'Jay ?vening. Jtiiie j .’ti and give hi- '--n intere.-ting i •<- ture on "‘Africa in America and Africa iieyoli l tne >■ l. ■ j>e..i>.e of Geneva very •• have the oppo tunity t< hear -on men as Dr. Maretn. at leane wad every lover of the hisjlwr cla.'*" *hoiii I attend thi.* teeture. Mrs. Carpenter a Miss Gertrude Keil ay ho.-tes*-e-» * allied a number of their lady friends at the home of the former last ev-uing. A- far as Mi— Bertha Ma. W nney knew, the event was** birthday party, but she soon realized that was the victim of a great surprise in the way of a miscellaneous showei given in h*r honor ami in horn <'f her marriage to Guy Rickett*. which occurs next Saturday after' Mis- MaeWi: - ney received a large number of very pretty and useful gifts whieti wiL help her to remember with pleasure that •• birthday party." THE OLD MAN IS INSANE Picked up hTis Morning and Placed In JailMarshal Green this morning picked up an old man by the name of Leander Johnson who has the symptoms wing demented. He had been wandering over the country for several day- before he finally drifted into this citv. When Marshal Green arrested him he said he had tour mil lion dollars on depo-it at the Old I Adams County Bank an I wanted to' go over and draw r out. The "... ; man's condition is pitit.il and the in- | sanity board w ill ■-’•t tak< some i action in his a-e i; e near futun. He was lodged in a . "her., he will] be kept until f-art.n • arra _en:e: t-. are made. Dau Erwin, his guardian.; will no doubt mak■■ ttie necessary arrangement.- t>> ha'e m* w ard take ; care of. AT THE- KOENEMANN HOME Crowd Enjoy Dinner and Supper Today. A crowd of fourtee i members of the Zion Luther.i . Hire i are today the guests of Lout- Kocnemann, seven miles north o: u- city. The party includes Trustee E l Luttman. Henry Gunset and twelve ladle-. A big dinner and supjier were -, rved ami during the afternoon crowd visited "•Hunters’ Roost.” the famous fishing resort along file >t Marys liver, where the' enjoyed themselves immensely. The day was a delightfully pleasant one for everyone concerned.

Number 156

THE REV SANDERS IS AT HOME Returns to Jay County aad Resigna Hrs Pastorate Rev. U T Sander*, the erring I rated Brethren minister winre- wgy- ■» ardi.—s ar.d duplicity was •discovered on la*' Thursday night ha- retrirne) to hi* home in Collett from Forest. Indiana in the western part of the gate, where he left immediately after all th* trouble, to preach a memorial sennon. He arrived in the little town on Tuesday morning, returning to his [home a: d family, who have, it is said, been kept in ignorance of the disgrace which has been brought upon them. The same day, a sbort time after the minister’* arrival, a meeting was railed of the official board of the • ’..Rett ehnreh. to consider the charge that has been made and the minister »j.< invite I to appear and present his I *i.|e of the ease. H* offered them bi.* re-ignation as pastor and it i* said it , was at once accepted. It is expeetei that rhe board of the other rhureuet" in hi- charge will tak* the same action. Member- of the ehureh hoard, when talked to over the ’phone Wednesday, were very retieietr .ihm the Sleeting, but admitted that the miais ter ria l given up his charge and would probably leave the tittle town. — Portland Commereial-Reriew. MISS BURDG WEDS TONIGHT Happy Event to be Celebrated Here— Mr. Collette the Groom. This morning at the home of Mr. . and Mrs. M. P. Burdg >n Mercer street at ten o’clock occurred the Jwi'.i’!. g »>f thru beautiful <!augb- . |tr* Mi— Maude.to J. N. t oilette of ' V;i . Wert. Th* wedding w.is a TirA affair, only the iw®--:••• • r> a- - ... ti; tract;, g o.i.'.ies ‘icixig '■ •. —• o tn- cerenionv ht-mg pert* :n---1 ed by the Rev. John C. White. Miss I Burdg. the bride, is well known in , ,thi- eixv, having resided ..ere tor a . i'iuniber of years anti has a host of . friends here who wil! wish her much , i j.- a::d S .-.is been at . !V.i?i Wert "or the past two years. ■ where she lias been e':gageti in the Imillinery business. Mr. Collette, the . groom, while not so well known in ■thi- e:ty. emne- high!' reeotumetided . I from Van Wert a.- being a very I-Ui-.-essflii bu-uie-- ma: wlio -tatbLs J _ f1,,. ..-re-ni ■’ '•!- eitizeris of i Vat Wert The young eonple left ' oi; t! - Clover Leaf train for Kokonao. .! thetwe Chicago and from there Ito tiie lakes. They expect to make [their future home in Van Wert. The ; i [>. . r ex'.- i- o ii. Cb- - ENDEAVOR CONVENTION : To be Held at Anderson Soon —Interest Increasing. • , Interest is gradually increasing tu the state Christian Endeavor Couveutoii which will be held in this eity. The various committees are as busy as they can be in arranging for the convention. The pres- committee has i-eiit out letters to one thousand s.i'.•tehes giving data and information regarding the eonvention. Badge- will b.- -cut thi- week to the delegate.- in |various parts of the states, so t ial ■ thev car- get acquainted on the trains lon the way to the convention. Mi-s Caroline Palmer of New York, i j - >■ ■arw ’->r ar the Winona Assembly. has consented to be present at the convent ion. The trainee committee is doing -..n:e tail hustling and although a eonI siderable -uni of money has already been e.xjiended yet the finance.- are in a good condition. The soliciting com- : uattee is meeting with tiiueiv eneoiirageuieut. All I cal committees begin wearing the convention color* at once. The colors are blue and white. I’hat the great convention will be a success is almost a.-slired.—Anderson Herald. BALLOONIST FELL INTO RIVER. Scripps-XL K-ie Special. Buffalo. June 14. Roy Knaben--1 -hue. tiie aeronaut, lost control of - his airship at eleven thirty o com- . tins moruiii’g and dropped into the - Niagara river. He and hi-- airship r have been re.-eued by the life sating . I crew. Knabenshue was hurt.