Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 29, Number 40, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 2 December 1908 — Page 1

VOL. XXIX.

LOST LEFT ARM IN CORN HUSKER ELMER RUMMEL VICTIM OF HIS , -OWN MACHINE* THE TREACHEROUS GLOVE While Feeding The Machine From Side Hanjl Caught—Arm Amputated Above Elbow. Elmer Hummel was another victim of a corn shredder and husker which he was operating on the John Hughes farm north-east farm of'Nappanee (formerly the Walburn homestead) last Saturday afternoon at about 4 o’clock. His left hand was caught in the “snapping” rolls and the arm destroyed to the elbow, necessitating amputation between the elbow and shoulder, which was done by the Drs. Price. Mr. Rummel is 38 years of age and a single man residing with his father, Isaiah Rummel, 3i miles north and 1) miles east of Nappanee. He is a wellknown thresher, and has been operating a corn husker and shredder for ten or twelve years, perhaps, one of the first men to own such a machine in this part of the country. Mr. Rummel was feeding the machine standing with his left side to the machine, having cut a space in the feedboard for this purpose which allowedhim to get closer to the “snapping” rolls, an advantage when the fodder was so extremely dry. He was wearing a pair of gauntlet gloves and was moving a single stalk very close to the rolls when a bunch of fodder was being drawn into the rolls caught the gauntlet of his glove somelibw and pushed his hand close enough for the glove fingers to catch, drawing his arm Into the rolls. Mr. Rummel cried out and Engineer Anthony Myers shut down the engine quickly which prevented the arm being torn out at the shoulder. The rolls had to be raised to loosen the arm. It seems that most of those who have lost their hands or arms in these corn shredding and husking machines were wearing gloves at the time they got caught. The scene of this last accident was near that where Noah Johnson lost his arm in a shredder several years ago.

ON AT SCHOOL BUILDING. Turner’s Traveling Art Exhibit Beginning Friday Night. Beginning Friday night and continuing Saturday and Saturday night, Turner’s Traveling Art exhibit will be on exhibition at the Nappanee school building. The exhibit has been in Goshen; Elkhart,, aqd Warsaw. The Boston Transcript says: “The linest collection ever gathered together.’’ The admission will be 20 cents for adults and 10 cents for children. The proceeds will be. used in the purchase of pictures to decorate the schoolrooms.

Dangers in a Mountainous Country. Milford Mail, Word was received from Cheyenne, Wyoming, last week by Milton Stiffler of Milford that his son, Scott Stiffler, had been the victim of an accident and was badly but-hOL-seriously. injured. Young Mr. Stiffler was driving, an eight-horse team hitched to a large wagon loaded with oats, and the country being very “hilly, the wagon lock broke and this threw the weight of the wagon on the wheel horses. The wheel teams were large but could not hold the weight of the on-pushing wagon with its enormous load, neither could Mr. Stiffler control the lead horses, and when the valley was reached he was thrown, from the wagon and the two horses fell on him breaking four ribs, ills arm and thumb on right hand. When the letter was written the young man was.under the care of a physician, and getting along as well as.the nature of the accident would permit.

For That Dull Feeling After Eating. I have used Chamberlafh’s Stomach and Liver Tablets for some time, and can testify that they have done me more good than any tablets I have ever used. My trouble was a heavy dull feeling after eating.—David Freeman, Kempt, Nova Scotia. These tablets strengthen the stomach and improve the digestion. They also regulate the liVfer and bowels. They are far superior to pills but cost no more. Get a free sample at J. S. Wal- . ters’ drug store and see what a splenpid medicine it is.

THE NAPPANEE NEWS.

SECURED *IO,OOO CONTRACT # Yoder & Swartz, Nappanee Contractors, Get Studebaker-Holler Drainage J<)b. The firm of Yoder & Swartz, drainage contractors, of Nappanee, secured a SIO,OOO contract at South Bend last Tuesday. John Hughes, the veteran dredge man, and father-in-law of Mr. Yoder, assisted the firm securing the work. The job is a private one of Studebaker and Holler at the head of the Kankakee for the purpose of reclaiming a vast tract of land.

Kicked By a Horse. Floyd Slabaugh, assistant cashier of the First National Bank, had two of his fingers broken on his right hand by the kick of a horse at his father’s home south-west of town Monday night. He was leading a horse to water and was holding the end of the strap when the animal wheeled about and playfully kicked. Besides the broken fingers the hand is badly bruised and injured, the blow of the hoof striking the hand on a line with the elbow.

Harry H. Laughlin Married. Harry H. Laughlin, of the Laughlin Bros. Cos., who has been residing at San Jose, Callfbrnla7fbr some time, was married on Thanksgiving to Miss Ella Britton, a teacher. No other particulars of the wedding are obtainable at this time. of Vert Sechrist has sold his Market street barber shop to Lemuel Neff who is now Installed in his new business. Mr. Neff has employed Bert Witmer and Fletcher Strang on the chairs.

A YOUNG HUNTER IS SHOT. RALPH PAULUS, WOUNDED IN HIP TUESDAY. Accidental Discharge of Gun Gives Boy Serious Though Not Fatal Wound. Ralph, son of Levi Paulus, four miles west of Goshen, was shot in his right hip when he and four other young men were hunting about 1:30 p. m. Tuesday. The injuredjman was carried to the house of Henry Horning and a physician summoned, and was taken home that same night. Although the wound is serious, it was stated that the charge from the gun barrel had struck him a glancing blow, and that the wound was not as serious as was at first expected. Paulus with three companions, Joseph Klipp, Arthur Cook and Fred Meyers were hunting a quarter of a mile west of the Henry Horning farm. The young men were tramping along with their shotguns across their shoulders, hands grasping the barrel and stock of the pieces. Paulus was walking slightly in advance of the others when Meyers’ gun was accidentally discharged and Paulus dropped to the ground, with a load of bird shot in his thigh. The charge lodged in the fleshy portion of the thigh, and part struck the left leg and right arm. , y. A physician was summoned and thirty, bird shot’were removed from the young man’s body.

Early Christmas Shopping. Christmas shoppers are turning their attention to early buying or ordering of their Christmas purchases. By this method they get the benefit of unbroken stpcks and avoid the rush incident to the last week before Christ•mas when clerks'are overworked and cannot- give the attention to. buyers by goods, etc. The News Bookstore now lias its holiday stock of books and npvelty goods, cards, booklets, and post cards for the season on sale ready for early shoppers. People are invited to inspect the stock, make their selections which may be laid away until they wish to take them home or send them to friends at a later date. By inspecting the' advertisement in the News supplement this week buyers will be very materially aided.

Looks Dead Easy. The Syracuse Journal in writing of the proposition to start a creamery there says among other things: “A conservative estimate is that milk from 400 cows could easily be collected-here, which would yield 320 pounds of butter fat that would make 400 pounds of butter daily, which, at the present Elgin quotation ,of 30 cents a pound would make a business of $l2O a day that really belongs to Syracuse and now goes to other towns. It is certainly worth our while to make an effort to secure this business.” That looks very good on paper—where it costs nothing to produce the butter. —Birthday cards. News Bookstore

NAPPANEE, ELKHART COUNTY, INDIANA. DECEMBER 2, 1908.

JESSE SHULL IS KILLER It CARS ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT LAPAZ *. ~ . TRIED TO BOARD FREIGHT Was Returning From Visit in Michigan and Wanted to Meet His Wife at Bremen. Jesse Shull, residing 51 miles southwest of Nappanee, and son of Melvin Shull, was instantly killed at Lapaz J unction Wedneklay about noon while attempting to board a passing freight train. Shull, who was a farmer 22 years of age next month and a married rhafi with wife and child, had been visiting relatives in Michigan while his wife and child were in Bremen with her people. He had returned via South Bend and took a Vandalia train to Lapaz Junction in order to Bremen where he was to meet his family and return home. When he found that he could not get a train east on the- B. & O. until night he became anxious and thought by boarding a freight he could arrive in Bremen and accompany his family to Nappanee on the evening train. Lee Dehaven and Jack Yoder were at the Junction when Shull proposed that they board a coming freight. These men sized up the speed of the train and told Shull not to attempt it. Notwithstanding that he knew little about boarding a moving train he made the attempt while it passed the platform. Lacking in railroad knowledge he buttoned his overcoat and caught the hand rod on the rear end of the box-car and in running along looked up to grasp with his other hand he stepped off the platform. The momentum of the train swung him around the end of the car and broke his hand hold and he alighted between the rails. Raising up on his knees the next car struck him, and he was rolled over and over until some eight cars had passed over'him. " His left leg was crushed above the ankle, the flesh badly cut above the knee, his right leg broken, and his left arm broken, w-hile two gashes were cut in the back of his head. His body was not mangled and sustained no marks. N. A. Lehman, the Nappanee undertaker, went down on the afternoon train and returned with the body to Nappanee on the evening train. Mrs. Shull was informed of Uie tragedy wh|!e at Bremen but did not accom[fffcny .the body, but Was conveyed to her home in a buggy from Bremen. When .the remains had been properly cared for by N. A, Lehman they were taken Thanksgiving day to the family home. ‘ The funeral was held at Hepton on Saturday where the interment was made also.

LIGHTNING STRIKES BARN. Structure Set On Fire—Consumed With Grain and Implements. Lightning struck the-big bank barn of Oliver Eyer, five and one-half miles east of the Goshen-Lima road during a storm of Tuesday morning one week ago. The barn was fired and burned .to the.,ground with all of the grain and fanning'iinplements. The sto'Ck was saved. . barn stands on the 613 look farm. The barn was valued at $1,500. There were 175 bushels, of oats, 50 bushels of wheat, 10 bushels of clover seed, and many farming implements in the barn. Mr. Eyer carried S6OO insurance in the Elkhart Farmers’ Mutual. Smallpox Again. __ A smallpox quarantine was established at the home of Mrs. William oKyte in Elkhart, the patient being Glenn Kyte. The house was under quarantine a few weeks ago the patient then being a child of Archie Kyte. Beware of Frequent Colds. A succession of colds or a protracted cold is almost certain to end in chronic catarrh, from which few persons ever wholly recover. Give every cold -the attention it deserves and you may avoid, this disagreeable disease. How can you cure a cold? Why not try Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy? It is highly recommended. Mrs. M. White of Butler, Tetmr, says: “Several years ago I was bothered with my throat and lungs. Someone told me of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. I began using it and it relieved me.at once. %ow my throat and lungs are sound and well.” For sale by J. S. Walters.

MAYHEM CASE If DISMISSED. Called in Justice Klaus' Court Last Friday—Main Witness Absent. The case of the State vs. Wm. Miller (not the postmaster) charged with malicious mayhem was called in Justice Klaus’ court on Friday afternoon. Attorney Early appeared for the State and Attorney Kantz for the defendant Miller. —— - The case was dismissed for want of sufficient evidence, the main prosecuting witness, Harvey Wisler, being absent in Kansas it is said. The case grew out of a happening that occurred during the construction 6f the new buildings on Main street, when by some unknown cause Chas. Ogle, son of Henry Ogle residing south of Nappanee, lost the sight of one of his eyes by having mortar thrown into it, so it was alleged. William Miller, an Ohio man, who had been working in Nappanee on the street paving job and afterward on the new buildings, was accused of having thrown the mortar in the boy’s eyes from the top of the building where he attended the hoist. It is rather difficult to believe the defendant guilty of such a thing, judging from the manner in which lie has conducted himself since he has resided in Nappanee. In faet there seems to have been no evidence to show that the man did throw the mortar. The Ogle boy with others were playing around the building at the time. Paving Project Has Encouragement. The paving project on Madison street is meeting witli considerable encouragement. The property owners held a meeting Monday night for the purpose of an expression on the subject and it met with cordial support.

ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE REPORT. SUPT. G. E. HICKS OF SOUTH BEND AT STATE MEETING. Report Shows Work Dohe in St. Joe, Elkhart, and Other Northern Indiana Counties. Rev. G. E. Hicks of South Bend, district superintendent of the AntiSaloon League, has prepared a report for the state meeting of the league being held. " The year of the league ended on October 31, and the report covers the work done up to that time hr the counties of St. Joseph, Elkhart, Fulton, Starke, Laporte, Pulaski, Porter, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Kosciusko, Cass, Marshall, and White. It states that twenty-five saloons in these counties went out of business and sixteen were prevented from starting. Failure was.met in three townships of all the counties, Penn in St. Joseph, Jackson in Newton, and North in Marshall. In this district there are 148 dVy and 47 wet* Os these it is stated that eleven will vote dry on a county election. It further states that twelve representatives indorsed by the league were elected and four were defeated. Four senator were elected who were indorsed and two were defeated.

UNION THANKSGIVING SERVICES A Good Sermon by Rev. Oberholtzer —Some Disappointments. The Union Thanksgiving services at the U. B. church at 10:30 were attended by a fair-sized audience, but not as well attended as the conditions would suggest in the suspension of all business throughout the town. .Rev. Oberholtzer, of the Brethren church, preached a very, interesting sermon. • Assisting 0 in- ther services were Revs. Albright, Clayton, Parker, Dunn, and Tlartman, of Berne, Ind. There were disappointments attending the services, too, inasmuch, as. there was no choir for some unexplained reason, and many misunderstood the hour which had been set for 10 o’clock. People came in from that time until 10:30 when the services began. However, the congregation got along fairly well without choir and organist. . * Missing Man Returns to Mishawaka. Prof. Burton Kelly, at one time proprietor and president of the Mishawaka Business College, a flourishing institution, who disappeared from that 'gnyTSTyrnysteTitTtrstyFt lday. Augttst7th, over four months ago, returned last Thursday at 11:35 o’clock. Kelly ’s wife, was summoned from South Bend to greet him. The movements of Kelly are enveloped in mystery. He has been in poor health-and not accountable for his acts. Kelly returned to Mishawaka voluntarily. He can give ho clear reason why he left Mishawaka except that he was ill and did not 4cßow-what-he ; was_dQlng._ ! • • ■ * -r — Recovered Rapidly From Operation. Mrs. Curtis Hummel, who was operated on at the Ferguson hospitalNoy.. 16th for appendicitis, recovered very rabidly, from the operation and was taken home on Thanksgiving day.

SYKES STORE THIEF IS UNDER ARREST TAKEN FOR ROBBING CONCERN A TELLTALE PHOTOGRAPH Now Known as George Nichols, But Had Registered in Elkhart as George St. Clair. A man giving his name as George Nichols and who was arrested at Springfield, 111., for robbing gan toggery store in St. Louis, has been positively identified fromlphotographs as George St. Clair, who registered at the Merchants’ Hotel in Elkhart just before he robbed the Sykes store on the night of Oct. 21 and made away with plunder estimated to be worth SI,OQO. Ed Borneman stated that the man was the same one who had come to the Borneman hardware store on the Saturday before the robbery and bought the heavy chisel that was found later hidden in the Sykes store and is thieved to be the instrument used to force open the shutter and window of the store. Earl Swinehart, clerk at the hotel, who conversed with the man a long time Saturday evening before he went to his room; Sam VanDorsen, clerk at the Sykes store, who showed the man a large number of carpets the same day; and Dr. Eckleman, jr., of whom the man wished to rent a room are equally positive in their identification of the photograph. Nichols is known in some localities as 11. Nichols. As soon as the Springfield police took him into custody ha was linked with the Sykes robbery in Elkhart. His photographs were sent to Elkhart at once for identification. Nichols’ system of robbing over the country was to engage rooms adjoining the stores he planned to enter and to work on Saturday nights, so he would not be discovered until Monday. His last haul was for $2,500 worth of goods. Nichols is known to have operated in Ohio towns.

HORSE THIEF CAUGHT. Charles Berry, Formerly of Goshen, In Jail at Anderson. Charles Berry, a former resident of Goshen, where he was engaged in the cement working trade, is in jail at Anderson charged with stealing a horse and buggy belonging to Christian Yoder from the court house square hitching rack on the night of October 28tl>- last* at Goshen. Berry was caught through the Horse Thief Detective Association. Yoder went to Anderson Saturday to identify the property. Cutting Affray at Bremen. Frank Suter, a young roan residing west of Bremen, while on his way to attend church services was attacked young man, whose name is not given, and badly slashed with a knife. When passing the parsonage Suter spoke to-some girls standing on Tire sidewalic iircompany with a young man. In the*conversation, the young man in company with the. girls, had some words with Suter and made a vicious attack without warning. Suter received the slashes of the knife ;or- razor on-his -army -which he raised 4 to protect himself from the blow. He retired to a doctor’s qffice and had his wounds cared for: it is said that the man who did the 4 cutting will be arrested although his name lias been withheld from publication.

Receives NeW Automobile. Geo. Freese’s Sons received their new Cadillac 30 automobile from Detroit last week. It is a very powerful and handsome car. They tried the new car on Thanksgiving day and the day previous. Good Cough Medicine for® Children. The season for coughs and colds is now at hand and too much care cannoF"Be used'Co" protect the children. A child is much” more likely to contract diphtheria or scarlet fever when he has a cold. The quicker you cure his cold the less the risk. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the sole reliance of many mothers, and few of those who have tried it are willing to use any other. Mrs. F. F. Starcher, of Ripley, W. Va., says: “I have never used anything other than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for my children, and it has always given good satisfaction.” This remedy contains no epium or other narcotic add may. begiven as confidently to a child as to an adult. For sale by J. S. Walters f

ACCOUNT IS SHORT. Salesman for Elkhart Wholesale House Disappears With $1,600. With an alleged shortage of about $1,500 in his accounts, Vernon Sidle, salesman for the Twin City Grocer company of Elkhart, disappeared from his home in South Bend recently leaving his wife and three children. Although the South Bend police have been quietly searching for the missing man, no trace of him has been found. Under the peculiar circumstances surrounding his departure from home ills wife and friends have been led to believe that he may have ended his life. The tangled condition of Sidle’s accounts with the Elkhart wholesale house became known the latter part of last week. He was at the house in Elkhart a week ago Monday and was told by the management that he must make collection pf several accounts that he had reported as not having been collected. A-representative of the Twin City Grocer company stated that the company is protected, as when Sidle entered the employ of the concern last June he was required to furnish a bond for $2,000, which lie obtained from a surety company.

Chicken Pie Supper. The ladies of the M. E. church will give a chicken pie supper in the laundry building, Saturday evening, Dec. sth. Supper 20 cents. Lost a Sum of Money. Frank Kring who sold stock here last Friday lost $36 on the streets of Nappanee. He carried the money loose in his pocket, and when afterward he went down into the pocket the money was gone. . YOUNG TuThERANSAOJQURN. SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION AT SOUTH BEND. Guy Boulton of Goshen Elected President and Miss Madge Tiedemann ' Recording Secretary. The second annual convention of the Young Lutherans of Indiana was held Friday at the Holy Trinity Lutheran church in South Bend. Papers on practical questions pertaining to Luther League work were read and discussed. In the evening, Rev. F: E. Jensen of Chicago, deliv ered a splendid address. The officers elected for the ensuing year were: Guy Boulton, of Goshen, president. Nelson Peterson, of South Bend, vice-president. Miss Ethel Biddle, of Elkhart, corresponding secretary. Miss Madge Tiedemann, of Goshen, recording secretary. Miss Lodema Werner, of South Bend, treasurer. ,

•* POLICEMAN SHOT. South Bend Officer Lies in a Danger-® ous Condition—Man Arrested. His right lung punctured by a 44 calibre bullet, and a piece of steel of like dimensions resting between his shoulders, Patrolman Henry Jennings, 44 years old, of South fiend, lies dangerously wounded in Epworth hospital in South Bend, the result of a duel early Sunday morning one week ago with one of three unidentified men in front of the Windsor home on Lafayette street. Jennings’ assailant and companions escaped/ The entire department began searching for them-andsucceeded in capturing the man who did the shooting. The man who goes by the name of Charles Wagner, isa Hungarian, 19 years old. His proper name is -Carl Taskasc and he is employed in a South Bend factory. Ile"made a complete confession. He gave the names of the two men and two women who were with him on the night of the affray. No reason is given for the shooting “other than the drunken condition of the man who did it. He had been with a lot of servant girls. A reward of SSOO was offered for~the 'arrest of the man who did the shooting. - /. Given Nominal Fine. Martha Wise, of Wakarusa,' was given a $lO fine in the federal court for sending an obscene letter to Cora Weaver. Mrs. Wise has returned to her home from lndfanapolis v . m : l Officers Elected. The farmers’ institute held at Goshen last week ejected the following officers at the close of aXWo days’ session: ’ —Presidenty-W. J. Beasecker. Secretary—frank Yoder. Treasurer—W*. W. Showalter. ’ These officers were given the authority to name the various township vice-presidents.

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