Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 108, Decatur, Adams County, 2 May 1907 — Page 1

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JUMPED THE TRACK Interurban Car Went Into the Ditch CAR QUITE BADLY DAMAGED Will Require Considerable Repairs— No One Was Injured—Accident Occurred Near the Car Barn. The first serious accident on the [Ft. Wayne and Springfield interur--I>an railway occurred last evening near the power house in the north part of the city, when car number two left Rhe track. The accident happened while the car was enroute to Ft. Wayne, it having left this city at six ■o'clock promptly on time. The car was running at its usual rate of speed, when it struck the switch that leads from the main track into the oar barns, the front truck passing safely over the switch, while the rear trucks so struck the switch that the frog was jarred loose, thus permitting the rear trucks to start for the barn, while the front trucks kept on the line to Ft. Wayne. The car kept on punning until the rear trucks jumped [from the track and became stalled •along the right of way. The wrecking crew was called from the barn and an effort was made to get the car on the track, which failed, and car number three was then run out, the passengers transferred and the balance of the run made without mishap. The car was well loaded with passengers at the time and fortunately, other than being badly shaken up, they escaped injury. The wrecking crew worked until eleven o'clock before the car was gotten back onto the main brack and run into the car barn. The damage done the car will run into several hundred dollars, as it will have to be taken apart and remodeled in many respects. ■ —o Arthur Russell, the barber (. who was struck in the face a few days ago with a ball, which cut his upper lip in a frightful manner, is recovering in nice shape and is ready to try the same game again. Russell has the nerve and if he keeps up the clip will make a ball player. o COURT HOUSE NEWS A Truant Officer to be Elected Monday TRUSTEES TO MEET IN DECATUR Will Report School Enumeration for the County—Divorce Cases Set for Trial Tomorrow. The county board of education will meet Monday for the purpose of electin a truant officer for the ensuing year. The school enumeration for the county will be given in next Monday. Each township filed a report yesterday with county superintendent Oplinger, but two were withdrawn for correction and will not be returned until Monday. It is believed the total will be about the same as last year, with but little gain or loss. John Zant vs. Albert Gage, suit on notes demanding $270; dismissed and costs paid. Attorney Harding, of Marion, Ind., attended to legal affairs in the Adams circuit court room today. In the cases of Wilson P. <l.' nier. David Bailey and A. 0. Smith vs. M • H. Gardner et al. on account and attachment, answers were filed and motions to make the complaints mote specific were overruled. Two divorce cases are set for trial tomorrow morning, they being Pearl Bixler vs. Peter Bixler, and Grace Lister vs. Thomas T. Lister. In each case the complaint is rather sensational. The section men on the G. R- & ’ are putting In a new plank crossing on Monroe street, the old crossing having been in a bad shape and being dangerous to traffic.

CLEANING DAY IN SPOKANE, ORE. A Successful Event in Every Particular. Spokane, Wash., May 2.—Forty thousand men, women and school children, working under the direction of Henry L. Lilienthal, marshal of the day, and C. Herbert Moore, chairman of the City Beautiful committee of the 150,000 club, turned out bright and early on the morning of April 27, proclaimed a special arbor and cleaning day by Mayor Floyd L. Daggett, and made Spokane spick and span before nightfall. Alleys were cleaned, lawns raked and trees and shrubs pruned, the refuse hauled to the municipal crematory and dumps by hundreds of teams, donated by corporations and private persons. Bonfires were lighted in various parts of the city under the direction of city firemen, and the cleaning day plan which was originated a year ago in Spokane, was a success in every way. The work was done in a systematic manner, and there was no confusion nor accidents. FIRE PROTECTION Decatur Must and Will Have it Soon EVERY COUNCILMAN FAVORS IT Only Division of Opinion is How and When the Necessary Action Shall be Taken. The citizens of Decatur want a fire department, they need it and they are going to have it. This is the opinion of every one to whom we have talked and the list includes a number of the most prominent business men and heaviest tax payers, who consequently need fire protection the more. HoW~ ever, we find a difference of opinion as to just how and when the action should be taken. Many say give us the department at once, and at any cost; others are figuring whether or not the city can afford the expense necessary. Among the councilmen, the popular plan seems to be the sale of the Monroe street lot, where the city hall formerly stood, the vacation of the property at the east end of Madison street and the erection there of a fire department building with a view of a future city hall on the same ground. Objections to this place are very slight, but the chief dissension to the plan is whether to do this now or to wait until next fall when some idea as to where the money to operaate such an institution will come from. A department means an annual increased expense of about $3,000, and to meet this a fund must be set aside for the purpose. We firmly believe that we will have a fire department the growth of the city demands it and we believe the action of the business men and council should be as prompt as possible. Delay is dangerous, and six months from now may be too late. Still we are willing to trust to the wisdom of the committee of councilmen who have the matter in charge, and who we believe are acting in a conscientious and honest manner. In this connection we wish to say that the finance committee are performing their duties in a commendable way and those who condemn them do so usually without an investigation. They are daily reducing the city debt and are likewise arranging to reduce the tax, while at the same time keeping up every advantage and more, heretofore enjoyed by our citizens. Only yesterday they saved the city seventy-five dollars on a $5,000 deal. For the first time in years they are discounting bills and they are establishing our old time “good as gold” credit. Such things are to be considered and in due time will be appreciated. The members of the finance committee are careful, honest and ca pable business men, in whose hands the funds are safe and we believe they will prove these facts to every tax payer before their term of office expires. While there is a general opinion , that the council is hopelessly divided ! on this fire department question, the idea is wrong. Every member favors it, the only division in opinion being ‘how.” A calm, deliberate conversation with any of them will prove this : and will bring the desired improve- , ment quicker than any other way. ’ He i p them with advice and counsel not by knocking.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, Evening, May 2, 1907.

THEIR FIRST HEAT Decatur Furnace Co. Melt Their First Iron CAPACITY IS FIFTEEN FURNACES * Ready for Active Operation—Use Electric Power—Bright Future for the Company. In addition to their annual meeting and the election of directors and officers yesterday, the Decatur Furnace company took off their first heat, or in common street language, melted their first iron. Three thousand pounds was made up into different castings, and for the first heating was so good that manager Doherty is still tickled clear down into his boots. With green sand and new and untried machinery it takes time to adjust everything to a proper temper for this class of work. The experience of yesterday indicates that it will not be long until the foundry department of the Decatur Furnace company will be working like a charm. The cupalo or heating furnace for the melting of iron has a capacity of ten tons of melted iron an hour. This indicates that their capacity is the real thing. We stated yesterday that five completed furnaces daily was their capacity, but this should have read fifteen. This is certainly going some, and when these furnaces are being made up to the capacity of the plant, and being sold to the trade, and shipped every which way from this city, it will go a long way in establishing Decatur’s claim as a manufacturing city. They are using electric power furnished by the city, and have installed one ten and three five horse power motors. They were installed by City Electrician Mylott and were started yesterday for the first time, moving off like a veritable old timer. The equipment throughout is first class, and it will not be long until the Decatur Furnace company will be running in full blast.

HORSE GOES EAST Frisinger & Co. Sell Another Belgium ONE OF THEIR BEST ONES Purchase Price Was Two Thousand Dollars—Goes to Chanelersburg, Pennsylvania. Frisinger & Co. of our city today sold to J. B. Schlichter, of Chambersburg. Pa., one of their imported Belgian stallions. This horse is from one of the best breeding barns of "the old country. He is a beautiful red brown in color and is as well made draft stallion as this firm or any other ever imported. He is one of the four cornered kind with an exceptionally heavy flat bone. Mr. Schlichter can feel proud of the fact that' he secured one of Frisinger & Co.'s stallions, as their reputation for handling none but the best is widely known, and they have sold so many near home and from them we And they handle all the roans that they can purchase. We are informed that Mr. Schlichter paid the neat sum of $2,000 for this colt. Breeders of his locality may feel complimented in Mr. Schlichter s venture, for our farmers are making no better investment than breeding and raising horses, and especially draft horses. It seems that our farmers, breeders and dealers are drifting almost entirely to the Belgian horse, especially in Indiana. They are stronger and more drafty in conformation and much better and more uniformity is maintained in their product. —o— — Cleary, the manager of the Ft. Wayne Shamrocks, telephoned Tom Railing yesterday asking him to be at Ft. Wayne next Sunday when the Summit City team will cross bats with the fast Garrett aggregation. He may work Tom in the outfield, as Robbins is scheduled to pitch the game.

STOCK COMPANY NEXT WEEK. Good Attraction Secured for Bosse Opera House. The Maude Henderson Stock company opened its engagement at the Wallace Theater Monday night with “Slaves of the Orient,” and surprised the large audience with the faithfulness of the scenic investure of the piece, and the good taste displayed in the costumes,which were appropriately Oriental in every detail. The performance from these two standpoints alone was equal to the average one-night attraction which plays Peru. The specialties were arranged so that all waits were eliminated, and many remarked about the rich return the company gave for the small price of admission. The play tonight is “Sowing the Wind,” an attraction of unusual merit which long occupied an honored place in the repertoire of the Frohman stock companies, and has never been presented in this city. Prices 10, 20 and 30 cents. —Peru Journal. This company will appear at Bosse’s Opera House all next week. —. —o WANTS TO CONTROL Roosevelt is Scouring the Country THE HAGUE PEACE CONFERENCE — The President Again Says He Will Deliver a Railroad Speech at Indianapcjlis, May 30. Washington, May 2.—A private investigation of political conditions in every part of the United States is being made for President Roosevelt. The investigation is a part of the general scheme for the Roosevelt control of the next Republican national convention. This secret investigation has been under way since about March 10. The men who are looking the country over were not called into conference with the president or anybody else here at the national capital. Some of them were sent out from New York, others from Boston. It is understood here that James B. Reynolds, of New York, a personal friend of the president, and one of the beef trust investigators, has the inquiry in charge. At any rate he is connected with the work. It Is possible that some of the men who are on the road taking notes do not know that the information they are gathering is for the use of the president of the United States.

Washington. May 2.—Two months from now the lovers of peace throughout the world will be turning their faces toward the second peace conference at The Hague. President Roosevelt has some positive ideas as to what the representatives of the United States at the conference shall stand for. It is no this desire that they shall take the iniative in a movement for the disarmament of nations or even the limitation of armament. The delegates will proceed to the conference instructed, to the effect that while the American government is not opposed to the limitation of armament, it feels that European governments must take the initiative in any steps in that direction. Washington. May 2. — President Roosevelt has set at rest all doubts about his delivering a railroad speech at Indianapolis on May 30, by the statement which was made at the White House that he positively will speak on that subject, and will devote at least half of his Memorial-day address to the railroads. The speech is expected to be of very great importance as outlining the president's general ideas about the railroad program of the next session of congress. 0 MRS. DEVILBISS WAS BADLY HURT Injured Internally—Others in Wreck Fatally Hurt. Word has been received that Mrs. Florence DeVilbiss, who with a party of friends, was wrecked in an automobile at Lancaster, Ohio, Sunday evening, received more serious injuries than at first believed having been hurt internally. It is probable her arrival in Decatur as planned, will be delayed several weeks. Mr. Lufer, who was driving the car, was fatally injured and another member of the party so seriously hurt that recovery is doubtful. Mrs. DeVilbiss’ escape seems to have been miraculous.

THE WOOL MARKET Takes Eighty Million to Finance the Crop INTEREST RATES ARE HIGH It Will Bring Good Money, but the Market Will not be Rushed as Last Year. One thing is quite apparent in the wool situation this year—the wool merchant is not going to rush the market. By this time last year not a small percentage of the western wool had been contracted on the sheep's back. Advices from the west are to the effect that such transactions are the exceptions this season. Last year and the previous one as well more was paid for the wool during the contracting period than it was worth afterward at the seaboard market. This has caused speculators to proceed cautiously and there is an absence of a scramble for the early clips. Another factor that is causing wool buyers to go slow is the somewhat unstable money situation, while interest rates hold relatively high. It is estimated by authorities on this subject that it will require the tremendous sum of around $80,000,000 to finance the wool crop, and as at prevailing interest rates this money would cost 5% per cent, it can readily be seen why wool merchants are slow to begin operations. But even under the above adverse conditions confronting the wool merchants there will probably be plenty of buyers who will be willing to take hold when the wool is shorn and offered for sale. The procfucers should not take a pessimistic view of the situation. General conditions surrounding the wool market do not lend discouragement to them, though they do not give' much encouragement for a higher price range than last year. It is declared by those who are in close touch with the situation that the world's supply of wool is no more than adequate for trade requirements while there is everything to warrant the belief in at least a normal demand. BURDG • TESTER Wedding Was Solemnized Last Evening POPULAR YOUNG PEOPLE WED Bride a Well Known Decatur Young Lady and the Groom a Former Resident of Bluffton. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Tester on Nuttman street was the scene of a very pretty wedding last night at 8:30, when their daughter Miss Carrie, was united in marriage to Mr. Howard C. Burdg. of Bluffton. The wedding was planned to be a quiet one and none but immediate relatives of the bride, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Schroll, Miss Della McDonagle, Mrs. Frank Carroll and Mr. and Mrs. George Tester, were present to witness the happy event. Rev. A. B. Haist, of the Evangelical church, performed the ceremony, and although short, it was a most impressive one. The bride is a girl of sterling worth, and commands the respect of all who know her. The groom has been in the employ of Anderson & Baker until a short time ago, and while in the city has made a large number of friends who wish him a successful future life. The happy copule left for Marion on the 9:12 Clover Leaf train last night, where they will remain for a few days,thence going to Rockville for a short time, after which they will return to Decatur to make their future home. o Mayor Kinnison, of Ligonier, has asked the Toledo and Chicago interurban company, in the event that it cannot extend its tracks to Ligonier this year, to at least construct its pole line and string wires in order to be able to sell electric current to the city for lighting purposes. Ligonier is in a wrangle with its electric lighting company and will not renew its franchise.

WANT DEMOCRATIC ORATORS. Indiana Congressmen Asked to Assist in Oklahoma Campaign. Washington, D. C., May 2.—Secretary Charles A. Edwards, of the Democratic congressional committee has written to Representative Lincoln Dixon, William E. Cox, J. A. M. Adair and George W. Rauch, of Indiana, asking them to go to Oklahoma and devote as much time as possible to making speches for the democratic cause. The congressional committee is making a vigorous fight for the election of the five democratic candidates for congress in Oklahoma. The election for the ratification of the proposed constitution of Oklahoma will be held in August, and at the same time five representatives will be chosen which will have power to elecj, two senators and a governor and all state officers will be selected. MORNING WEDDING Frank Kern and Miss Grace Dykeman

A DELIGHTFUL PEDRO PARTY Ladies Aid at Mr®. Holloway—Euchre Club to Meet—The Elks Lodge to Have a Social Session. By Perle Burdg. A delightful wedding occurred at nine o’clock this morning at the home of Wesley Hoffman on west Monroe street, the contracting parties being Mr. Frank Kern and Miss Grace Dykeman, both of Union township, Rev. D. B. Kessinger officiating. This very popular young couple have a host of friends who will join the Democrat in wishing them a long life of wedded bliss. The groom is an enterprising young farmer and the bride is the accomplished daughter of Palmer B. Dykeman. The wedding was very informal, only the immediate relatives being present. The bride wore a pretty gown of gray, and the groom a neat suit of black. They left at 10:30 over the C. & E. west for their wedding trip. They will return in a week and reside on the Kern farm in the home they have already furnished, where they will be at home to their many friends. Sixty ladies responded to the dainty little invitations which were Issued by the Mesdames Charles Niblick, Charles Meibers, D. D. Clark for a pedro party given yesterday afternoon at the home of the former on Third street at two o’clock. Eleven small tables were prettily arranged in the different rooms of the home, and fourteen games were played of which the Mesdames Amelia Niblick and Maggie Garard led the ladies in winning ten games, while the second, third, fourth, and fifth prizes were captured by the following ladies: Mesdames B. J. Terveer, Will Harding, C. V. Connell, Frank Crawford, Harry Bowseman, Mike Meibers. At five o’clock the guests were served an elegant luncheon. The hostesses were assisted in a very graeful manner by Misses Mary Huffner, Mollie Walker, Annie Clark, The C. W. B. M. auxiliary and the Ladies Aid Society of the Christian church will hold a joint meeting at the home of Mrs. Holloway, corner Fifth and Jefferson streets, on Friday afternoon, May 3rd, at 2 o'clock. Program for C. W. B. M.: Song; Bible lesson; prayer; “Our different missionary workers and their fields." readings and talks by members on the benevolent work of the church; business period. At the close of the program the work of the Aid Society will be taken up. Every member of both societies is urged to be present. Committee. There will be no meeting of the Young Matron's Club this week. A delightful surprise of Tuesday evening was when the Pythian sisters and the neighbors gathered at the home of Mrs. James Hurst of corner of Monroe and Thirteenth street to celebrate her birthday anniversary. The lodge presented her with a gold Pythian pin. At a late hour the light (Continued from page 1.)

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THE BEN HURS Northern Indiana Congress is in Session MEETINGS HELD AT KOKOMO Nearly a Thousand Delegates are in Attendance —Fort Wayne Wants Next Year’s Meeting. Kokomo, Ind., May I.—With nearly one thousand delegates on the ground the annual meeting of the Northern Indiana congress, tribe of Ben Hur, was opened here today. The first assembly was held this forenoon in the Alhambra, Kokomo's largest auditorium, which has just been converted from a polo rink into a theater. After the formal opening with ritualistic work the report of the committee on order of business was submitted and approved and then the congress adjourned until 1:30 this afternoon. Upon the reassembling of the congress an address of welcome on behalf of the city was delivered by Mayor W. H. Arnett, who is a past state chief erf the order. The address of welcome on behalf of Kokomo court was delivered by the Rev. C. W. Choate, of the local Congregational church. This was followed by the report of the committee on credentials, after which Mary M. Clark, of Fort Wayne, delivered the chief’s annual address. The afternoon session was concluded with the submitting and approving of the reports of the law and order, executive, distribution, auditing, program and good of the order committees. The meeting this evening was opened with an address by John C. Snyder, of Crawfordsville, supreme seribe of the order. Following this address a large class was initiated, the degree work being performed by Beech Tree court No. 211, of South Bend. Two cities —Fort Wayne and Lafayette —are asking for the next congress. At present it looks as if Fort Wayne stands the better chance of getting it. o A PIONEER DEAD Philip D. Fristoe is Called to Rest END CAME LAST EVENING A Long Illness Proves Fatal at Last— One of the Best Known Citizens of the County. Philip Doddridge Fristoe, one of the best known citizens of our city, and one of the pioneer residents of this county, died last evening at his home on Marshal street at six o’clock, after an illness of several years from cancer. Mr. Fristoe, until six years ago, was a practical farmer, but ill health forced him to leave this vocation and he moved to this city, where he had since made his home. He was a hard working man, and did all kinds of work until two years ago, when he was afflicted with cancer of the tongue and since that time until his demise he had been unable to do anything. The cancer that caused his death had gained such headway that medical assistance could do nothing and at the time of his demise the dread disease had completely eaten his tongue away. The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at two o’clock at the house, Rev. Bergman, of the Baptist church officiating and interment will be made in the Decatur cemetery. o The property belonging to the G. R. & I. railroad on Monroe street is being filled with dirt and instead of being an eyesore, as of yore, this vacant piece of land will be converted into a pretty little park. The low ground is all being filled and will be sown with grass seed and in many spots pretty flower beds will be set out and the place beautified in many respects. Agent Bryson has the right I spirit, and the other agents should I follow suit and make their railroad I property look better.