Decatur Democrat, Volume 44, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 14 June 1900 — Page 1

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Mrs W S Hughes entertained a ntlU iber of relatives and friends at dinner last Sunday at her home on Fourth street. Charles Alleger Sr. )#is ; faccepted a uosition as bridge carpenter for the G R. & !• railway s tarted®i yon his new duties yesterday. sfhe grav«fr of deceased Gild Felloys were derated Tuesday, tiiat being memorial day for this’ancient order. The work was done by committees whW had beeM appointed by the lodge. Hon. Charles F. Coffin, of Indianapolis. was in the city jpsterday anil admitted to practice as a« attorney before jhe Adams circuit court. He represented ~the Vernon Insurance and Trust Company of Indiana. Miss Gertrude Moses, of Ft. Wayne, formerly <*f this county, has been awarded the gold medal in the con test for commencemrtit honors in the, American Conservatory of. Music at Chicago. Miss Gertrude has many friends and relatives here who are proud of her success and wish her more of the same style in the future. The honor is bv no means a small one If thp roads are passable and the weather pennisable Chris Meyers and Frank Gast will leave next Tuesday morning for an extended trip on their bicycles. They will tour Ohio and finally land at Niagara Falls, for a few days. They will make the entire trip on their wheels and will be absent seveftl days. They had intend ed leaving last’Tuesdav but the heavy fains made it impossible to get out of Indiana. Every paper in Portland which published on account of the field day exercises held hWreJast week included a howl that their team should have won the most points and that they were defrauded out of their rights by MauagerfFrance. The truth of matter is they don’t know wliat they are talking about and are only reiterating what their school children have told them. Portland got a square deal as dill every other team which was here. The Junior Endeavors of the Presbyterian church gave a pleasant entertainment Tuesday evening. Some time ago each memtier wife given five cents which was to be multiplied as much as possible and returned for the benefit of the society. The first part ofsTuesdavs program was the presenting of the money collected and stories of how jt was earned. Follow iug this ice cream and cake were served on the parsonage lawn and theevem was a modi pleasant assveil as a very profitable one. Lawrence Lake, of this city* is under arrest at \ an Wert on an ugly charge, being that of criminal assault upon two littlegirlsmamed Bell and Baxter. . It is said the crime* commuted near Dasie, in Van Wert county. A !■ *se of men overtook Lake near the state line and took him liack to Van I W ert where he was placed iff jail. His brother Ira, of this city,went over! at once and soon had him re Phased l>f giving bail in the sum of S3OO. Lawrence has always borne a good reputa tion here and t it is not believed he is I guilty. The small amount of Ixnid i sp;'iir<'fi,would also indicate that the 'an Wert officers were of the same! opinion. , Mr. and Mrs. It. J. Holthouse enter tained about sixty of their friends last ' ning m honor of B J. Terveer. I "ho will soon leave for an extended : ’dp.,,through Last night's! ffceasiiyi win have a lasting frnpres - Mr.* Terdher that he has p laa y warm friends in Decatur. • w lro formed the principal amuse ment, with music and refreshments to ai l the hours in passing all too quick •y. All present enjoyed the evening | immensely but none lietffir than B •I himself. The crowd have voted < •Mi. and Mrs. Holthouse as (tanner entertainers and we are ready to vouch hr same. Mr. Terveer will leave Bunday evening. »i 1 o’ dytwmometer car belonging to the I ennsylvania company, one of the n.cst marvelous Arrangements of mechanism in the railway world, has ,**’, n , on theG. R. AI. for two weeks mid has completed, the automatic registering of the hundred and one things !, Is designed to record. The car is ne only one of the kind in the country mid is of great value. It is stated that , ie cost to the Pennsylvania of its preparation was no less than $60,000 I ' ''tinsylvania men opened itovei , i" and took the readings •or every mile of track. The car has '“ral purposes. It measures the re- . “tence of the train on all grades. It ‘U'lt atiis the drawbar pull exerted by ie engine, the speed and miles per m>r, the steam pressurecarried by the K'ne, the position in which the re- • r T “’ver is being worked when the lack of the train runs up and pushes! *' n K |n ® and the amount of push 1 . ™*<> the points of curves, the points ail Jtents, and registers the direc‘on of curves. W. O. Dunbar, the as Aio m **‘hanical engineer of the i ...' was in charge of the I ■ • and Frank Goodfellow of the same i Ti, Wh ’ ‘he machinist in charge, i were assisted by J. A. Bursley, < th..' i ~ruer ,u| d B. F. McDonald of u a ? ho P« Fort Wavue.—Fort "ayne Journal. * I

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H. S. Miehand was here from Berne, I yesterday looking after business intereslis winch were of importance to Mrs. David Studabaker and Mrs Katherine Champer w|ll entertain their friends ibis afternoon and the briluaut occasion F being looked forward by ladtef with pleasure. • Brittson Bros’ have an advertisment m this week® issue which* you wi.i do well to inspect carefully. They tell you in a unique manner the mernts of the Troy wagon, for which they are sole agents. The nftrriage of Miss Mary Brunne‘his city, to M . IX Costello of Chicago, is announced to occur Wednesday, June 27. at the St. Marv's Catholic church. The bride is a well known and popular young lady and her Adams county friends wish her ’ nothing but happiness in the future. Mr. and Mrs. Costello will make their future home in the windy city James W. Place and Frank France were among the Decatur people who attendee! the German picnic near Preble Sunday and their report of it affair is a glittering one. A large crowd was present and all enjoyed themselves. These events are annual ones and are celebrated by the various German churches of the county, always being attended by mammoth crowds. This one was no exception and people from all fiver the county i were present. The month of June for marriages has always been an inflexible rule and verily ftie young people of Adams county are dinging to that adage as may be seen by a glance at the following names who have lieen granted licences this week by clerk Johnson: Benjamin -Crfsman to Mamie Fritz. Julius B. Brown to Matilda A. Freeze, Frank Miller to Adfi Crouin, Frank Burns to Clara Pyle, and fWUtiam W. McKissick to Eleafeatrice I M. Bvrd. • The fourteenth annual encampment of the Sons of Veterans, Indiana di vision, and the tenth annual meeting of the Ladies Aid Society, auxiliary of the former will be held at Elwood June 27 to 29. The committee in | charge of the affair says that it will I lie the most elaliorate encampment in I point of entertainment provided ever neld in the state. One of the most expensive spectacles provided for free entertainment of the people will lie Pain's fireworks, either the "Battle of Manila” or the ‘'Charge of San i Juan Hill.” g, Mrs. Frank Mains, formerly Miss ! Maude J udy of this city, died at Fort ! Wayne Sunday morning about nine o’clock. She had been ill for several days with what was supposed to lie appendicitis and am. operation, by I several eminent physicians was per- | formed upon her for that disease. It was discovered, hoMever, that she was not afflicted with this trouble, but inI stead it Was found that the intestines ’ had grown together. She was unable ' to withstand the tertible shock of thfl | Operation and died shortly afterwards. , The funeral services were held at Geneva, her old home. Tuesday morning. I Her sister. Mrs. Al Burdg. of this city, j was with her when she died. * Mr. and Mrs. C. F. True in company j with Rev. Duckett gnd wife drove I over to Ossian last Monday afteyioon Ito attend the installation services of ' Rev. E. P Gildirist who was lately ! called to tin*pastorate of the Ossian 1 and Elhanan churches. *Rev.Duci kett assisted in Ihe exercises giving ! the charge to the pastor. Rev. M. L. Donehey ofthe Hifiitington Presbyter ian church, presided ovei the meeting, preached thq sermon and in the absence of Rev. M. L. Lqefer who waste | charge the people, the Rev. Donehey ! discharged this part of the services as ! well. ill. True reports a delightful time but nothing more enjoyable than the journey there and return. Charles 11. Ellingbam arrived Wednesday night from Battle Creek. Michigan, where he went ten days ago for treatment and at eleven o’clock Thurs day he died. He came home prepared to meet death.but no one had anv idea it was so near at baud. Mr. Eiling ham was afflicted with tuberculosis of the bowels, and after lieiuf at the san ilarium for less than a week was told by the physicians there that they i could give him no relief and that his ! case was incurable. Mrs. Anna Worth of Pipestone. Mich., a sister-in-lawac-I companied him home, when he i was met at the train Wednesday night by B. F. Kain he was so exhausted from the trip that he coukl not sit up in the buggy in which he was trans ferred to his home three miles west of the city. The dis eased was a son of the late Charles Ellingharn and was forty-two year.' of age. His wife died two years ago and in his death four children, Bessie, Maude, Mary and Otis, are left fatherless and motherless. Mr.Ellingham was a well-to-do and respected citizen and the news of his death, one of the saddest that has ever occurnsl in the community, will be received with sorrow. The funeral services were held Saturday morning at ten o’clock in the Methodist church, Rev. Light officiating. The "ortege h’ft the residence at nine. Interment occurnsl in Fairview cemetery.— Bluffton Chronicle. I

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 11)00. •

Children’s Day services were ao | propriately observed in the various ehWrches last Sunday, the little folks as conductors. Marion Elzey, of Detroit, formerly in business here, was in the city this week, having been called here on account of the illness and death iJr ( i%eS mother. The memorial services ,of the Knights of PythiS’s will be held this evening. Members of the order are requested to mi>et at 5:30 o'clock at which time they will go to the Maplewood cemetery* for the purpose of decorating the graves of deceased brothers. Returning to the lodge hid! appropriate servjpes wall lie held. All brothers having rigs are earnqptly requested to lie present promptly at the time mentioned above. The lady who best Represents her business firm whom she is named for a| the karniwl last evening and tonight is to receive as a prize a two dollar and* a half gold piece. The. winner is to lie chosen by votes, each person holding a reserve seat cdtipon lieing entitled to cast a gote on the back thereof and the lady receiving the most votes is to lie declared the winner. The karnival is well worth jour money and if you haven*t attended, attend tonight. "The following is from the Berne Witness of this week’snssue: *At Miss Mary Lehman' musica? recital Thursday evenmg no one was received with heartier applause than Prof B. F..Welty, musical director *of Bethel college, Newton, Kans. Prof. Welty is »>u his way to the World's Christian Endeavor conventidta to lie held in London, and he stopped off here for a short visit with his mother and sister and brother. From London he will go to the Paris exposition and then to Luzern. Switzerland. Douglass Dudgeon, the Blue Creek farmer, who has lieen lucky in securing good oil wells and »iho has ever since been trying to convert hitqpelf into a brewery, was in town with his usual jag on Monday. He drank until he became unconscious and was in that condition 't hen found by the officers. He was taken to jail and kept thure until Tuesday afternood, when he was taken to the Mayor’s court, found gfriltv and fined a dollar bill and costs and ordered taken home. He is in a serious condition, is a physical wreck and if not careful may not be able to make many more trips to the city. « The thirty-sixth annual convention of the Indiana Sunday school convention is in session.at Bluffton this week, and many people from this county are in attendance. The session began Tuesday afternoon and will continue until to night. The preprams for the three days are interesting and contain many subjects especially entertaining to Sunday school workers. Among those who take part* in the exercises are a number of the greatest workers in the United States, and Bluffton pAiple no doubt feel honored for hating such a privilege. This is the first time inthehistoryoftheor-ga-i'Aition that they have been entertained in so small a city. , The board of commissionaire going ,to make another heroic efiort to have another and new county asylum erected, ami to this end have notified die publii«in general <nif contractors in particular, that on August bids will be received gt the office of Auditor Mangijd. If at that* time the lowest responsible |>id is within the appropriation, a contract will lie entereiLinto for the same, in accordance with the pltns and specifications that have alreadylieeii adopted. The building has long lieen a matter of necessity for the safety and coaifort of the inmates of this lienevolen! institution, and the superintendent and his family as well. Deputy .Sheriff Frank .Farrell at the hwme of Ed Ray's west of ( Berne last Saturdays bearing with : him a bench warrant issued by Judge Heller for Ray’s arrest on the charge of drawing of deadly weapons. Ray , according to rumors has not Iwre an , extraordinary reputation in his neigh Ixirhood for some time, and he has ( lieen suspected of chickens and turkeys. About a week ago a , number ot turkeys were taken from the farm of O. IL Silvers, and that gentleman suspecting Ray went to j Berne, secured a search warrant and i went with Marshal Burry to serve same. Upon reaching Ray's farm they found the missing turkeys and were discussing what to do about same when Ra*' who was ambushed some little distance away fired at them with a shot gun. Burry and Silvers were frightened and snon vacated the! premises. Burry came to this city and filed affidavit and information against Ray for the offense. A bench | warrant was issued and Deputy Fer rell sent to arrest him. Upon bis arrival at the Ray farm, Frank found that tin-gent’.-iiian in question had found the hx-ality a little too warm tor him and departed for unknown fields. Mrs Ray is Jconsidered a nice' lady and treated Mr. Ferrell in a re niMX’table manner, although she blames the Berne officer for his actions. However, that gentleman only did his duty and Ims the law to up hold his side of the case.

Mrs. Mary Werling, a pioneer lady of the county died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jacob Keifer, in Preble township last Friday morning, and | the funeral services'held at Freidheim Sunday afternoon. She *vas eighty-six years of age. ■ The list of those who paid their subscriptions to the® Democrat this week are M. E. Howeu C. Dallas Spuller, Dr. J. D. Morgan, W. F. (Jrcutt, John Ashbaucher, W. H. \ anCamp, M. Augsberger, Janies Brunnegraff<o. Hocker, Mrs. Lou Hofer, Cecil Harb. Ellsworth Blazer, F. Fulerman and M. E. Cowan. 'Ttie wedding of Miss Daisy Halev of this city and Mr. Frank Hollow-, peter of Cfedartille, is announced to take® place at Cedarrtlle at eight o’clock this evening?’ Both of® the young people are well known their host of friends with the Democrat join in congratulations and well w ishes. They will aFonce go to housekeeping in a cozy "horn® already fur v nished at the above named place, wh«re they will be at home to their many friends. ®* # At, meeting of the board of school trustees Monday evening, the nqwlv elected mqpib«, Charles Suttles. was admitted and the board organized for the ensuing year. Dore B. Erwjp was made president, John \\. Tyndall treasurer and Chafles Suttles secretary. The new board is a st»ong one from every point of view ana the schools are in safe hands during their termS of office. No business’ of importance further than that of organisation wa§ before the Monday night meeting. , Two young man full of whiskey attempted tvqk.'ll a horse by last driving Monday night and in consequence ! were compelled to tell- their story to Mayor Beatty Tuesday. The horse belongevl to Enos Peoples and had been hired to the two young men in question, named respectively, Robison and Fougfaty, to go to a country'da nee. Upon their ’return it was found that the horse had lieen beaten and driven, so hard that the animal was nearly dead and Enos promptly diad them arrested. Thtfy were tried before Mayor Beatty Tuesday mtirning and it was found that Robisoi had (tone the work. He was fined five dollars and costs. Foughty yvas aecquitted. Treasurer Neuenschwander was at Indianapolis last' Thursday making settlement with the state treasunfr for > the spring collection of taxes due ! from Adams county to the state. The settlement contained state tevenne to the anjpunt of *5,391.94, benevolent fund 52.554.90, statesinking fund, 51.150.95. school tgx 5G.513.14, educa" tional $861.51, school fund interest 51,500, permanent endowment fund interest 523.4*. unexpended balance tuition $3.63 whiuh foots a total of 512.432.!#. The settlement repealed the fact that Treasurer Neuenschwan iter had I lis figures eoyrget, ntuking no changes nflvessary for the proper ad-’ justment between the two officials. , The state base ball league is alreadv on its last pegs. Ejwood has dropped out. and a tueeting of the magnates was held in Anderson Sunday- to a?l---nut Huntington. Manager Wachlett, of Muncie, was notfyresent, and while the Others are figtiting and deliberating he telegraphed that Muncie was a losing proposition and that he might be considered out of it. Thfs turned the meeting into a panic, and within a few minutes it had been decided to disband the league. At midnight ’it was I® acticall decided to reorganize the league on four ‘club basis, the clubs lieing Anderson.’Markin Jtokomo afld \\ abash. Elwood dropped out the last week and the reorganization adds Mumffe to the dOad ones. Th® game does not fiay there. The republican cotftity convention for the purpose of nominating candidates for county officers was as * quiet an affair as could well lie imagined. About fifty voters gathered at the court house last Satigilay and after selecting Shaffer Peterson as chairman aim appointing a committee on resolutions proceeded to nonttnate their catidiiLile® in a sing song manner as though the sooner the thing w;te over Hie lierter, The committee was cotiiposetl of E W. Sholty, B. W. Quinn, Ross Johnson, Jeff Lehman and Leander Reffey aiiil their resolutions endorsed McKinley and condemed the democrats as a matter of course. The ticket as nominated was us follows: Representative Jatm'Si L. Love. Wabash township; Circuit Judge Judson W. Teeplu, Washington township: Prosecuting Attorney Roswtill O. Johnson, .Monroe township; Auditor William B. Weldy, Kirkland township; Treasurer John Brown, Wabash township; Sheriff Kirk Campliell, Blue Creek township; Surveyor Jesse W. Snyder, Jefferson township: Assessor Harvey M. Daniels, St. Marys township; ( ommissioner Second District, Isais Dailey. St. Mar vs township; Commissioner Third District, G.W. Schaffer, Wabash township; Advisory Bonn! James Moses, Union township; A. J. Hawk, Berne; Nathan Ehrman, Kirk land township; Andrew Holmes. Blue Creek township; Ferdinand Take, French township; W. J. Edwards, Blue Samuel Kunkle, Root township.

Auditor Mangold Jhi-i completed his wring settlement sheet which reveals ffie following figures: County fundt ; 526,821 ®6, township 6,1'67.59, tuition $6039.24, special sclftol $12,544.44, road $9,381.71, do^-192.73, poor sl,458.12, East Washington gravel road $888.99, West Washington & Decati< gravel road 51,904.9*1, county sinking fund $2,546.50, turnpike $5,099.53, ditch $4,110.51, Decatur & Bluffton gravel road $2,829.01, township bridge city library $243.10, Waggoner gravel road $1,198.28, Patton gravel road $l7O, DeeiWur, Berne anij. GenevaflcorporatioWs $14,080.65. Mrs. L. <*. Harper received a dispatch from Washington that Charley Harper had answered roll calfe up to May 30th: Theteport that Charley died April 15th is now discredited anil his folks are hopeful fofe the best. Mrs. Harper received a • letter from Charley. #hich -was written -about April 10th, and he states that his health was excellent. TBe fact that the letter was written so nearly the date which he was reported to have died of typoid fever at Manila, when his address in tin* letter is at a place several miles frojti Manila. It proves conclusively that the party who wnite the letter which w®s published last week was either mistakefi or referred to another Harper. Geneva Herald. The county commissioners are yet iu session, being busy upon allowances. This is the first session for the year 1900 in which allowances have been maderand this fact the lis» unusually large and consumes considerable time to reach the proper conclusion relative to their merit. Since last week outside of fceir allowances, they ordered notices published in the Democrat aud Journal, calling for sealed bids on August ts, ‘on contemplated county asylum. Bids were opened last Friday for a new bridge over tee Wabash’rivqj in place of the ortfl destroyd by fire, some time ago. There were fifteen bidders, th® NewCastle Company being successful, this bid being '"C. Henry , Straun was appointed superintendent I on the Joel Hirschey macadatpiued road. Bids were opened Tuesday for the furnishing bf goods fcir fl®' county asylum. The Boston Stole was given the dry goods at $38*85, Niblick A Co., the groceries and china 'ware for »9.84. and oil meal and. rock salt $lO, P. Hplthouse A Co., clothing $22.60; John 11, Moiigeß shoes $21.70, FraiA Gast A Co tobacco at twenty-six cents a pound. Holthouse, .Callow A Co., drijgs s*.lo. The closing week of court is recorded «m the Adams county docket thia: ; State ts Ed N. Ray, bench warrant ordered returnable forthwith. Alplteus T. Good vs Stiii H. McGrew, set for tenth Monday for argument. R-er Roth ex parte, ditch, final report filfld aud drainage commission discharged? WJliam R. Wheat ys J. M.LAfollette and A. H. Adair, mos fikui in writing by defendants to suppress each deposition of Mock Siipmons. to strike outr amt support ' each questkin and aflswer in each of said depositions, cause continued by agreement at plaintiff's costs. 'All depositions on file in this case ordered published. State Life Insurance, com pan vvs R. O. Johnson... set for, tenth Wednesday for issues. Demurrer to sec.mdv thir'i, fourth ai d fifth paragraphs.* Lizzie and John Head-1 recks vs Hubftrt Topp ei al. replevin, motion by plaintiff for summons and writ of replevin against the ctefend- 1 ’ ant John Kinney. Demurrer to an- 4 swefl ’overruled, demurrer t® cross complaint sustained. Reply filfld to separate answer df Hubert Topp' in two paragraphs, deimirrer by T'4>p overruled. Spedal appearance by John Kinney to thy motion of the plaintiff to have summons and writ of? rafilevin onlenxl against, him, which •bjections g,fe in writing submitteil. ’Evidence concluded. John R. Brock-; erman vs John •H. Bass, receiver, amended compfsfint file<l7ftiled to answer. Interrogatories filed with amended complaint and defendant or dered to ansAej same. Wilfred M. Buffenberger vs Carrie M. Baker et al. partition, fietition by commissioner for leavejo pay costs and claims and | for order to distribute bifiance in his hands and same ordefixl. Richard B. | Maitler vs The Vernon InsuriUiee and Trust company of Indiana, motion by defendant on written reasons tiled new trial. Barbara Welier et al vs Robert Niblick et al, suit to quiet: title, proof of publication filed, default. Judgment that title grant ed in plaintiff against all defendants. Harry R. Moltz. vs Fannie Grubb, guardian, all depositions on file ordered published, answer filed by the clerk. Judgment that defendant Abraham Grubb is of sound mind and*' capable of managing his estate, costs taxed to estate Manerva Stengle and John Stengle vs Henry A. Paflnon et al, rule to answer absolute in five days. John E. King and Levina King vs City of Decatur, demurrer to complaint overruled, rule to answer. By agreement of parties, the demurrer heretofore filed and ruled on bv the court ia resubmitted, motion by defendant to strike out parts of com plaint overruled, time during the term to file bill, answer filed. Peter Meyer vs Isaac Wanner et al, defendant ordered to answer interogatories on ur before J une 15.

CIRCULATION 2800 WEEKLY

NUMBER 14

Warren Moses, a well known young man of this city, whqgfor some time thas been acting in the capacity of reporter on the Evening Journal, re4t'iied his position Satiuday evening. He left Monday for Great Falls, Montana, where he has accepted a position and expects to make his®future heme. Crant Thompson, also an Adams county bov, is located in that city and through his influence Warren secureijp his position.® He does not know what his yew position is as the telegram djd not state. However his , new etiffildyer seems to have had considerable confidence in his abilities flr a ticket for the entire trip the mettage. Warren is an exceptionally bright young man and we wiqk him success in his new field whatever it may be. ® ® The disposition of the Clover Leaf railway still serves as a matter of discussion in busiffeae circles. A recent ® tesue of the Cincinnati Enquirer iu its railway columns announced the date for the change thus: The much litigated Clover Loaf will ou July l.pass iuto the control of the new owner®, the syndicate headed by Vermilyea A Co., and Hallgarten A Co., who'it is announced will burden it with a fixed charge of (MN>. This is considerably more than it has ever heretofore earhed even under management ly unhampered by ironclad- insfructions on rates aira rebates, as has lieen ■ the ease with the present receiver. Mr. Hunt made th® road earn during the past year $410,000 net, in addition to putting $125,000 into the property as extraordinary expenses in way xi's betterments. Receiver Hunt’s con nections with the line will cease when it-passes from the control ofthe old first mortgage bond-holders, and he will return to Cincinnati. sale of the road has been officially The’dark and muddy gators of the ’St. Mary's river have again brought sorrow toejur mulst and especially to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Wolfly, ' who reside in the west part *of town. Jessie Wolflv, sixteen years of iiasdrcMiifed Monday afternoon, near the C. AE. railway bridge. He with a crowd of companions went to that I place to bathe but after arriving Jessie was afraid to go in and was for a long time Simply a spectator to the * boy® fun. When asked to join them he said, “I can’t swim and am afraid.” 4 Finally the bow decided to dress, go up the bank and indulge in a ball gfime, which they did. In, the meantime two other boys* nalhed Whitright and Stevens arrived and after a little coaxing Jessie decide®) to try to swim. At the point where went in tee water is about twelve feet deep. Whitwright and Stevens jump ed off the spring and swam away so easily that it is believed J®ssie thought he could „do thq same. He ran alatig the board! jumped int<> Jhe water and immediately began to strangle. The Whitwright boy went to him and for an instant Uessieclung to him desperately hut seeing teat he would lie unable to handle him Whit wright kicked himself loose aud swam out. crying for help. Tpffn Mylott who was at the C’. A E. engine* house saw the lad conte up a number ofc ! times, but was unable to get to him. Fritz Gerls'r who is employed at the packing liou-e near by ran to the water jukt in time to sen the lad come up fofl the last time. He sprang in? I but was too late and the little fellow gqiit down to a w.teery graW- He j had cyme up eight tii»ps and the I place whlre he* finally sank was fully l(>0 yard- from where he had entered, j the riA>r. Word of the terrible ac * cident ff as 'Soon sent up town aud within fifteen minufrs 8 number of searchers were at work. Owing to the < depth of the water however the task ♦ was by no means an easy one. The j boy sank about 2:30 o’clock and it was I five minutes of fivewhen Elmer Smith who was infing a long ;>ole as a drag annoiiiteed that he had felt the body. Shortly afterward John Stoneburner caught the body on an iron 4rag a I*' brought it tn the top where it was lifted into th® boat and brought it I til"shore. The body was immediately i taken to the undertaking establishment Iff Woodward A Ball where Ifr Clark held the inquest and the little fellow was removed to the .home of his parents in the sortthwesl part oL the city. At the time of the sac! accident the boy’s father Gus Wolflv was lying at the point of death from B disease and was uniAinscious. Afterwards he rallied slightly and was told of the death of his son, but seemed too weak to realize the fact. His death is momentarily expected and the attending physician states that he cannot possibly live more than a few days, The poor wife and 1 mother is heart broken and when the sad intelligence of her son’s death was conveyed to her was simply frantic. Refusing all sympathy and at tention of neighlMirs she fought her way nearly half the distance to the scene ol the accident. We have no words which can describe her artful feelings of sadness and the sympathy of our community rest with her. An only daughter, six years of age is her only companion in this time of sorrow. Tlm> funeral of Jessie was held yesterday at two o’clock? from the I nited Brethern church and the body was interred nt the Salem cemetery east of the cily! c