Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 7 June 1906 — Page 1

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GRANT FRANCHISE - To Indianapolis, Decatur 4 Ohio Traction line IS GOOD FOR FIFTY YEARS Policeman Reynolds Released—Street Improvement Discussed— Other Business. - ’ ’ - 4k s The city council met in regular session Tuesday evening, Mayor Colfee presiding and every councilman being present. The minutes of the last meeting were read with the exception ■ of that part relating to the plans and specifications for north Second street which were continued until the next meeting. The mayor then filed a petition, declaring the position of night policeman now occupied by Joel Reynolds to be vacant, thus retiring this officer from the city pay roll. Upon a motion by Burns, the council then proceeded to the election of a school trustee to take the place of Wilda Watts, whose time had expired. Only one ballot was necessary to make a selection, the vote resulting, Fred Mills four, and Charles Suttles onte. Mr. Mills was then declared elected. The written acceptance of the Ft.“ Wayne & Springfield interurban railroad, in relation to the extension of their franchise, was read and upon motion was ordered spread of record. The judiciary committee filed their report : on the Elm street sewer upon the request’ of D. D. Heller, who asked . that the city re-appoint the city commissioners in accordance with the old law, so that the status of the Elm street sewer cases might be ; deterfhined by the court. The committee reported unfavorable on the matter and refused to act. The improvement committee, to whom was referred the matter of the franchise of the Indirnanolis, Decatur & Ohio . Ttv.ctmn < ompany filed thoii report, which w<as favorable. The report of the committee was accepted by the council. Van Camp then moved that the franchise be advanced to its first reading, which passed successfully. Upon motion by Burns the rules were suspended and the franchise advanced to a second reading. This also passed. Van Camp then moved that the rules be suspended and the franchise be read a third time for final passage, and the franchise was declared passed. This gives the new company the right to lay a single track from the St. Marys river bridge to the .west corporation line and gives them a fifty years’ franchise, the line to be completed by the year 1909. The . company was represented by Attorney Todd, of Toledo. The bond of City Civil Engineer Vogt was read and ordered spread of record. Burns moved the petition of the . Business Man’s Association in relation to extending a franchise to the new inter- ‘ urban company be spread of record. Motion carried. The proof of publication concerning the First street improvement was ordered spread of record. City Civil Engineer Vogt then filed- his plans and estimate .on the First street improvement. The inventory of City Electrician M. J. Mylott was read and ordered spread of record, as was also the inventory of Waterworks Superintendent W. E. Fulk. A resolution pertaining to the First street improvement was. read, in which it was declared that the benefits derived would exceed the cost of construction, and upon motion, was ordered spread of record. Martin moved that the bill of J. S. Peterson, for insurance, be dismissed, as it was not itemized or was not properly approved by any city official. Motion . carried. The following bills were tli^ri. -xjqad and allowed: W. J. ‘Archbold, interest $ 2.70 Decatur Co., lumber... 1 . 3.84 Wm. Geary, paJiae. 10 00 Sam Frahk, police 45.00 G R. & If fTteikht; 82.18 Sam Ross,- hauling < hose cart.. 1.00 J. W. Ro6lMOn, rent. 10.00 M. J. Mylofl? supplies 1.05 Frank Hurst, labor 31.20 Ft. Wayne Electric W’ks, sup 1.85 M. J. Mylott, pay roll 220.00 National Carbon Co., supplies.. 54.00 Monarch Elec. W’ks, supplies.. 52 24. Ft. Wayne Elec. W’ks, supplies.. 80.12 Western Electric Co. supplies.. 68.21 Central Electric Co., supplies. .: 37.36 Erie Railroad, freight .81 Joel Reynolds, police 45.00 W. E. Fulk, pay r 011.... 255.02 D. F. Teeple, drayage .. 55.08 Alex Barnett, labor 2.75 J. R. McFeely, labor ... 2.00 No other business coming before the council, Van Camp moved that they adjourn to meet in continued session next Friday evening. ‘i , . • -Z. ■

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SCHOOL HOUSE IS CONDEMNED ( Old Structure-Monroeville Must i .. be Vacated. ■ The state board of health, through Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary, has issued a proclamation condemning the high school building at Monroeville, this ! county. Dr. E. M. Vanßuskirk, of 1 the county board of health, received 1 the official proclamation yesterday, and the notice will be posted some ’ time today. The building, which is a frame structure, is an old landmark, having been erected : back in the j ’7os. The school building contains six or eights fooms, and was used for the eighth grade and the high school. The proclamation of condemnation follows: •"Whereas, It appears to .the satisfaction of the Indiana state board of health that the school house at Monroeville, Marion township, Ind., is dilapidated and in all ways unsanitary for school purposes; Therefore, Be it ordered that said house is hereby condemned for school purposes, and shall not W used for said purposes after date, June 1,1906. Any school board, trustee, teacher or other per Sons violating this order shall be prosecuted by the attorney general, as provided in the statutes. ..“.Passed'June-1, 1906. Attest, “J. N. HURTY, Sec’y.” The proclamation goes on to say that any person found molesting, mutilating or carrying away any of the fixtures or contents of the building will subject themselves to a fine of from $lO to $25. Dr. Hurty made a : personal inspection- 1 of- the building a few weeks ago, and -the condemnation proceedings did not come as a surprise. The schools were closed last May, and/before the fall opening shall have arrived, it is thought a modern structure will mark the old site. —Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette. DIED AT FORT WAYNE Formerly Lived in This County—Had Many Relatives Here— Funeral at Geneva Tomorrow. J. C. Moran received word Sunday evening from Fort Wayne announcing the death of his brother-in-law Timothy F. Golden. The end came at six o’clock, after an illness of several months’ duration, death resulting from Bright’s disease. He was fortytwo years of age, and was a native of Adams county, and formerly made his home in Jefferson township, this county, following the vocation of a farmer. A few years ago he moved to Marion, where he was engaged in the real estate business, going from there to Fort Wayne, where he jhas been conducting, a grocery store for several years. He was a member of the St. Patrick’s Catholic church. He leaves a wife and four children to mourn their loss. The remains will be shipped to Geneva tomorrow morning, where the funeral services will be held and interment made. Mr. Golden was well known in this city, having conducted considerable business here during his life. INSURANCE COMPANY OBJECTS Refused to Permit .Incandescents on Roof of Building. •~/- < • • A Marion department store in making arrangements for an additional display of electric lights wanted to put a number of ordinary incandescent lights on the roof of their building and found that the insurance companies would cancel their policy in event the lights were placed. No reas*on could be given by the local’ agents of the companies but they state they have been instructed that ordinary incandescent lights placed on unprotected roofs must be so heavily in- ! sulated that it is practically prohib- 1 itory to use them. According to the statistics kept by ' the insurance companies there is con- j stantly increasing number of fires as ' the result of poor insulation in the < installation of electric lights and the ] requirements are getting more string- ( ent each year, in the effort to de- 1 crease the number of fires made, by electric contacts. 1 'j>- 1 ‘ .A 1 ' \ ■?'- -Z 1 '

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 7. 1906.

OBJECTIONS FROM DISTRICT Causes the Department to Reconsider i , the Verdict Suspending Employees. Washington, June k—An interest- , ing situation has developed in connee- , tion with the Eighth district postof- , fice muddle. It has leaked out that i Inspector S. 6. Brdseye made the fol- j lowing recommendations: Alonzo Starr, Anderson letter car- I rier, suspension for sixty days, for • serving as precinct committeeman in • the last campaign. John S. Aldredge, . Anderson, letter carrier,* suspension for sixty days for running for two offices, representative and mayor of Anderson. Fred Hollingsworth, Anderson letter carrier, supension for sixty days for being a candidate for township trustee. Wiillam : Ricks, Muncie letter carrier, suspension for ten days for presiding ov6r a meet- : ing of precinct committeemen in his uniform. Leroy Crampton, Muncie letter carrier, ten days’ suspension for serving as precinct committeeman, his offense being mitigated by resigning as precinct committeeman when Birdseye directed him to do so. Walter Hayes, Muncie carrier, ten days’ suspension; he was charged with leaving, on the desk of Postmaster Lambert a memorandum in pencil, asking the postmaster to delegate some one to attend a precinct caucus. Henry Arbogast, Portland letter carrier, six months, without pay for having partcipated in the collection of political contributions from postal employes ini the campaign of 1902. In a supplemental report, Birdseye recommended that the punishment be fixed at two months instead of six. A few days ago an order was issued from the postoffice department appending Starr, Aldredge, Hollingsworth and Arbogast for thirty days each and Ricks, Crampton and Hayes for ten days each, It develops that the order was issued by the chief of one of the’bureaus in the department without the knowledge of his superio" official. When Representative Cromer learned what had been done he was greatly surprised. Today telegrams were sent from the department to the postmasters of Anderson, Muncie and Portland, directing that the order be suspended pending further consideration of the cases and the defendants will be given an opportunity to be heard. MR. SHOLTY AS THE RECEIVER Court Appoints Him to Take Charge of the Journal Plant. • • Judge Erwin held a short session of court Tuesday to dispose temporarily of the matter of Harry Daniel vs. Chester M. Kenyon and others, foreclosure of mortgage and demand for a receiver for the Journal office. Mr. Kenyon filed an answer, waiving service of process of summons and confuted to the appointment of a receiver. B. W. Sholty was appointed by the court on agrement of the parties interested; His bond was fixed at $7,000, and was filed and duly approved. The bond states that this ' amount is payable to the State of Indiana for the benfit of all parties interested. The receiver was directed 1 to operate the plant from day to day until further notice of the court, or from the judge during vacation. The ] reciver was also ordered to insure the I property if necessary. Mr. Sholty 1 at one employed Mr. the present staff on the Journal and the 1 paper will be continued as formerly ! for the present. i THE ROAD ELECTION RETURNS 1 ] i Seven Macadams Carry in Saint 1 Marys. ( The official returns from the St. Marys township macadam road election, shows the following results: Name of road. Yes. No. Irvin Carter 73 26 « Pleasant Mills 100 12 * E. W. Dailey 69 26 s J. W. Broadbeck 63 27 ( Piqua & Fort Wayne .... 69 29 t Grant Strickler 78 23 I Decatur & Willshire j ..... 83 15 1 The returns were filed today by W. t H. Teeple, inspector. i \ • .

THEY WIN ONE AND LOSE ONE .Ball Team at Garrett —Some Base Ball Dope. fe f The local team went to Garrett Saturday where they played that strong team two games, losing the first by a score of eight to three, and winning the second game, six to aree. The Saturday contest was d . walk away for Garrett, and Decatur was forced’to use three men in the Sox before the bombardment was they . “being Robinson, B. France and Bales. The team was also forced to play a Garrett man in the outfield, owing io the illness of Railing, who was forced to . retire from the game. The next game was clearly a reversal of form and the Jpcals won hands down. Railing did the pitching and Garrett was never in the running, he retiring .• them with three hits, aiid their three runs were gifts, owing to errors. Railing also assisted materially in winning his own game by clouting out a home run with a man on base in the eighth inning. The locals hit well, gathering ten hits off of DeLong, a pitcher from Waterloo, who was with Bluffton earlier in the season. The score by innings was as follows: , 123456789 R. H.E. Decatur ....0 10010022 6 10 3 Garrett ....00100100 1 3 3 4 Batteries —Railing and Price; Delong and McCarthy. FAMOUS DEMOCRATIC SENATOR ► y v ■■■ . .... Had Been Before the Public Half a Century, Beginning His Career as a Senate Page. Scripps-Mcßae Special. Washington, D. C., Juue_4. —Senator 5 Arthur Pugh Gorman died at his borne here today after an illness of several weeks. He was one of the known Democratic statesmen in ’ the country and his ißme has been considered before several conventions as a candidate for the presidency. He was born in Maryland in 1839 ? ? SENATOR GORMAN. and when only thirteen years old, began his political career, receiving an appointment as a page in the United States Senate, in which capacity he served fourteen years. In 1866 he was made collector of revenues for the fifth Maryland district and in 1869 he was elected as a state ■representative. He was re-elected two years later and chosen speaker of the house. From 1871 to 1875 he served as state senator and from 1880 to ’92 as a United States senator. He was again elected sentaor by the legilature of 1903, and served until the present date, though in poor health the greater part of the time. He has been in public life fur over half a century and was one of the ablest statesmen in the country. The senator died at 9:16 this morn* ing from an attack of heart trouble; following his long period of illheaith. He died before the physician could , arrive. Funeral arrangements have , not been completed. ( The senate adjourned today out < of respect to Senator Gorman. j BURGLARS VISITED BLUFFTON ] ■/.. 'I Burglars broke into a second-hand I store at Bufftan Tuesday eve. aaid stole 1 a number of watches, rings and other i articles. Officers here were telephou- 1 ed to go to the Clover Leaf and cap- i ture~the men who were supposed to ‘ be on board an east bound freight. ( The train had passed Decatur before i the message came, however, and the t word was sent on to Ohio Uity. • f

BOTH WERE YOUNG PEOPLE Fred Homeyer of Friedheim and Miss Sophia Workman Caller from Earthly Scenes. Fred Homeyer, thirty-six years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris. Homeyer, who reside at Friedheim, died Satuday at one o’clock at the home of "his parents, after an illness, of five weeks duration, death resulting from consumption. He had b6en working for the past several years at South Bend as a shipping clerk in one of the large mills and was held in high esteem by his employers. He took sick five wekes ago and was forced to resign his position, coming home, and going immediately to his parents ’ home, where he suffered until Saturday. The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at one o’clock at the Friedheim church and interment will be made in the Friedheim cemetery. He leaves a father, mother and two brothers to mourn their loss. Miss Sophia Workman, aged twen-ty-three years, died Sunday afternoon at five o’clock at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Workman, west of this city, after a several years’ illness with consumption. Miss Sophia arose Sunday morning feeling much better and ate a hearty dinner and was preparing to take a ride with some company that was spending the day with Tier parents. Before completing her toilet, however, she was seized with a fainting spell and gradually sank until death relieved her at five oZelock. She was a popular young lady -ip that community and was an expert needle worker,, and thus spent much of her time during her declining days. The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon, the cortege leaving the house at one o’clock and driving to the Magley Reformed Church, where Rev. Vicar will officiate. Interment will be made in the Magley cemetery. She is the second that Mr: and Mrs; We- lost in the past two months from this dreail disease and they have the sympathy of the entire community. RUNAWAY WAS EXCITING Team Dashes Down Second Street and Three Miles Into the Country. A runaway occurred Monday on Second street, and that it did not do serious damage is a, miracle. A team belonging to George Cook from near Salem was hitched in front of Eichenberger’s restaurant when Charles Sulivan came driving up in his automobile. The animals immediately took fright and broke loose, running at a break neck speed north down Second street and narrowly missed several wagons and buggies. The team ran traight north for three miles before they stopped. Mr. Sullivan in, the meantime, found Mr. Cook and the two took Sullivan’s auto and went in pursuit of the team, finding them near Monmouth. Mr. Cook, attaches no blame on Mr. Sullivan. The horses were unnjured and the only thing broken about the.outfit was a tug. THE REWARD IS $3,000 Famous Briber Must be Delivered to the Sheriff of Marion County. Scripps-Mcßae Special. Indianapolis, June 5. —Governor Hanly today issued a proclamation offering a reward of three thousand dollars for the arrest and return of Oscar A. Baker, commonly known as “Cigarette” Baker. He said Baker is to be delivered into the custody of' the sheriff of Marion county, who holds a capias for his arrest and for his appearance before the Marion county Criminal court. The proclamation sets out the act of the last legislature, appropriating money for this reward and gives this as authority for offering said reward. The proclamation concludes with the following: 1 ‘Said reward shall be and is in lieu ( of any and all other rewards offered for the apprehension, arrest and re- ( turn of said Baker by or to any of- ( fleer or person.” "

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! A BEDFORD STONE STATUE i Received by Wemhoff Company for New Haven Cemetery. The Wemhoff Monumental Works » today received a large statue, seven, feet and three inches in height, rep- ’ resenting “Hope,” from the Bedford ‘ quarries, at Bedford, Ind. This monument- was ordered by the L O. O. ' F. order at New Haven and will , adorn the entrance at ther cemetery. The statue wftl rest on a vault built . purposely for it and when erected, will stand nearly twelve feet high. . The statue is cut and carved as near j nature as XMSsible and not the minutest detail has been left undone. The ! statue will b» taken to New Haven next week set in place by Mr. ( Wemhoff. If you are a lover of fine ' sculpture, it would pay you to look I at this bit of work. Statistics prepared by the state statitician show that there are 838 news- ’ papers and periodicals printed in Indiana. Os these, 802 are printed in the English language, 33 in German, 2 in English and German and 1 in Polish. Nineteen are issued daily and 141 daily except Sunday, 563 weekly, 31 semi-weekly, 67 monthly, 4 quarti erly, 13 at unspecified intervals. The average aggregate circulation is 3,405,804, and of this number 538,121 are daily, 365480 semi-weekly, 891,634 wekely, 1,336,204 monthly, 53,- ’ 300 quarterly, and all others, 165,400. • MR. FLEDDERJOHANN HONORED 1 —— ■ Elected Member of Central Electric i • ' t Association. 1 'ZZ i. 1 • ■Z' Mr. Charles F. Shelton, superintendent of transportation of the Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley traction company, and Mr. W. H. Fledderjohann. president and manager of the Fort Wayne & Springfield Traction company were yesterday notified that they'had been j 1 a local committee of the Central ElecLi< Raiiv. ; y association. At a recent rueuting of the association it was decided to have a local ; committee in each of the important points in Ohio and Indiana, in order, that the officials of tfie assoelatiofi' 1 might keep in close touch with conditions in all parts”of the territory covered by the lines represented in the association. The cities in which committees were named are Clevef land, Tpledo, Findlay, Lima, Fort t Wayne, Indianapolis, Dayton, Colum--1 bus, Cincinnati, Canton and Youngs- / Z 1 town. Mr. Shelton and Mr. Fledderjohann were named as the committee 4 1 for Fort Wayne and Mr. H. F. Dicke, 1 superintendent of the Fort Wayne, Van Wert & Lima road, was selected ’ as a committeeman at Lima, Ohio. — 1 Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. r _ ; TO BE NO MONEY FOR VOTES Republicans Say They Won’t Have Any Funds. There will be little vote-buying this fall under the direction of either the Republican or the Democratic state committee. Reason: Neither committee will have the money; or, at least this is one reason. A prominent Republican, who has been in touch with the financial end of the campaigns in this state-for the last half dozen years, said today, that the matter of raising money for campaign expenses was getting more difficult each year. ‘ “As a matter of fact, the money that the state committee raises '"by assessment of the candidates furnishes the large part of the money we have now,” he continued. “And that is , not enough in itself, for carrying on the legitimate expenses of organization.” ' The candidates on the Democratic state ticket probably will not pay so much for the privilege of being on the tiekft as will the Republican can- ® didates, and there are not so many Democratic officeholders in the state as there are Republican. Hence, the sources of income will he very Inmted. And so, on the wimbn it seems ‘safe to say that there will be no state .“boodle fund” belonging fio 'either party during the next campaign.