Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 12 July 1906 — Page 1

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IS A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY ' Subscribe Twenty and Doi- 1 lars in Stock and Take the Watch. It is now square up to the citizens ' of this city. Do you want the Angola Furnace company, or do you not ? At the Commercial Club last evening the project was threshed over, and as a finality it was approved and a committee of Clark J. Lutz, W. H. Fledderjohann and J. W. Tyndall were appointed and who met this morning And signed up the necessary ment. This agreement will be in full force and effect providing the people here make good stock subscriptions to the amount of $25,000, aud as much more as they want. Do you want R? The Angola fuynace is one of the best products of its kind we have ever laid eyes on. Its practicability as a heater and fuel saver has such merit that no amount of prejudice can deny to it those many excellent points of advantage over most any heater on the market. It is a marvel of simplicity and durability, and will do everything, claimed for it. The stacks of testimonials from buyers and users of the Angola, reads like a fairy tale, and pergonal inqury even strenghtens your belief that there is no better. * It has been tried out and- the small company now manufacturing it, have taken it through the varied and costly ■trail of the experimental stage, which is the time of trial and tribulation with any manufacturing institution. It is the time when the money flows in at a startling pace and it is the -time when improvements are being made and the crude points are being perfected. This has been done and the heater is ready to manufacture upon a large scale. Do you want it? The company and the factory that have labored with this invention for the past seven years are located at Angola, Indiana, a town situated up•qn but one railroad, the Lake Shore competition m railroad rates and no accommodation other than what thift ! -one railroad chooses to benevolently bestow, Do you blame them for seeking a location in the best town on the face of the earth? In manufacturing concern that has a.future,, has to expand its business faThis takes something besides bad wind—real money. It is ’ no crime to need money. In fact, it , is a good omen, when this money is for the sole: purpose of expanding a legitimate and worthy enterprise and where every subscriber of stock stands a chance of reaping a dividend upon his investment right from the start. Do you want it? / Messrs. Fanning and Guilfovle, who have represented the concern Here,, and who have personally met many ofour/citizens, bear’all the credentials of being just exactly whgWney represent themselves to be. They ate thorough businessmen and have met our people on the square. no One to give them something for nothing, or to invest a cent that they have not invested. Their proposition is honest, and it not only shows their own faith in the future of the Angola -but it shows that they are willing to meet every- other stockholder on an equal footing. Do you want them? The only part Decatur needs to play in' this little manufacturing drama is for the monied and business men and women, of Decatur to subscribe not less than $25,000 in stock in a Concern that feels no hesitancy - in saying that a six per cent, dividend can be declared the first year. It takes no mathematician to figure out ifet if a six per cent, dividend is the story of the first year, the second, th'rd and future years will be nothing short ,of a real bonanza. Do - you want it? Every man, woman and child in Decatur should join the Booster Club, and give no one s chance to rest until the stock subscription books are closed and the money raised. Will you join? TAGGART WILL SHOW FIGHT. Special. * French Lick, ; July 11.—-There are no signs that Toih Taggart will resign from the national chairmanship. His friends here say he will certainly not take the' initiative steps in the matter and he will be in any fight to oust him. - ‘ J- ' “ ■

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THE BATTLE OF CHICAMAUGA 1 Its Anniversary Will be Celebrated 1 This Year. On September 18, 1906, will occur the forty-third anniversary of the i battle of Chicamauga. It is propos- < ed to celebrate this memorable event ] with a reunion of the various regi- , ments that participated in this memorable battle and, the various battles ' fought around Chattanooga. This re- : union will be held at Chicamauga National Park, September 18, 19 and 1 29, and the present indications are ’ that i z t will be the largest and most 1 notable gathering ever held in the I south. On the above dates, the rem- i nants fipm the armies of twelve states, comprising the following: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana;, Dlinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, lowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas and Kentucky, will assemble, many for the first and last time since they marched from ,its-blood-stained .fields, fonty-three - years ago. K. OF P. BIG CONTRIBUTION - - To the California Relief Fund—Over $82,000. • Decatur Knights of Pythias have been notified that President Neal, treasurer of the California Pythian relief fund, had up to June 28, received $82,943.89. Many of the contributions made by subordinate and grand , lodges were sent directly to the grand ' chancellor and other in charge in Cali--1 fornia. The relief work is progressing ’ satisfactorily under the direct man- ’ agement of P. G. C. Burns of Cali--4 fornia. > The grand lodge of California also . has a relief committee which is doing . much work in relieving unfortunate c members of the order and their families. General Stobbard reports that } “food and Other supplies are being „ d'bureaus to -pythian families, aggregating 1,416 persons, a j'large;upmber of whom are housed iri T tents, and must continue to be so / housed for a considerable period of j time. Over two thousand Pythians r suffered loss .through .the fire and . earthquake. * It is proposed to es- . tablish a caijip to bejsapwn as ‘Py?h- ., ian Camp,’ in Golffiln , where members of the order and their ; families will' be kepi. * • • Eighteen ( of Safi Francisco lodges t and thahodge at Santa Rosa had all [ lodge property destroyed. [ DISEASED MENT IS STILL USED S — Officials not Certain it is Harmful to . to Consumers. ' * "jScripus-McHae Special. Chicagfr,- July 10.—Secretary Wil- ’ son announced today that the depart- ' ment did not object at ; present to the passing of lump-jaw- ; ed and infected cattle at the stock yards -until they have fully / decided* Whether meat from such , stock is .harmful to human health. ' The infected portions are cut out and remainder of the carcass 'is sent to the tables for consumption. \ 1 D. C Stout, one of Fort Wayne’s ' prince of ! good fellows, was a business 1 visitor in the city today. He is district manager of the Central Union : Life Insurance company, and was - looking for a real live agent, who would handle the healthy territory of Adams county. MRS. JAMES KELLEY IS DEAD Was Well Known Lady of Blue Creek t Township. Mrs. James Kelley, who lived two miles south of Steel, Ind., died Sunday afternoon, lacking just one month, of being 56 years of age, having been born in Kentucky July 31.1 1850. The funeral and burial services were held at the Mt. Hope church July 3, conducted by Rev. J. A. Hoffman of Willshire, the remains having been prepared for burial by S. S. BuUfaanan. There are left to mourn her departure, the husband, two daughters, and several step-children, besides a large circle of friends.— Willshire Herald.

DECATUR. INDIANA, THURSDAY, JULY 12. 1906.

REV. CHARLES GROSS IS DEAD Well Known Pastor at Fort Wayne Expires Suddenly. The Rev. Charles Gross, for more than half a century a minister, of the gospel affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran church, died suddenly shortly after 10 o’clock last evening Jat his residence at Pritchard and Jackson streets. Dr. Gross had been in his usual health and since his retirement, from the ministry two years ago had 1/een engaged in literary work, until, last Saturday, when he was seized/ wiyp an attack of what was to &e acute indigestion. Dr. M. F. /Schick, who was called, diagnosed thf/.case as such and administered t/tfatment. Sunday Df. Gross felt much better I and yesterday he was able/to attend ; the conference of Lu threat ministers of the city and took an/active part in the deliberations. / Last evening he seenred to be in unusually good spirits./ He ate a heayty supper and chitted with his family, several of froyi other places being Present, -and he, was in unusually goop, spirits. After supper he chatted /or an hour and. then retired to his/study to resume his literary work. About half past 9 o’clock he preparw. for bed, and the family knew that/it was his hour for retiring. , / -i. Other members jbf the family were sitting in a ro/m directly under his bedroom and ajj at once they heard something faU heavily on thfe floor above their h/ads. Believing that his father had 1/t a book drop, the Rev. Charles GrJs, of Canada, who has been visiting his parents, ran upstairs and found the aged minister | prone on /tfe floor, clad in his night clothing ahd breathing faintly. / AN INDIANA ROBO CAMP Is Located Nea/ Frankfort—ls a, Nest. known as 0e “hotfo eamp’/ is alongside Leaf railway* tracks, a mik west Os this city. . It is the place where the-police engaged in a pistol fight with three alleged robbers a few days ago, and it is one'of the most noted places of its'kind ih the state. It is frequented by tramps'from all over the country. The camp is within easy reach of the railway yards and it annually costs the company hundreds of dollars in the theft of railway ties and parts of freight cars, Which are used for fuel. They also have been known to rob loaded freight cars, standing in the wdrds. Citizens in that vicinity also suffer, and several times they? have tried to drive out the tramps, but their success is only temporary. There is a small ravine, affording a natural shelter, and the tramps have stoen enough old carpet, boards and tin roofing to construct a pretty fair roof over enough territory to house thirty or forty of the habitues. Here the tramps eat, sleep, drink and carouse. Every morning a certain number of them make the rounds of the neighborhood, begging coffee, bread, meat, butter and other eatables, and they often become so insolent in their demands that the police are frequently called on to protect- the housewives. ST. MARYS CHOIR MUSICALSRehearsals for the musicale to be given by the St. Marys church choir at the Bosse Opera House Friday, July 20, have begun. Among the numbers on the program, the choir with the assistance of the very best musical talent in the city, will sing selections from Mozart’s 12th Mass. They will render the Latin version. This is one of Mpzart’s great masterpieces. A beautiful fancy* drill will be given with 40 little girls in the cast. The program will be given in this paper as soon as completed. The ladies will call on you with tickets, the price to be 25 cents. Don’t turn I them down. Help us out. Your money back if you are not satisfied. IhIOAGO ROBBERS BLEW SAFE. 7 Scripps-Mcßae Special. Chicago, July 11.—Three robbers blew the safe at the brick layers’ hall this morning and secured over SI,OOO. They escaped after a pistol battle with the police.

MANY SALOONS WENT OUT Under New Ohio Law and First Year’s Tax is Immense. M Coiumbus, Ohio, July 11. —If the ®louns now in operation in the state llider the Aikin law stay throughout jtie year the amended Dow law will produce in taxes the first year of its ’operation more thdn $10,000,000. The auditor of state recently announced that tlie total number of saloons in th|f->tate is now 16,910, as compared wlfli 12,550 last year, a decrease of 2/541), or 20.20 per cent. The number in- Hamilton county is 2,009, a decrease of only 313. In Cuyahoga there >re 1,954, a decrease of 521. The tosal produced last year at the old $350 a year rate was $4,382,500. This year yf -all that have begun the year stay pi|the Dow law will produce $10,010,0(i) all told. The auditor predicts, /however, that there will be a twenty pei' cent, reduction after December 2(|h. WILL OFFER WATERED STOCK Nfr Mail Order House Will Try to I Find Suckers. fae latest scheme of one of the' laAest mail order houses of .the couib a daisy and the result proposed plan will be watched wjth interest, especially if the promote:/ are ,able to set it on foot. The scheme provides fop the incorporation of z the company with a capitalisation of forty million dollars. million of this is to be common stdck and the balance preferred 'an#held by Wall street brokers. Os course, the preferred stock will be paid its interest or dividends whether the common stock makes anything or not. And that’s where the funny : of the scheme comes in. The common stock is to be sold to .farm* ere 5U oyer the, country*to be Seen if the farmers are willing to have New York brokers make use of their mopey, while the fawner gets nothing out of his common stock except the privilege of paying a good price for a poor article- from the “store” when a better article could be sold to him by the home merchant at the same low price. A few weeks ago a Chicago mail order house which has sold thousands of dollars of its “stock” to farmers throughout the country failed and the farmers are noW wanting to see what percent, if any, the assignee is going to be able to pay them. The farmers of the country should profit by this lesson. WAS WELL KNOWN CITIZEN The End Game at One O’clock This Afternooh—Funeral Arrange- *'-« V ments Not Made. —— Nicholas' Eiting, one of the best known men in this community died, at one o’/dock thi4 a/-'Tjioon, at his home south of the city. For five years he has suffered with stomach and bowel trouble which took an acute form two weeks ago. About a week ago, he was operated, on, but no relief could be given him, as it was found he was suffering with cancer. He sank slowly until -death came to his relief. He was fifty-two years old and a native of Germ&y. He had lived in this county many years and was an honest and worthycitizen. He leaves a wife and fiv§s children to mourn their loss. Henry Eiting, an only brother, also survives. Another brother, John, died just six months ago and his stepmother two years ago. At the time of going to press, the funeral arrangements had not been completed. A | THE DRY DOCK ARRIVES SAFE. special Washington, July 10.—Officials of the navy department are greatly pleased over news received this morning, of the arival safely of the dry dock Dewey at Alougape, Philippine Islands. When it was first proposed to tow this massive steel structure half way around the world, old seamen wagged their heads and predicted disaster. The voyage started last December. . ’

THAT C. A E. WRECK The Target Man is Blamed the Collision. A deplorable accident occupted at the crossing of the C. & E. aqd DelDelphos and Irontown the C. H. & D. railroads at at 10:45 o’clock yesterday morning, when a passenger train of C/H. & D. branch crashed into the ■ engine of a C. & E. freight train on the crossing, wrecking bpth and resulting in death The blame for the accident has not been officially placed, so far as it is known and,it is impossible to tain here Which train had the fight of way of the/crossing at the feme the collision occurred but it was Mated by an official of the C. H. • D. here today that the target tender >ad given signals to engineers of both trains to come ahead. The Erie Engine reached the crossing 'first >nd its tank was hit by the passenger engine. The tank was badly demolished and the C. H. & D. engine tufired on its side in the ditch, burying Engineer Harry Clayton of Dayton, beneath it. Engineer Clayton wjs s/alded to death. All other members Xf the train and engine crews are runhurt. The remains of the' dead engineer were taken to Daytou. The unfortunate man was about thirty years of age and was the son of a I former member of the Dayton police dpartment, now a pensioner of that department.'—Lima Democrat. ABE TO HOLD THE CONTROL Policy Holders in New York Life Companies Organize. Scripps-Mcßae Special. New York, July 10.—The international policy -holders committee or* ganized to overthrow' , the present management of the New York Life Insurance company and the Mutual Life Insurance company of New Yojjqj ' effeutwrirpfenSdiHient organizatiSfi at" a meeting here today. AfW the meeting the commission issued an address to policy holders explaining the inception of the committee and outlining its plan of action. Reciting that the voting power has gradually been transferred from the policy holders ,to a few of the executive officers centered, in New York. The address says that it is necessary for the 1,200,000 policy holders to organize without delay, as this year, the law recently enacted affords the policy holders their only opportunity to obtain complete control in one election while hereafter only half of the directors can be chosen in any" one election. THE FRANKFORT TEAM NEXT Will Be Here Thursday and Friday This Week. The Frankfort Base ball club will be here Thursday and Friday and two good games are assured. ..The visitorb are a bunch of gentlemen, know the game and play it from start, to finish. They have won four out of six games with oUr boys, and here’s a chance to even up. Railing will . pitcfii the first game and Johnson the second. Next Sunday the team goes to Fort Wayne to meet the Shamrocks. The fans in that city have long wanted to see the famous Tom Railing pitch and will be given the opportunity. Don’t miss the Frankfort games. MONT FEE BUYS HOTEL Will Operate the Shamrock at I Z Geneva ■- - • / - \ Mont Ffee has closed a ’deal which mukes him the proprietor of the Shiprock Hotel at Geneva. This : building has bee# closed for some time, and the busings men of Geneva w6|-e very anxious fer some one ' to take 4 held of it, asX greatly i help that Enterprising little city. Mr. 1 Fee is a hustling business man, ttior-L oughly accfEapited' with the bWness, j and we hope,\e will succeed ip -this 1 undertaking. Re takes possession at 1 once, and will 'fc’avie everything ] readiness for the\ commercial j by August first. • \ M

CIRCULATION 2800 WEEKLY

NUMBED 19

THE WORK IS TO BEGIN SOON I' yH- ■ - Interurban Company Submits Proposition for Combination Poles for Themselves and City. The City Council met in-special session last evening at the council chambers, Mayor Coffee presiding, and every councilman answering to roll call. The proof of publication for the receiving of bids upon the construction of First street was read and upon, motion of Burns, was ordered spread of record. The bids were then opened and read, there being five all told from the following parties : Hines & Bowin of Frankfort, C. D. Fry of Greencastle, Joseph Derheimer of Fort Wayne, Cal Miller and. Haugk & Woods of this city. The bid of Cal Miller was rejected, owing to t|ie fact that his certified) check that ‘accompanied his bid was' not signed, thus making his bid irregular. The council then upon motion of Burns, went into executive session to figure out the total amount of each bid. Christen moved that the street be constructed of Metropolitan brick. Motion carried, and Martin moved that a sand filler for the same bt used and this motion also carried. The bids after being figured up sffiow* ed the following amounts, on the south part and upon the Berth part respectively : z i \ South Part. Hines & Bowlin |11,439.4T C. D. Fry 9,513.32 Joseph Derhelmer 11,1'66.76 Haugls & Wohds 10,'540.52 North Part. Hines & Bowlin 6,616.43 C. D. Fry 5,567.74 Joseph Derhelmer 6,350.17 Haugk & Woods 6,257.84 ! Total Bld. , Hines & Bowlin 1.... 18,055.90 C. D. Fry 15.081.06 Joseph Derfteiiher 17,516.93 Haugk & Woods 16,798.36 Burns moved that the council accept the bid of C. D. Fry and that he be duly awarded the contract. [This motion carried. The council .then voted unanimously in favor of, the Berea stone for curb purposes. Upon I meinm by Martin, the council adopt - , fed the catch basins as designated in the Vain Camp -Machine Shop\hata- . lo£ue. Burns then moved that the some .patterns of catch basins be used on iiqrth Second street. This motion carried/ The Fort Wayne & Springfield Interurban Railway then submitted a proportion to city, asking; them to join with them in purchasing, high poles to be used by both the railway company and the city in stringing electric wires'!or the city plant apd the wire to be used by the railway company in stringing, wires for electric current to propel cars. Upon the motion of Van Camp • this was refered to the street and sewer committee, who were ordered to report at the next meeting. No other business coming, before the council, they adjourned until next Tuesday evening. Work on the new paved street will begin within a few days, as soon as Mr. Fry can get his material here. f . .« THE POPE MAY VISIT AMERICA Story That He Has Bright’s Disease Is Denied at the Vatican. Rome, July 10.—There is indignation in the Vatican over an alleged diagnosis made by Dr. Brown adeiphia during a casual audience with the pop®. Dr. Brown declared that his holiness was suffering from incipient Bright ’s disease. Dr. Lapponi, the pope’s physician, said yesterday: “It is scarcely important enough to dignify By a denial. His holiness suffers from periodical attacks of the gout ,which causes him considerable pain, but which are not at all dangerindeed they have .been rarer and milder since he became pope than ever before. The only remedies I have prescribed for his holiness are mineral waters and exercise in the open air. There are signs ..that if Pope Pius does leava the Vatican at any time it will be to pay a visit outside of Italian territory and the country destined to /receive a visit from him in that case would almost to a certainty be the United tSates ,especially now that New York is only eight days from Rome, and would involve a railroad journey of little more than an hour through Italian territory.