Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 4 November 1909 — Page 6

One Os the worst wrots which ever occurred in this section, was the result of* collision ot an emigrant train and a freight on the Chicago ft Erie at 5:15 Friday morning, at Tocsin, eleven miles west of thia city. <As a result thirty-six people were injured and the road suffered severe damages, At the hour mentioned, the second sectton of west bound passenger train No. 44 had arrived at Tocsin, where they had received orders to side track for an east bound freight, the second section of No. 80. While the train was standing at the station the freight came into sight, both on the main track. The freight crew saw the passenger and made an effort to stop the train, tut the air brakes refused to work An effort was made to stop the train by the hand brakes and this partially succeeded, but before the freight 4 could be entirely checked and before the passenger train could be backed up, the freight going at perhaps ten miles an hour, crashed into No. 44 with disastrous results. The passenger train as stated was a second section, and was made up of twelve I reaches of emigrants, who had just! - landed in New York and were enroute to Chicago, where they were to be dispersed to various parts of the country. When the smash-up came, neither engine left the tracks, but the jam shoved the baggage car of the passenger train upon the first coach, causing the almost total destruction of that car, and injuring many of the emigrants. The work of rescue began at once, the Tocsin people, including the two physicians at that place, doing all In their power. Within two hours, thirty-five of the emigrants had been taken out all moreorless badly injured. Six of them were seriously hurt, receiving broken legs, arms, ribs, etc., while the others escaped with severe cuts and -bruises. It is likely that at least three or four of the Injured will die. The news was at once sent to Huntington and ji the wreck train bearing physicians '; and others hastened to the scene to i aid in the work. The injured were all taken to the Huntington hospital as soon as possible and will be given the best of care. The other eleven I coaches of the train were taken around the wreck on the side track and

were soon on their way to Chicago. I The emigrants were Macedonians,who come from the north part of Greece and were not the ordinary dirty dagoes. They are a good lot of people, and are said to be expert workmen in certain lines. The scene was one never to be forgotten by the few who gathered. The screams of the injured, the agony of the dying and the frantic cries of the friends who had escaped and were searching for dear . ones and relatives, made the scene a terrible Ohe for those who gathered Strange to say, the members of the two engine crews escaped unhurt, excepting one, Fireman Zimmerman, of the passenger train,who was badly bruised and for a time was believed to be seriously hurt, but recovered sufficiently to aid In the rescue work, though later it was necessary for him to receive attention from the physicians. Five freight cars were derailed and demolished. Two of these' were loaded with sheep, of which | about half were killed outright Theother cars were loaded with mer- 1 chandise and hides. The financial: loss to the Erie will be a heavy one, but could not be estimated today. No blame is attached to either crew, but an investigation will be made of the exact cause of the wreck. . ... ■ o—. ——— L. W. Coppock is off for Cleveland and Detroit on a buying mission for the Decatur Motor Car company, and while gone expects to contract for most of the parts of fifty cars. It is the intention of the company tp manufacture this number of cars, and by the first of January they will begin turning them out at the rate of ten a month. This means that May will see fifty cars ready for delivery, and it will be a surprise party if the entire number is not all sold long before the time limit scheduled for their completion. At the present time it is almost impossible to buy automobile parts and get a delivery. It is right in the helghth of the buying season, and the increase in the demands for this sort of manufacture is enough to make one believe that the next year will be one of the best ever and that the demands will be so great it will be hext to impossible to supply it. The Decatur company propose to get into the swim and it . is not at all probable that before the first fifty cars are complete they will begin the preliminaries of making the next order one hundred cars. • - o- 1 ■ JOHN MAGLEY HAB FIRE LOSS The home of John Magley at Monmouth was the scene of a fire it sit o’clock Friday morning. John had goie over tp his store an hour before and* passed out through the kitchen. At the time mentioned he started to the house to call Mrs. Magley and found the smoke so thick in the kitchen that he was unable to eater. MUb* around |o the front door ha

t broke in the Ussa and aroused his wife and children, who were 4n room almost directly over the fire. A few neighbors aided John and the , blaze Was soon outened. The fire had originated in a closet beneath the stairway. The loss will not be very large. h A o- — Fort Wayne, Oct 29.—The official programs for the ceremonies Incident to the consecration and dedication O' the new Scottish Rite cathedral, of the Valley of Fort Wayne, to be he’d Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, November 16, 17 and 18, as well a3 for the ceremonial session of Mizpah temple, of the Ancient Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine,' at the Oasis of Fort Wayne, to be held Friday, November 19, were issued Thursday and are now being sent broadcast over the country. The programs for the two big events, each distinctly separate from the other; and each of an unusual magnitude and importance, are beautiful works of the printing art and from the press of the Fort Wayne Printing company. With J the publication of the program comIplete, the Masonic orders are ready for the unusual ceremonies which will mark-the dedication week, ceremonies on which the local Masonic bodies are and have been for the past year centering their greatest efforts. When the Scottish Rite Masons have come and gone and the pilgrimarge of the visitors is once more taken up on the homeward journey, the Children of the Prophet, the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Imperial Council of North America, will come over the hot desert sands to* visit the Sacred City of Mecca. Hundreds of the be-fenedi nobles will grace the portals of the oasis of Fort Wayne for these ceremonies to be held on the day following the close of tire dedication ceremonies. A program of surpassing beauty has been issued for the event and Mr. E. H. Merritt, the illustrious potentate of Mizpah temple, has issued his edict —-, 0 ■ ROCHESTER BECOMES CITY Proposition That Town Change to Uri ban Ways Was Carried.

At 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon Rochester became a city, as Vt was at ; that time the county clerk entered the report of the election inspectors in the i civil order book. The election held Monday resulted in a better than two to one victory for the city forces. The majority vote that the town put on city clothes was 233. Within the next ten days the board will call an elec- . tion for the selecting 'of new city of- ; fleers. Owing to the fact that the present wuncitaen’s terms do not ex1 pire until December 31, and they have , much business to settle before the first of the year, the election date will probably be about Dec. 20. Within ten days after the election the new officers will take their seats. As to salaries of the new city officers that is a matter that they fix themselves after they are 1A office. The death of Harry Tribolet leaves ■ a vanacy on the city library board, I and it is a vacancy which will be ■ deeply felt, for he was one of the very (best posted members in every detail 'of the library and it was one of the things that occupied a great deal of his attention. He was always thinking of the library and something chat could be done for it, and much of its present condition of excellence is due to his efforts. He was almost a constant reader and was ever trying io interest others ta reading. He las been a member of the board ever since it was organized under its present form as a city library, first being appointed by the city council and later by Judge Sturgis, and the latter will make the appointment to fill the vacancy. . Part of the members are appointed by the council and part by Judge Sturgis. The death of Mr. Tribolet is the third that has occurred on the library board since its organization in its present form. Mrs. J. P., Hale was the first member of the board to pass away, and Dr. A. E. Springstead was also a member when he died. —Bluffton News. The funeral of W. H. Tribolet, who . was found dead Wednesday morning , at his home on west Market street, i will be held at one o’clock Friday afi ternoon, at the home of his sister, Mrs. E. B. Williamson, on west Mar- : ket street, and the services will be in i charge cf the Rev. W. W. Martin, l pastor of the First M. E. church. ) Burial will take place in Fairview cemetery.—Bluffton News. — o ' Hiram Kraner et al vs. Saluda J. Sailor et al partition, bond filed and ; approved. I The esses .of F- M. Schirmeyer, i trustee, vs. John Schaffer, suit on con- . tract, before Judge J. F. LaFollette, • has been assigned for trial on Thurs- ( day,.December 2nd, answer filed. ¥ ¥ Schirmeyer, trustee vs. De-J I refer Abstract ft Co., aasitar

11 F. M. Schirmeyer trustee vs. .John 1 W. Tyndall and Henry Krick, dins mtesed and coots paid. I -S <— , The National Bank of Commerce vs. Cardwell Box Company et al, note 15,000, before Judge Sturgis, answers filed; change of venue granted; cause sent to Wells county. Bank of Wren vs. Cardwell Box Co. et al, note 36,000, change of ’ venue granted; cause sent to Wells t county. . I Brown, who was divorced only the tenth of last month, does not evidently enjoy single blessedess, for she was again married Friday morn- ! tag by Squire James H. Smith. Her , record is ga unusual one, for she is , now only eighteen years of age. She i was granted a license to wed William t H. Jackson, aged 25, of St. Marys ( township, and was married a few minutes afterward. — Rp. .rxii. GOING AFTER INSURGENT® Washington, October 29.—The Republican congressional catapaign committee proposes to / make war against the twenty-eight Republican members of the house of represents-, tlves who voted against the adoption of the old rules without modification the 15th of last March. "Defeat, them, for renominatton; if that is impossible, try to defeat them at Ore polls," Is tfie command that Is to go out It is Speaker Cannon’s wish that every one of the insurgents be left at home next year. His doctrine is that he would rather have Democrats occupy seats in the house of representatives than to have Republicans who will not answer at the beck and call of his organization. —o ■■■■— Bluffton, Ind., Oct 29.—-At a meeting of the building committee of the Chopson Warren M. E. old people’s home Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Lantis, of Point Isabel, were chosen to. act as superintendent and matron of the home as soon as the new buildings are ready for occupancy. Mr. Lantis is now a local preacher in the M. < E. church. He has accumulated a considerable fortune in past years, however, and his success along ’ that line impelled the board to choose ; him to manage the temporal affairs of ( the home. He will have almost en- ( tire charge of the buildings and the three hundred acres of ground adjoining. The work on the buildings fa i being pushed and the sub-contractors are being impressed with the need of hurry. Recently the board of trustees insisted that the contractor increase the wageg of the carpenters || cents per hour, from 25 to 35 cents, in order that he could secure more < men. The contractor complied. J] > — —• I] A family reunion was held Friday ]' at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. p Meyers, residing ten miles east of the I ’ city. The occasion marked the thir-L ty-flfth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Meyers and the. birthday, anniversary of a son-in-law, S. C. 1 Shumm. During the day much pleasure was by all present The host and hostess are among the best people of the vicinity and before leaving the guests wished them as happy a future as the past had beeß A delicious dinner was Served alt noon. W. A. Meyers, a son, came home from Ipdianapolls to be in attendance at the reunion. Tbe T. B. G. Club was entertained | on Wednesday eventag at the home! of Miss Edna Ehtager at a sewing and etabrojdery bee. A pleasat sort al l time with refreshments were enjoyed. 1 After the meeting ended the young] ladies formed a party and went fe| the dance given by th C.B. L. of u The next meeting is with Miss Od| Fullenkamp. The customary large company o! people attended the pedro party at the C. B. I* of L hall last night Twenty tables of players enjoyed ths game and the dance that followed First ladles* prize was awarded to Mrs .C. V. Connell, and first gentleman’s prize to Mr. Charles Miller. Consolation prizes were awarded to Miss Edith Ervin, and to Mr. John Starost Miss Zoa Miller and sister, Mrs. Charles Loch, will give an afternoon party Saturday afternoon. The occasion will be formal and promises to be very pleasant All members of the Brotherhood of American Yeomen are urged to be present on next Monday night, Nov.] Ist at the hall. There will be'priM tlee on the drill work. Please be | there,-,. ■ /j Mrs, L. G, Ellingham came hopie | Saturday eveplng after an absencel of a week during which time she vis-1 Red the ptate charity board meetings] kt Columbus and attended a business 1 session of the members of the Worn-1 Board at frdfmiifltfo |

Turf iiiTifkpfbHfi Oct* 30 Marshall hat declined to give hlsper- » mission for Mrs. Rae Krauss (Mrs > W. R. Krauss) a life prisoner at ths i women's prison here, to be taken to » Hartford City next Monday to appear before the grand Jury of Blackford county in an inquiry into the alleged : complicity of the woman’s husband t in the crime for which she was coni victed, that of murdering her stepdaughter. When the subpena was received at the prison, Miss Rhodes interpreted it as being a subpena for ; appearance in a divorce suit brought by Krauss, and it was so reported to the governor, who at once issued an order that the woman be taken to i the trial. On learning, however, that the subpena was for grand jury appearance, he canceled the order. The governor’s reasons, as he gave them, for refusing his executive permission woman to be taken before the grfed jury were that the woman’s evidence was not necessary to grand jury action, and that he did not propose, ta view of the fact that she had filed a cross-complaint in the divorce suit brought by her husband, in which she charges complicity on the part of her husband, to run the risk at her appearance in Hartford City being in any way «*®d to prevent her obtaining justice ta the approaching divorce proceedings. W ■ I I. I Bluffton, Ind., Nov. I.—(Special to Dally Democrat)—This city Is excited over the most peculiar and mystifying murder which ever occurred ta this section and so far there ta positively no due to aid the officers in finding the murders. Fred Haag, a butcher, who has lived here for thirty years, was murdered ta his shop at 423 west South street Saturday night at ten o’clock and though his lifeless body laid behind the counter all night and the lights burned brightly in the shop all those hours and the doors stood open an night, the terrible tragedy was not discovered until 6:30 Bunday morning when a neighbor named Charles Ferguson went in to secure I his Sunday meat He found a woman Mrs. Sarah Eddington, standing in the shop, and she had been there ten minutes waiting for Mr| Haag to come and sell her some meat They talked a few minutes and Ferguson started back into the shop to see if he could find Haag. He took only a few steps around the counter when he bund the lifeless body. Officers were notified and a search b&an, but though two young men were taken up they were released, after easily provng alibis. Five shots were fired at Haag and one of them took effect, passing directly through the lower part of the heart and producing instant death. The shots, with the exception of the) one which produced death, were fired wildly. Two of them struck in the floor, one struck the lower part of the counter, and a fourth passed through the base of a bread case sitting on top of the counter and glanced through the shop. This latter bullet ranged directly toward the point where Haag’s body was found, and as it could not be found this bullet may have been the bne which caused death. / ■" 'c\. Mr. Haag’S wife died some years ago and Idler he was married again, but the second wife and her stepchildren did not get along and she has for some tfine lived at her home on the Adams county line, her husband going to see her and supporting he>. She came to Bluffton as soon as she heard ot the crime. Mr. Haag te also [survived by eleven children. Several lof these children were at home at [the time Os the crime and heard the shots, but supposed it was some boys celebrating Hallowe’en and did not go to the shop. They went out on the porch, however, and saw a large man run away along the side of the building. Mr. Haag wm quite well to do and owned a beautiful home on the same lot where his shop stood. Policeman Fox also heard the shots but he likewise thought it was the work of boisterous boys. He says he saw a woman or a man dressed as a Woman rim across the street, Immediately after the shots, then go back and reenter the store, then leave again. Haag was a very secretive man, never telling his troubles or business to any one and this makes it very difficult to find a clue. Jack Monyhan ot this place was greatly Shocked to bear of the tragedy. He had known Mr. Haag for years and had lived neighbors to him. |He add he was quiet and harmless Iman and he cannot imagine what (would induce any one to commit such I an outr&K6* > j . -a, ■ 3 Anderson, Ind., Nov. I.—After havi., haon nnnonsclous since earlv I Saturday morntag State Senator Carlroll K. McCullough died early tan-

I fifty-four ' voars bfa * Hut a e here ever since. After graduating o I from the local schools he entered Derl pauw University, but before the comd iness demanded his attention and he 1 entered the Citizens’ Bank here. Until 1900 he remafed as cashier of the • bank. With the organization of the Liberal Life Insurance company In s that year he was made one of the dlr rectorq and secretary. Since then his t connection with the bank had been > merely nominal. At the death, last i March, of Mayor J. H. Terhune, who > was the president of the insurance t company, Mr. McCullough was unan- -. imorndy chosen to succeed him. For » years Senator McCullough had been , active in every enterprise for the i betterment of thb city. He was a J member of the first vbtateer fire dei partment which the eflty boasted. He 1 laid out Riverside Park and made it ■ a favorite recreation ground. He was ) for years connected with the Madtaon I County Fair Association and was al* , ways a supporter of all athletic eni terprises started here. In politics he was eminently successful. His pollI tlcal career began in 1888, when be ■ was the candidate of the Democratic • party for joint senator from Madison and Grant counties. Owing to the overwhelming Republican majority » at that time he was defeated. In 1907 I he served ta the lower house as the , representative from Madison county and was elected to state senate ' in 1908 and served during the session of 1909. Previously to his nomination for senator he was A candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor ta the conventton which 'nominated Governor Marshall. Senator McCullough leaves a widow and three children, Mrs. Percy Doyle, Neal McCullough Jr., and Miss Mary McCullough. Former Governor W. T. Durbin, a brother-in-law of Mr. McCullough, was out of the city when death occurred, but was called home by a telegram. Senator McCullough stood high in lodge life both in Anderson and throughout the state. He was grand junior warden of the grand commandery, Knights Templar of Indiana, and was treasurer of the Indiana State Reunion Association of Elks. The funeral will- take place Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. — —' —» — The Staters of St Agnes gave a recital at the academy the latter part of last week, the pupils of the sixth, seventh And (eighth grades taßlhg part. Miss Naomi Niblick opened the program and added greatly to the pleasure of those present by playing Mozart’s "Fantasia” She played extremely well In the eighth grade (work. Miss Agnes Kohne followed apd played “Alpine Storm” ta seventh grade work. In the sixth grade Miss. Dale Payne gave a piano number “Pass Dess Fleurs,” Germaine Coffee gave “William Tell” and Miss Elva Zerkle “Poet and Peasant” A musicale will be given by the pupils of the academy the last weak M December. The students of the academy have been well trained and educated in the art of music by their efficient teachers and their recitals are good to hear. The muslcale at the K. of C. ball promises* so be attended by a large audience. At that time Miss Nlbllqk and .Miss Kohno advance to the eighth grade and afplaying their. lon the night of the muslcale they wIU be presented with grid medals. They will, however, continue their attiffip at the academy. The medal represents an achievement that the owner may well be proud of. ■ Calvin Walker aged sixty, aqd s well known resident of Wells county, attempted suicide late Saturday after noon, along the road near Poneto. He , had been drinking heavily and decided to end it all. He had spent the day With a daughter, Mrs.. Shively, near Poneto, and at four o'clock in ; the afternoon his daughter started to take him to his home near Keystone. When they got near Poneto where Mrs. Shively wished to stop] to do some trading, Mr. Walker insisted on waiting ah the outskirts of ■ the town, saying there were some people there he did not ,care to see. The ; daughter did her trading and hurried back to find her father missing from the buggy. She called and got a feei ble response from a ditch some distance down the road. Hastening to ’ the scene the daughter was horrified , to find her father bleeding from a i terrible wound, one on each aide of the throat and one of wMch had sevi ered the exterior jugular vein. He had also inflicted a wound on the 1 wrist, but it was not deep enough to be serious. He was taken home 1 and nhysidans summoned. It was at first believed he was dying kut a ’ message Monday a. m. said that he I I ; - ttat a third .fire.

the big bake oven and when the smoke was pouring from the roof > ta large staed chunks. The company was soon on the scene and prevented i the Are from dotag any particular - damage to the front part of the building. The building was owned by Jacob Martin and the loss win probably be about |2OO, with a small loss to the stock. The fire also did some damage to the next building north owned by John Smith and occupled by the Frank McConnell cigar Store, where the roof was damaged about forty dollars worth and there was some loss to the stock caused mostly by smoke and water. Both places were insured. f To Mothers In this Town. Children who are delicate, feverish, and cross will get immediate reHrf from Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders toe Children. They rieanss the .tomabk, act oa the liver, making a sickly child strong and healthy. A certain cure for worms. Sold by all druggtetatßc. Sample Freeu Address Alfoa ft Olmstead, Leßoy, M. X ; | '■ ■■ 11 ;t —— 'a i .'i '■* - There is nothing dotag ta the marriage license business for George Sy- i lihers and Francis Smith who had fei? a big event were made, but When the parties tried to get a license Saturday, County Clerk Haefltag refused to grant them a license on the grounds - that they are not entitled to same under the laws of Indiana, which prescribe certain qualifications. How-, ever he referred the matter to Judge Merryman, who said he would defer-‘ mine the matter today or tomorrow. The court made some investigations and decided that the action of the clerk was right and so rifled this issued. ’There ar e two reasons, first the parties are not entitled to the license because of the statutory w* quirements, and second, the court said that he believed the marriage vows too sacred to be made a show of as , had (been Mann|ed la this ' case. George Is very much worked up over the affair and says he win take his life unless he can arrange to secure the papers . • — .... —...- Glenn Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith had his right hand badly burned this afternoon while attempting to blacken a stove which contained fire. The blackening contained gasoline, which caught fire and enveloped his hand in flames. Before the'fire could be extinguished the member was badly burned and he was compelled to call on a physician to have the Injury dressed. He was fortunate ta escaping without more sertous injuries.—Bluffton Banner. —iq , . Every Wemas WTR M Intereeted. There iu recently been discovered an aromatic, pleasant herb cure for tabi Owm fenftte wssk* gMs tar Mdl M eta. Sample Free. « Address, The Metter Grey Ca. Leßey. N. TThe ot • fwnw north ot Bluffton was accidentally injured at an early hour this forenoon by a sforil Ou© jrWI 5 p.Z h T t aXaot chicken hawk. Part, of tne load ot .... *n nld dead tree and one of the leaden pellets glanced and struck his wife la the shoulder. was only a slight injury and is no cause for alarm. The affair was entirely accMentaL-Bluffton News. ’ - ■ _ D ~ ta-,.,A Mother Gray’s Sweet Pokers for Children, used ny Motner ur*y, • — - ■ WW taeak Ip in 24 hours, cure Feverishness, Headache, Stomach TrouHm Teething Disorders and Destroy Worms At all druggists. 25c. Samwonnß. ai an u && > pie mailed FREE. Address Allen 8. A * cures hot, tired, aching, swollen, wd y ’batons. “dragglßte°25 O °cta. post accept any wu 0 Piny Ywrr gxpTjen** itoMion, Hosxißtviue, •k-'