Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 179, Decatur, Adams County, 7 August 1903 — Page 1

VOLUME 1

(ALMOST ELECTROCUTED Jacob Eady Has Narrow Escape.

INJURIES SLIGHT Accident Occurred on Winchester Street.- His Breast and Arms Burned. Jacob Eady, the city electric light employee had a narrow escape i i from death yesterday morning : 1 while working with a light on Winchester between Adams street i and the Erie railroad. In some i manner the wires had come in 1 contact with the cable by which the < lamp is lowered and the entire apparatus was heavily charged, i The current in following the cable I coils around the drum at the 1

THE NEW BLOCK A Glance at the Plans and Specifications. BUILDINGS WILL BE TWO FEET LESS IN HEIGHT. Must Be Enclosed by November 15, and Completed by January Ist. A representative of the Democrat was kindly shwon the plans and specifications of the new Allison and Studabaker block by Judge Studabaker this morning and a mention of some changes to be made will lie of interest. The contract for reconstructing the block will be let August 20th, bids being received until noon <>t that da.'.. Bids will be received for the whole work or for any part thereof. The north room will be completed within two weeks and ready for a tenant, but has not been rented. The rest of the block will be three stories high and in appearance will very much resemble the former block, but will not be as high by two feet, one foot being taken off on the second and third floor. There will lx> solid fire walls clear to the roof, making three ground floor rooms. The corner room will have an entrance at the north east and this room will be built especially for a banking room, it being a very probable supposition that the Old Adams County Bank will occupy same. The middle room will have an entrance at the north east corner and this room will be 132 feet long and have a forty four foot L at the rear opening on Madison street the same as did the Big store grocery. The north room of the block will be the same as before the second floor to be rented with the first. The second floor of the middle room will likewise be rented with the ground floor. The second floor of the corner or Bank room will be

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1 Ixittom of the pole had formed a powerful electro-magnet and when Mr. Eady approached the pole he was attracted with great force and barely able to withstand the pressure which tended to draw him where sufficent electricity was coursing to cause electrocution. So great was the attractive power of the drum that a wrench or crank which the lineman held in his hand flew to the pole with great force while he stood five or six feet away. Aft er some time he was able to throw himself away but not until his breast and arms were slightly burned. The street current was afterwards cut off and the light fixed so that any further trouble was prevented . Mr. Eady’s injuries are in no way serious and he is able to attend to his duties today, though the escape was a narrow one and he is by no means anxious for a rejx'tition of the terrible experience. Had he received the full force of the shock his death would have been instantaneous.

’ arranged for offices, containing six i rooms, well fitted, light and other convenience. The bank and offices will probably be heated by a hot water system and the other two rooms will be heated by furnace. I The third floor will contain two lodge [ rooms, twenty two feet wide and 132 feet long. The entrance of the offices will be from Madison street just east of the former entrance to the Big Store grocery and there will be no stairway leading from Second street to these rooms. The building will have a complete water system on every floor, will be plumbed and wired for electricity and be strictly modern. The plans were drawn by Herman Eder of Marion, the former architect. ■ The building must be enclosed before November 15 and ready for occui>ancy by January Ist. It will be a handsome block and as good to look upon as was the former one. > IS REMOVED. I Prof. Hamilton of Huntington, Loses His Job. R. I. Hamilton, superintendent ’ t of the Huntington schools has been removed for his indecent and ’ adulterous conduct and the verdict of the school board was as follows: The board finds that the pnxit tails to show that said Hamilton is guilty of committing adultery with either Mrs. Anna E. Griffith or Mary B. Cox, being referred to in the petition. The board further finds that on account of the acts of indiscretion on the part of said Hamilton and the public agitation and controversy, the g«xxl of the school requires that a change in the office of superintendent lx* made, and they now express their determination to select a successor to said Hamilton to assume the duties of the said office on September 1, 1903, or as soon thereafter as practieeable. CHILD DEAD. A nine month old boy of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ford died at tin l home l of its parents last evening about 'nine o’clock. The death of the (child was caused by catarrhal Fever for some time . The funeral will lx> held Saturday morning at ■ ten o’clock at the Pleasant Valley i church.

DECATUR, INDIANA, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1903.

) BRILLIANT EVENT Home of Mr. and Mrs. ■ John Niblick the Scene. THEIR DAUGHTER HARRIET WEDS ARTHUR SUTTLES. 1 1 1 Ceremony Performed by Rev. John C. 1 White in Presence of FiftyFive Guests.

“Twas an evening pure and sweet and the dewy spendor fell”, as the words were spoken that united in mariage Miss Harriet Niblick and Arthur D. Suttles, two I of Decatur's most prominent leaders of society. ‘Twould indeed require poetic gift to fittingly describe the ceremony and beautiful decorations ■ at the Niblick mansion last evening. ■ Promptly at eight o’clock, the bridal party descended from rooms ! above into the drawing rooms and then into the parlor. The groom and officiating minister preceded j the party, and after them followed the bridesmaid and groomsman. The maid of honor followed these and the bride leaning on her ■ father’s arm came last. The party separated before the alter in the parlor. The groom, groomsman bride’s father and the minister remaining on the right of the altar, while the bride, bridesmaid and maid of honor were grouped on the left. The altar was banked with a magnificent mass of flowers. Towering palms stood at either ■ side while near the center were tastefully mingled lilac and fern plants. Smilax, carnations and iroses were arranged about the altar. The bride was given away bj- her father, John Niblick, and the beautiful ring ceremony was used. Rev. J. C White of the Methodist I Episcopal church performed the ceremony in his polished and graceful manner. The bride was costumed in white pendesoi silk. | trimmed with point aplica lace, with puffings of silk illusion. Her dress j was the same one worn by her i mother when married. The bridesmaid, Miss Josephine Niblick, a sister of the bride was arrayed in a beautiful creation of cream viole. The maid of honor was Miss Margaret Vesey of Fort Wayne. ■ She was attired in a costume of i French lawn. The bride carried a I magnflicent cluster of pink roses. i The groom and groomsman each I wore costumes appropriate for the occasion. Bhortly alter the ceremony the wedding supper was served to fifty-five invited guests, including only family relatives At the bride's table the bride and groom sat immediately opposite, the bridesmaid and groomsman. At this table were seated twelve young people, each of whom were cousins of either bride or groom. Near the brides table wore seated at smaller tables, the immediate relatives of bride and groom. The other guests were seated in groups of four in the different minis. In the center of the bride's table was a huge vase, in which was placed the pink roses carried by the bride At either end were smaller vases containing nasturtium and geranium boquets. From the chandelier above the table were stretched four white silk ribbons to the corners of the table, entwined with smilax. A border of ferns encircled the table and the favors were pink carnations. The pink color predominated through the evening. The supfier was three course after which the bride passed wedding cuke to the guests. The cake was done up in small squares neatly tied

with baby ribbon . Concealed in one was a coin, denoting future wealth, in another a thimble signifying thrift, and in another a ring was placed the owner of which was thereby warned of approaching marriage. Mrs. Catharine Champer drew the coin, the thimble fell to | the lot of Miss Hattie Studabaker while Miss Mary Niblick secured the ring. After supper the guests mingled informally in the parlor, and reception rooms. The parlor contained the altar was also cheerily decorated with ferns. In the reception room ropes of maple leaves, smilax and ferns, were cunningly twined about the banister and pillars. The wedding was a family affair and one of the most beautiful of the season. In the library were displayed the many gifts presented to the bride and groom. At eleven o'clock Mr. and Mrs. Suttles left for a two weeks trip through the northern Michigan, after which they will be at home at their cottage in this city. The couple certainly need no introduction, Miss Harriet, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Niblick has long been popular and well known in Decatur society. She is a graduate of the Decatur high school and was a college student at Delaware. Her accomplishments are many and she has a fine musical education. Mr. Suttles is known to all as a young man of merit and hustling business abilities. He has shown the proper grit in all his undertakings and is one of the most successful of Decatur’s teachers. He has been for three | years principal of one of the local schools, and will continue in this position next year. The Democrat begs to join in congratulating the happy couple. Out of town guests at the wedding last evening were, J. W. Vesey and family and Mrs. Edgar Henderson of Fort Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wieeking of Bluffton. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Bosserman of Cincinnati and Miss Alice Studabaker of Lucerne. Missouri. FALSE RUMOR “Red” Fisher Did Not Commit Suicide. Photographs Finished and Sent to Police Circles Over the Country. A rumor was current on the streets this morning that Red Fisher, a prisoner at the jail had committed suicide. There is no truth to the statement and how such a report should become circulated cannot be figured just exactly. He is in good heatlh as usual but seems greatly worried over something. It is almost certain that if he is not wanted for | the murder in Wood county Ohio which is quite probable he is wanted for some serious charge . Photographer Moser finished ten pictures this morning. One of them was kept by Sheriff Butler, one displayed in the Democrat bulletin window and the rest sent to Sheriff Reese. He will conqxtre them with the pictures he has of the murderer and if it is shown he is not the man wanted there, the photos will be sent to the various police stations in large cities and compared with those in the rogues gallery. That he is a crook can be seen by a glance at his picture and there is little doubt but that his crime will lie discovered within a few days. Notice to members of the C. B. L. and St. Joseph society.—There will lx- a meeting tonight at the C. B. L. hull at 8:00 o'clock. Your pre sence is especially requested.

AWFUL WRECK OF WALLACE’S TRAINS ) I Twenty-One Killed and Twenty Badly Injured.

Second Section Dashes * Into First. ) Number of Animals Killed, and the Loss Will Amount to Many Thousands. A I I 1 Special to The Dai'y Democrat. ' Durand, Mich., August 7—Ben i [ Wallace's circus trains collided here ' early this morning,causing one of the most frightful wrecks ever oc-

AN OLD RACKET A • i A Smooth “Fakir” FlimFlammed the People. I Took Him Three Nights to Ge! in , His Work, But He Got There. About fifty or seventy five Decatur people were swindled last night by j the clever grafter who has been selling medicine on Court street I for the last several evenings. I Although his game is as old as the ! hills the people went his way like : fish after a bait and as a result are short just one dollar. Tuesday evening Samuel Daliss and his assistant appeared on Court street and in a short time the people of this city were introduced to Mr . < Daliss M. D. Ph. D. A. B. C. who j was considered by those who knew I him as a learned doctor and a man ' whose integrity was of theimpregn I able kind But it proved to be of about the same strength as the i bottled stuff which he sold. “Condensed water he called it but ( no doubt a close analysis will show it to be pure ruin water with i some bitter suit dissolved therein. lAt any rate the people believed j the talk he claverly gave them and bought of his panacea for he told them that tliey would be doing I a generous act to take home a bottle for their suffering mothers and children. But seeing the medicine was not fast enough for him. last evening he brought in the grand finale to his four nights engagement and left the city this morning. Yesterday evening in the course of his talk hi' asked for | ' several men to loan him their hats and a dollar promising to show them a trick and to make them a 1 present, beveral passed him the dollar and were surprised to find two 1 dollars in their hats when they were returned. That was not a bad investment and upix’ared so good to many that when he made the proposition a second time over fifty hats and a like number of dollars where turned over to the wise doctor. Ho returned the hats, kept the dollar and gave to each a pre

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curring in this section. The second section of the train dashed into the first section causing death and destruction. Twenty-one people were killed out-right, twenty badly injured several of them fatally and a hundred more less bruised. Train master McCarthy of the Grand Trunk railway was killed. Many of the valuable animals were killed and the property damage was heavy, making an awful financial loss. The circus showed here last Saturday and left for Grand Rapids. Durand, where the wreck occured is sixteen miles south of Flint and is 150 miles north of here.

sent which was a bottle of his worthless medicine. He soon left the scene and this morning bought a ticket for Ohio City and left on the 5.25 Clover Leaf train with his big bunch of unearned money. It would be well for other cities to watch for him for he is out for business and is smooth enough to accomplish his object. TRIAL IS ON I Mrs. Reynold’s in Mayor Coffee’s Court. Answers Not Guilty to Charge of Intent to Murder Emma Loser. Mrs. Oliver Reynolds was arrested by Marshal Cordua at her home in Monroe this morning on the charge of aiming a shot gun at Emma Loser with murderous intent as stated in last evening issue. She came to the city with her husbad at eleven o'clock. The trial began at two o'clock before Mayor Coffee, i prosecuting attorney John C. , Moran, representing the state and D. E. Smith the defendant. ' Jacob Loser, prosecuting witness was called first and his daughter next. Both told the story as stated last evening that as Emma was passing through the oats tield Mrs. Reynolds aimed a shot gun at her, butwlunshe saw that it was Emma instead of Julia she broke the gun and took out the shell. She was about two rods away. A man by the name of Meyer was then exaimned and at 3:30 the state rested. Attorney Smith made a motion to dismiss the ease ami at four o’clock the attorneys were arguing that question. CALVIN WITTWER DEAD. After a lingering sickness of over seven months Calvin Wittwer died, peacefuly nt 6:45 yesterday evening, nt the home of his brother, Samuel, one and a half miles west of Berne. He pissed to his desired rest a few hours after telling his nurse, "(), I wish I could die tonight.” The funeral services will Is 1 held nt the Mennonite church Sunday nt o'clock a. m. Innterment will be indue at the M. R. E. cemetery. —Borne Witness.