Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 194, Decatur, Adams County, 25 August 1903 — Page 1

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IT SEEMS CERTAIN Elwood Slusher Killed at Durand, Michigan.

Letter From Undertaker. Description Received Tallies Completely. Relatives Here and at Pleasant Mills Are Certain He Was Killed. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Botthoff are in receipt of a letter from the latter’s mother at Pleasant Mills, and

WINS AGAIN The Reliance Wins by One Minute. The Second Yacht Race Terminates in Favor of the American Boat. Special U) The Daily Democrat. Sandy Hook, N. Y., —2:00 p. m. —Reliance wins the race, beating the Shamrock two minutes and fifty-seven seconds. The time limit between the two boats is one minute and fifty-seven seconds, which leaves the Reliance winner of the race by one minute. This is the second race of a series of three best out of five. The next race will be Thursday. Wl \ k jV' \ Ok C Ot.rVKR TSETIM A"«r> THE UELIANCBSandy Hook, 11:10 >l. in.—Both boats croaaed tin' line at 11:05. measurement of Shamrock Hl yesterday found her all right and inside the ninety-foot water line. An immense excursion fleet fol lows the racers. Betting at sto 1 on Reliance is well covered.

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' there seems but little question but that Elwood Slusher was among those killed in the Wallace show wreck at Durand, Michigan. The description given to the Pleasant Mills relatives by the Durand undertaker tallies completely and left ino doubt in the minds of the boy’s relatives at least, but that he was killed. In the letter from the undertaker, he said there were eighteen at the morgue originally and that nine bodies had been claimed and taken away. The letter from the undertaker was forwarded to the boy’s father who lives at some point in Ohio, and he will likely either go to Durand, or have the' body forwarded to his home for in-' terment. The relatives both here and at Pleasant Mills are all broken up over the news that to them seems certain as to the fate of Elwood Slusher. While here the boy stayed with his aunt and uncle | Horace Botthoff and wife, and they I used every endeavor to give the boy I a good home and to have him lead ! an honest and honorable life. 1 -■ - - 1 ■■ —

Sandy Hook, 11:25—Shamrock 111 leads by one mile. Strong wind. Lipton has been jubilant all morning. C. Oliver Iselin says little. Rumors of an accident on excursion fleet. Sandy Hook, 11:46—Reliance is! sailing beautifully and now leads by three fourths mile. Sandy Hook, 12:10—Reliance! leads by mile and a half but Shamrock is rapidly gaining. Sandy Hook, 12:25—Reliance I leads by one mile, but still the A | aA 7 1 v I P ~ J? -- -J BIR THOMAS LIPTON AND SHAMROCK 111. Shamrock is gaining. English are enthusiastic. Sandy Hook, 12:30—Shamrock is going wonderfully. English sports are wild. Some offering odds on the Shamrock. This is "Shamrock weather.” Sandy Hook, 12:35—80th boats are lost in a fog. No reports till fog clears. Plenty of even money that Shamrock will be ahead when fog is lifted. Cannot see either boat. Sandy Hook I:ls—Shamrock is ahead. Sandy Hook, I:3o—Reliance has pushed ahead, and leads by threefourths of a mile. Sandy Hook, I:3o—Reliance passed second mark at 1:25. Shamrock at 1.311. Allowing time limit. Reliance is ahead.

DECATUR, INDIANA, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1903.

| NOW IN FORCE. Commercial Club Signs Traction Agreement. In a Few Days a Committee Will Begin Bonus Campaign. At a meeting of the Commercial ■ Club board last night the agreement in duplicate with the Springfield Traction Company was signed. Ways for carrying out the stipulations of the contract were discussed in a general way and within the next day or two a committee appointed by French Quinn will begin an active campaign for the raising of the amount of the bonus re- ' quired. The property owners at I and near the proposed power sta. | tion are taking an active interest i and will come down real handsomely toward meeting the obligation shouldered hj- the citizens of the city. In fact every one—with one exception—seems to lx* in an excel- , lent frame of mind and are now | lending the cause their moral supi port, which later will be substituted by something more substantial. 1 Indications now point to a speedy ' and successful termination of this I effort to locate such an important ! branch of the first electric railway i that has or will favor Decatur. The amount to be given them is a small ; stipend in comparison to the good ' that will be done. Let us unite and nail this proposition to a certainty, and then begin on something i new. ACCEPTED. Root’s Resignation Accepted by President. Governor General Taft of the Philippines to Succeed Root. Special to Daily Democrat. Oyster Buy, N. Y.Aug ?s—President Roosevelt today accepted Seci retary Root’s resignation, presentI ed August 19, with the understand ing that he serve until the first of next January. Governor General Taft of the Philippines, will sue ceetl to the President's cabinet at that time. THE WRONG FELLOW. Homer Kind Will Likely Go Loaded Next Time. The Berne Witness is authority for the statement that the men who held up Homer King, as described in Saturday’s paper, were laying for another man. After discovering their mistake they ducked. Whether true or not it was an exiierienoe in which Mr. King has no desire to have repeated. When he has occasion to cover that territory again lie will probably go loaded to the brim, and the fellow or fellows who interfere with his js-ace of mind, will likely get a hunk of cold lead in the rear end of his jmntaloons.

ASSIGNMENTS MADE. I Conference of the Indiana Methodist Protestant Church Adjourns. In the assignment of ministers to the charges for the ensuing year, the Indiana Methodist Protestant Church sends J. Will Flagg to, Berne, and A. B. Williams to Bryant. Their annual conference was in session at Muncie. The session lasted for a week and was one of the most pleasant in the history of the church, and all reports find the church in a prosperous condition. The conference next year | will be held at Elwood, the fourth week of August. ANNEAL ELECTION Citizens Telephone Company to Elect Officers. Monday Evening, September 7th, is the Date of the Same. — A notice signed by F. M. Schirmeyer as secret'. ”, will be found in this issue and it is in accordance i with the by-laws and other rules and regulations of the Citizens Telephone Company in calling the stockholders of said company on Monday evening, September 7, at which time will be held their annual election. Five directors are to be elected. For the |«iwt two years no election has been held for the reason that every attempt to get a quorum failed. This was a pretty good indication, that generally speaking, the members of the com pany were perfectly satisfied with the management of affairs. This is true this year and it will take several officers of the law to get a corporal guard to this meeting. The directors at the present time are Jeff Bryson, F. M. Sehirmeyer, John D. Hale, E. X. Ehinger and J. T. Merryman. The affairs of the I Citizens’ is in an excellent and healthy condition. Besides having a telephone in nearly every home in town, they have their toll lines to Preble, Magley, Bingen, Hoagland, Fort Wayne, Berne and Linn Grove, besides a country telephone service covering fifteen or twenty miles. This latter will be gradualy extended and in a few years will cover a greater portion of the county. There is no discounting (the pros]M>cts of the Citizens' Telephone Company and thus prosperity is ■ the direct outcome of the good busij ness management. ( WRIST BROKEN. Peter Ehinger, a Cigarmaker, is Unfortunate. Pete Ehinger, an employee at the ■ T. C. Corbett cigar factory, slipjs'd and fell while on his way home last night and broke the bones of ■ his wrist and hand. Ho did not I suspect at the time that his wrist i whs broken, although he knew it was badly hurt and he did not see ; a doctor until this morning. Dr. Costello was called and found the ■ hand so badly swollen that it was > very difficult to handle. The in- ■ jured man is a cigar maker and the i fracture no doubt will be a costly j i one for him. It is highly probable, i that ho will not have the full use of his hand again which will great j I ly handicap him when working at his trade. j ~ . Ill—l •

BEGIN NEXT TUESDAY Decatur Public Schools Begin the rail Term.

HARMONY PREVAILS Our Public Schools Have Bright Future. Much Credit for This is Due the Present Superintendent H. A. Hartman. Next Tuesday, September 1, the public schools of this city begin their fall term under the direction of Superintendent H. A. Hartman. Without wishing to excite any particular degree of flattery we feel it our duty to say that never before to our knowledge have the public schools of this city began a school year under more flattering prosIX'cts. Not a dissenting note is heard from any quarter about anything of vital importance to . our schools. On the other hand the spirit of harmony and the best of good feeling prevails among all those connected in any capacity with the success or failure of school work. The school board themselves are in harmony, and the corps of instructors from the primary departments to the high school give evidence of that same good fellowship that can mean nothing short of bright and shining success. Not all, hut a large sized chunk of the credit for the present happy condition can be traced to fine Italian hand of Superintendent Hartman. He is a genuine success in the position he occupies, and can brush away more rough edges in NEED NOT APPLY No “Dagoes” Wanted on Decatur Street Work. — I Preference to Decatur Laborers Will Be Strictly Adhered to. Work is progressing at a very acceptable speed upon the Fourth street improvement, and by the end of another week the grade for the ! entire street will be complete. That: is, providing against strikes and [ other casualties. Some thirteen j laborers were discharged last evening by the “boss" in charge of the work, and the reasons assigned could not be ascertained. It is current street talk that the object of ' this wholesale dismissal is the ini I tial step toward creating a panic for ' laboring men and to give the con . ' tractor sufficient latitude to import | I cheap ’“dago" labor. According I |to the plans, specifications and con ;

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less time than any one we ever knew. He seems especially gifted in this line. As a teacher and instructor he also takes high rank, and carries in his inside pocket all the collegiate credentials that mean 1 \ B H. A. HARTMAN Superintendent of the Decatur Public Schools. ■as much to a teacher and scholar. But his greatest success is in instructing in away that instructs. In other words it is the practical man that wins the greatest successes, and Mr. Hartman is nothing if not practical. He came here from Trinidad, Colorado, four years ago, and has since won the good will of everyone, especially the patrons of the pubile schools. Previous to going west he was a teacher ■in the Van Wert public a schools, and could have been their superintendent. A larger salary in the wild and woolly west was an inducement that took himself and family there, where they remained several years. But we are all proud of our public schools and in being so, must occasionally look to those who are in command and who in a great measure are responsible for the great educational work being done. tract, however, the engineer in charge has the right to discharge any laborer on the work with cause or without cause. It is safe to predict that surveyor McKean is American enough to lire every imitation of a dago that attempts to set foot on the work. This of course is subject to the approval of the council. They would have to stand back of i the engineer and we take it for I granted that they too are Americanpzed to give their preference to the | home laborers. As long as the de- ; mand for workmen can be supplied here, the agreement in cold type is understood, that they shall be employed. It is human nature to pay us little and get as much as possible, and in accordance with this spirit of enterprise, all contractors I arc looking to the employment of cheap laborers. In this case, it takes two to make a bargain and it will have to tie a ground hog case, before the “dago" gets his ' spade in the Decatur street work. Severely Burned. Dave Wagoner, a plumber in the employ of Charles Yobst. the plumbing contractor, had his face and breast quite badly.burned yesterday wihle at work. He spilled a ladle of hot lead which unluckily fell into a bucket cf water. The lead Hew in all directions and hit his face and breast. None flew in his eyes, however, and with all his misfortune Dave yet considers , himself lucky.