Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 255, Decatur, Adams County, 4 November 1903 — Page 1

VOLUME 1

CLUB’S BUSINESS SESSION. Meeting of Interest Held Last Night.

adopt resolution Begs a Peaceable Adjustment of Sewer Question Hospital for the County and Other Questions Discussed by Members. A very important meeting was the regualr monthly session of rhe Decatur Commercial Club last night and several questions of the utmost interest to our citizens in general were discussed. One of these was the question of getting a lower freight rate on coal which is fifty cents higher here than in other gas belt cities. The committee promised to do some good work on this proposition at once. The opportunities for a county hospital to be located here were discussed.

WAR OPENS. A Columbian Ship Kills Chinese at Panama. One Killed and Nineteen Injured, Four Fatally, in Colis'on at Kansas City. Washington, D. (J., Nov.4—United States Vice-Council Ehrman at Panama cabled the state department under todays date that Columbian government warship Bogota is shelling the city. Eleven Chinese have been killed. Ehrman has been instructed to protest against the bombardment. Kansas City, Nov. 4—-One person killed and nineteen injured, four of them fatally in a collision between cable cars on an incline 12th street during a fog this morning. Name °f woman killed is Emma Homer. MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Meeting of Importance Tomorrow Afternoon. The Womans’ Home Missionary of the Methodist chruch MU meet tomorrow afternoon at two o’clock at the home of Mrs. I). E. Scott. The subject will lx> ‘‘The Treasury.” A good program has tx'en arranged and the presence of s.'ery member is requested as busi 1088 of importance's to bo discussed, sure and attend.

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The need of such an institution is undisputed and the project will be encouraged as much as possible by the club. It is said that over 14000 has been spent by Adams county citizens in treatment at the Fort Wayne hospital and this sum would certainly go a long way towards keeping up such an institution here. We need and should have a county hospital. The next matter taken up was perhaps at this time the most important to the citizens of Decatur whether we exactly realize it or not and that was a unaminous argeement that the Elm street sewer affair should be settled in some just and right method. The club while not desiring to dictate believe that such a Jlawsuit as is now pending cannot help to injure the credit and check the spirit of improvement and growth now so apparent in Decatur. In view of that fact the following resolution was proposed and carried by a unnanimous |vote: "Be it resolved, that this club as an organization and the individual members thereof exercise all honorable endeavor with the persons having charge of and authority in the matter of the Elm street sewer, to prevail upon them to early ascertain what is right and just among all )>arties interested and promptly settle same to the interest of the city and the good of its citizens.”

TWO DEATHS. Infants Died This Morning After Short Illness. Henerietta Omlor, little three month olii daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Omlar died this morning at the home on Jackson street in this city. The child had been sick but a short time and death was due to cholera infantum. The funeral services will be held Friday morning from the St. Marys Catholic church. Interment at St. Joseph cemetery. Lena Gilbert, year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Gilbert of Monroe township died this morning. Baby Gilbert had been ill for a month and the immediate cause of death was gastrites. Little Lena lacked but four days of being a year old. The funeral services will be held Thursday morning. Interment at the Kay cemetery. THAT TEST WELL. A Defective Casing Delays Work a Few Days. Work on the Baughman oil well is laid up for the repair of a leakage in the easing, but it is expected to have this repaired and to resume work by Saturday. Lime stone was reached at sixty feet and the drill is now abou> four hundred feet on its downward course. The interest in the result of this test is still the subject of much speculations and interest, especially among the owers of land in that vicinity. It is truly a wild cat test, and f something good results the company will come out of the deal with velvet to burn, other wise they will lose the cost thereof and the time consumed in drilling the hole, It is hoped that fortune will smile upon their efforts, as the future of many men would be materially changed thereby.

DECATUR, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4, 1903.

REGULAR SESSION. City Council and Their Routine of Business. North Fourth Street Sidewalk to be of Brick Next to Curb— Bills Allowed. An important regular session of the city council was held last evening with Mayor Coft'eej and all members present. Minutes of pre vious meeting were read and approved. A petition signed by B. J. Ter veer for the side walk along fourth street from Mor roe to Marshal streets to be of brick, five feet wide and constructed next to curb, was referred to street committee, who reported favorably and same was ordered. A report was tiled by Eugene Christen which said that the improvements at the water works had been completed according to specifications and contractor Huffman was accordingly allowed the price agreed upon with extras amounting to <2,641.20. Bills were allowed as follows: Eugene Christen labor <35, M. J. Mylott pay roll <219.93, Krick & Tyndall <145.26, L. A. Graham insurance <23.45, Clover Leaf <32.40, John Coffee salary *<45.12, D. F. Teeple drayage <4.35, H. Botthoff <2O, John Thomas <19.50, Blackburn & Christen <3.40, Citizens Telephone Co., <12.80, Cal. Miller |lo®.Bo, J. D. Hale <43.35, Henry Coffee <5.85, John Green <1.50, Geo. McKean <77, Amos Fisher salary <4O, Geo. Steele pay roll <218.25, Sunday Creek Coal Co <182.30, L. C. Helm <23, Jacob Mangold <4O, National Carbon Co., <73.50, Knapp Supply Co., <151.05, Ft. Wayne Oil Co., <29.37. The city engineer was ordered to give the exact grade on Fourth street for side walks. On motion Jacob Eady was allowed full time for his work October. Upon motion by Weaver salaries of the night policemen was raised to <45 per month. A resoution was adopted that the finance committee be authorized to make a temporary

loan to defray city expenses and take up outstanding city orders. Council adjourned.

HIS WARNING.

Dr. Hurty and the Small Pox Question.

While no cases of small pox have been reported in this county it may be well to pay some attention to the following warning: “The winter small]K>x epidemic is just beginning,” says Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health in an Indianapolis interview. “Os course I cant say nothing definite about it until I have made my report to the board,” said he. “In Brazil there are two bad eases in the schools and four or five light ones. It is the light cases we fear most. They are given little attention usually and little caution against contagion is Liken. If all the cases were more severe there would not be so much danger of the spreading of the disease. We have set all the machinery going in Bra zil, and I think there will be little trouble to take care outlie epidemic there. “Smallpox is now present in nearly a dozen counties of tho state. Davis county has it and the disease is boginning to show itself in many places where it was pre valent last year. Indianapolis so far has been lucky. The disease will not bo so rampant this winter as it was last year. Great care should be taken all over the state.”

BON TON CLUB. First Social Meeting is a Grand Success. The Bon Ten or Unlucky Club met last evening in social session at the home of Miss Anna Martin and proceeded to show their friends that they were thoroughly oragnized as they played pedro and everything went off smoothly. The first prizes were won by Miss Rose Tonnelier and Mayme Voglewede while Miss Lollie Meibers and Miss Clara Lange had to console themselves with the booby, but up to this time we have been unable to ascertain what they were as the girls refuse to disclose any secrets of the club. I During the evening a two course ' luncheon was served which the girls did justice to, and ut the eleventh hour the girls adjourned to meet again next Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Maude Christen. NEW CASE FILED. Sheets’ Partition Suit in Circuit Court. Attorneys Erwin & Erwin this morning filed a new suit in circuit court entitled John G. Sheets vs Mary Daugherty, John Daugherty, Ora Sheets, Onala Sheets and Orpha Sheets. The suit is one wherein a partition of real estate is asked for. The summons was made returnable November 23 This is the first new case filed within two weeks past., though previous to that time they were filed thick and fast. SAW THE WRECK. Fred Patterson Writes an Interesting Letter. Tells of How the Joys of Indiana Students Were Turned to Sorrow. Fred Patterson who is attending I college at Indianapolis has written home the story of the awful Purdue special train wreck which occurred there Saturday. In part he said: “You know the Indiana and Purdue football game, the greatest game of the season for this state, was one long looked forward to by nearly every person interested in athletics and especially was it eagerly looked forward to by the students of the two schools and the people of this city. Saturday, the day of the game, was an ideal day I bright and cheery and every body I was in the highest of spirits. The stores were decorated with Indiana's colors, red and white, and Purdue's colors, the old gold and black. All you could hear people talking of was the great football game. The special train bearing 100 Indiana students arrived about 9:30 a.m., and soon their college yells and songs could be heard evreywhere. Headed by the college band they’ paraded the streets and finaly went to the Union station tb meet their antagonists, who, as you know, never arrived at the stat ion. While everything was lively down town, one of the worst disasters that has ever occurred near hero, happened in the north end when the train bearing nearly ton hundred Purdue students collided with cut of coal cars. The news of the wreck spread quickly and soon the scene down in the city was changed from one of happiness and pleasure, to one of mourning." Then follows the story’ of the terrible scenes and awful sights us have been told in former accounts. The plotter was indeed an interesting one.

lan explosion and fire. Death and Destruction in City of Montpelier.

THREE LIVES LOST Awful Accident Results From Careless Act. ( Young Man Attempted to Start Fire With Gasoline and Explosion Follows. The dead: HARRY GLETZIER. GROVER GASS. Wounded: HARRY WARD—WiII die. j MILT CROZIER—WiII recover. A disastrous explosion and fire occurred at Montpelier at four o’clock this morning in which two j men were killed, and one fatally in- i 1 jured and an other slightly hurt. The scene of the accident was at | McDonalds livery barn on East

ABOVE AVERAGE. “The Darkest Hour" Pleases a Lar<e Audience. Lincoln J. Carter's great scenic comedy, “The Darkest Hour "showed last evening at the Bosse opera house to a large and enthusiastic audience, and from all appearances ■ of last night’s performance will re--1 main before the footlights for many years to come. There was ’nothing ■ dark or gloonii’ about the play but ■ one that tells a lovable romance in an interesting style. The plot jvas well laid and the lead was carefully played by Lou Miller who is an actor in every respect and the whole cast has been carefully self cted and ■ play their parts with enthusiasm and intelligence and as if their whole ' heart was in the play. As a reality I special mention should certainly be I given Charles A. Gardner as Fritz ; Hoffmiere as he kept the house in an uproar from start to finish. Manager Bosse was surely fortunate in securing a company of this ability and should they ever return to this city they will be greeted to a full house. THE C. W. B. M. Regular Meeting Announced for Tomorrow Evening. ■ The C. W. B. M. of the Christian church will meet at the home of i Mrs. Arthur Fisher on North Fourth I street Thursday evening at 7:30. i All interested in mission work are invited to attend. Tho program I will be as follows: Prayer for our : country, ; Scripture lesson; Song; ' Circle of Prayer; Pa]>er,"Our Home Field, Dr.M. L. Holloway; Reading. > The Christian Womans Board of i Missions as a factor in America’s Evangelization, Mrs. Florence Buh i lev; Discussion of paper Song; Busi i ness period; Offering; Closing Prayer.

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High street and the explosion was caused by a young man, Harry Ward, employed at the stable, trying to start a fire in the stove by using gasoline. There was no oil in the stable and Harry decided to risk gasoline. A companion, Milt Crazier tried to stop him but Ward refused to listen to the warning. Crazier attempted to escape and got just out side the doors when the explosion came. He escaped with but sliglr injury but Ward was terribly burned and will die, it is said. Almost instantly’ the big frame barn was wrapped in flames and the Randal saloon next door soon ignited both buildings with all contents being completely’ destroyed. It was at first supposed that Ward would Ibe the only one to loose his life but soon it was discovered that two oil men from Marion named Harry Gletzite and Grover Gass, had driven into the barn late last night and had made themselves comfort able in the hay loft. That part of the building burned so rapidly’ that escape was impossible and their chared remains were found in the ruins about eight o’clock this morning. The loss will be about <IO,OOO with partial insurance. Seven horses were burned together with an automobile and many valuable rigs. For a time the entire city was threatened with destruction but the , flames were finally subdued.

SAW THE DEER. , Corson’s Pel is Grazing East of Town. Again the deer that escaped from ' the fair grounds during the fair this year was seen yesterday by a young man named Henry Loche J about two miles east of the city on the Studabaker farm. Mr. Loche was driving in with a load of corn to his stable when he saw the animal feeding quietly with the rest of the cattle. Ho stated that ho was within thirty feet of it and that it didn't seem inclined to be frightened at all. It is now possible that it may be captured in a few ' days by its owner. COURT ITEMS. Statistics of Business in the State of Indiana. State Statistician Johnson has ' compied the statistics of the circuit courts of Indiana for 1903 from June 30 to December 1. On June 30,99,882 eases were pending in the i circuit courts, while during the six months following 1,066 cases were filed. The whole number of cases i disposed of during the half year was 8,216. The eases pending in ■ the circuit courts at the end of the year numbered 12,133. Executions to the number of 104 were issued during the period while in the same length of time three were 14 decrees ; The records of the Indiana courts during the six months show that 311 presons were declared of unsound mind. This figure does not record tho persons declared insane who were examined by a eommis. sion before a justice of the peace. Vigo county leads tho list of insanity eases with 22;('ass county comes second with 11; Marion county has only 10 on tho court record for I that period show that no persons were declared insane in the counties of Jay, Clinton and Jackson.