Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 265, Decatur, Adams County, 16 November 1903 — Page 1

VOLUME 1

CIRCUIT COURT IN SESSION Grand Jury Began Work This Morning.

M. L SMITH IS FOREMAN Court House a Busy Place Today. Indictments Made bv Special Grand Jury Made Public.—Other Business. The November term of the Adams circuit court convened today and the firs t duty of Judge Erwin whs to charge the grand jury. This he did in regular form and appointed William Wisner as bailiff. The jury went to work at once at the Sheriff's office, the body including the following citizen's of the county. E. M. Ray. Martin L. Smith, William Sellemeyer, Jacob Drake, NOSE BROKEN. Frank Oldiges Had Narrow Escape. Was Badly Hurt While at Top of a Fifty-Foot Telephone Pole. Frank Obliges was quite badly hurt Saturday evening and had a narrow escape from more serious injury. He is employed by the Telephone Company and was at work at the top of one of the l<oles on East Monroe street, when a heavy pair of tongs he was using "dipped and sturck him a terrific blow across the face, breaking his nose and almost rendering him unconscious. An ugly gash wa» cut across his face and had he not been belted to the pole he would have no doubt fallen to the ground. As it was ho managed to hang on same and finally got to the ground. He was almost too weak to stand and staggered as he walked. He went to a physician and had the wound dressed and though unable to work today will be alright soon. WILL SHUTDOWN. Waterworks Plant Will be Turned Off Tomorrow Morning. The water works plant will lai shut down tomorrow morning about eight o’clock for the pur|xise of repairing and cleaning the pipes and boilers. The exact time not known but will be announced by a long blast of the water works whistle a few moments liefore shutting down.

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Emanuel Hart and Andrew Jackson. The two first named were put on this morning in place of Jacob Kreps and Oris J. Stuckey who failed to appear. Martin L. Smith was chosen foreman and by tomorrow business of importance will begin. The seven misdeameanor cases returned by the special grand jury were made public this morning and are as follows: State vs Samuel Kuntz, obstructing view, two cases, same charges two cases each against Martiz Ehrsam and John Reineke, state vs George Marty, allowing minors to play Jpool. A criminal case entitle State vs Blanche Richardson, larceny was filed this morning and a warrant issued for him. He is the negro in jail for robbing his friend at the Burt House. Other business in court this morning was as follows: Nicholas Barger vs Wililam Lee et al, partition, commissioner order ed to file hi" prt within ten days. Alfred Baumgartner vs Cora Baumgartner, divorce, dismissed and costs paid. Nicholas Gasser vs L. W. A. Luckey and James M. Rose, seperate answer filed by Rose. The court house was a busy place this morning, as besides circuit court and grand jury the selling of the Holthouse ditch was on at the auditor’s office and insanity inquest at the clerk’s office. ISSUE PASSES. Big Four Company Good to Purdue Students. A report from Lafayette is to the effect that the Big Four railroad is showing special favors to Purdue students persumably to counter l»lance as much as possible the terrible wreck at Indianapois. Passes to Indianapollis and other points were given to those who want to go to see any of the injured and it said that the road is now completing the matter of giving pisses to all of the students who were on the wreck, the said passes to be good for passage over the Big Four during the time they are in college at Purdue. A Bluffton party in Lafayette says that it is thought very likely that this matter will be carried out and the passes given although it has not yet been done. If such a thing were done Oddie, Neff, Fred Rogers, and Walter Baumgardner would get passes for four years. AFRAID OF IT. Mrs. Sprunger Wouldn’t Stay on Farm With Nitro-Glycerine. The Saturday evening Bluffton Banner said: Dave Soldner, of Berne, was in the city today attending to some business matters. He informed a Banner rei>orter that the oil well on the Abe Sprunger farm gave evidence of being a fine producer. When first drilled in the oil flow over the top of the hole. The well was to have been shot this afternoon if everything went according to schedule. Mrs. Sprunger went away from home early this morning. The lady had never seen an oil well shot, but she hail road the paper and knew that nitro glycerine was a dangerous mixture. Therefore, she would not take chances and refused to stay on the same farm with the deadly stuff.

DECATUR, INDIANA, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1903.

WAS KNOWN HERE Isaac Wilcox, C. & E. Conductor Dead. Was in Business in This City With Mr. Hammel Many Years Ago. Issac Wilcox, one of the oldest and best known passenger conductors on the Chicago & Erie railroad, died in a sanitirium at Chicago Friday afternoon. Mr. Wilcox was a large, robust looking man and as he had not been ill death comes as a great surprise and an unwelcome shock. Mr. Wilcox had been off duty several weeks and but recently returned from a visit to Buffalo, N. Y. Friday afternoon he suffered a stroke of paralysis at his home and was taken tc a sanatorium where he died a few hours later. He was well provided for in this world’s goods, as he owned a block on State street, Chicago. He leaves a wife but no children. Some time ago Mr. Wilcox purchased an automobile and wishing to keep the matter a secret from his wife until he learned to run it conseqently he said nothing to her about it. The machine was kept in a convenient place and whenever the opportunity presented itself he would slip over to Waosh avenue to speed it. He had just about gotten it so that he was not afraid to run it and was counting on giving his wife a very pleasant surprise. Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox owned and lived in their own property in the vicinity of 64th and Union avenue. Mrs. Wilcox’s maiden name was Miss Ham.— Huntington News Democrat. Mr. Wilcox was well known here ha ring ,I at one time a number of years ago been a resident of Decatur, when he owned an interest in a saw mil) the firm being Hammel & Wilcox. A BRANCH YARD. Kirsch & Sellemeyer Open Yard at Hoagland. % Ed Kceneman Will Have Charge of the Enterprise, and Building Began Today. Kirsch & Sellemeyer will open a branch lumbar yard at Hoagland at once and the buildings of same were began this morning. Mr. Sellemoyer, of the local firm went to that place and will personally superintend the construction of the yards. A car load of lumbar is on hand and invoices for a half dozen more have been received. By another week, a good supply of lumber of all grades may be found in the hustling little town of Hoagland. Mr. Ed Koeneman will have charge of the new enterprise. While it is not the intention to put in a mamoth stock of goods at once, by spring then the yard will be up to the average usually found in towns several times the size of Hoagland. Kirsch & Sellemeyer are business men who know all the ins and outs of their trade and the new concern will be a success. They have been planning same for sonic time and have been urged by the citizens of that locality to make the present move.

JUBILEE POSTPONED. Will Occur Next Thursday Evening. The Presbytberian jubilee which w’as announced to occur Wednesday evening has been postponed until Thursday evening on account of the Methodist Missionary convention. At this jubilee a banquet will be served and reports of the building committee who will account for every cent entrusted to them, is to be made. WERE EXAMINED. Rural Route Carriers at • Monroe. Three New Routes to Start From Berne, One Each From Monroe and Decatur. The rural route business in Adams county seems to be on the boom just at present and complete service begins to looks like a possibility of the near future. It is beleived that Route number seven out of Decatur will be started within a few weeks and about the same time at least four other routes will be gin in Adams county, one of which starts from Monroe and three from Berne. An examination was held for carriers at Monroe Saturday afternoon and five applicant were i examined, they being R. E. Gill>en, Hazel Andrews, James Andrews, Wililam Roe aud Jerry Martz. The examination at Berne will occur this week and there are said to be several desirous of obtaining each job. The routes we are informed will begin some time during the month of December and as near the first as possible. It is probable that by this time next year Adams county will be almost completely covered by free mail delivery. ARRIVED TODAY. Colonel Ferry of Tacoma, Washington, is Here. Colonel Ferry, the man who made and named 1 acoma, arrived this afternoon at 1:19 for a few days visit with his mother, Mrs. Ferry and his sister McMiPeu. Bb is consul to iranco ard er-otito I to that country now. His visit here was announced in the Democrat last week. TO PREACH HERE. Rev. Parlier at Methodist Church Next Sunday. At the Methodist service yesterday Rev. White announced that Rev. B. Earl Parker, of Chicago, will preach in this city next Sunday. Rev. Parker is well known here having recently married Miss Genevieve Hale, an estimable Decatur young lady, and ho will no doubt be greeted with a large audience Real Estate Transfers. A. J. Moser et al to Paul Gerber pt lot 239 Berne <3OO. David Studa.hiker to A. P. Hardison lot 396 Genova #IOO. John W. Hendricks to Z. O. Lewellen pt sec I Monroe tp 35 acres SMOO,. Z. O. Lewellen to W. 8. Smith lots 71 72 and 73 Monroe |I.OO. Z. O. Lewellen to W. 8. Smith 14 acres of sec 4 Monroe tp 12,000.

A BIG ONE. Place & Co. Have a Monster Turkey. Are Doing a Rushing Business at Present Supplying the EastTrade. The J. W. Place packing com- | pany have taken one of the largest turkeys ever raised in this or any other county. It is a Bronz gobler and weighs forty-four pounds, and will be sent to New York City where it will be used as a display sign in one of the big poultry retail stores. This company is doing a rushing business just at present and Saturday evening they shipped nearly 10,000 pounds of dressed turkey to the eastern market. This amount will be duplicated at least twice this week and the firm are certainly doing their share toward supplying Thanksgiving dinners for the New Yorkers. They recieved a notice Saturday to place a price on 500 turkeys weighing from ten to eighteen pounds each, for the Wells, Fargo Expiess Com pany, which annually presents to each of their agents a turkey and a libreral supply of oysters. SOLD AGAIN. Peter Holthouse Ditch Contracted. Three Ditch Sales Took Place at the Auditor's Office Today. It now seems probable that the Peter Holthouse di'Ch will be constructed. The second attempt at contracting took pace in the auditor's office this morning before a full house. he number of bidders equaled those at the first sale, and ' as knocked ofl to the lowest bidder, Martin Shady got stations ero to twenty seven, at SSS. M. Reiten our got stations 13 to 15, 365 to 39 496 to 521, 521 to 547, at a tot tl of $650. Nathin Ebrnian hid in stations 261 to 287, at sll7, and Ernst Slickman got the balance for $5,225. The total cost of construction amounts to $6,077 but $77 more than the lowest hid at the former letting at that time the next lowest bidder was $6,800 so over S7OO was saved by a reletting of the whole ditch. From the expressed opinion of those familiar with the class of work, the contract for this gigantic piece of ditching is very reasonable. Two other ditches were also contracted the main ditch known as the W. H. Parr ditch was contracted to Josiah Engle for $1,975 and the branches to W. N. Smitloy for $136.35. W. E. Fulk, was the lowest bidder on the uncompleted Rohrer ditch, This bid being S6OO. Held Consultation. Dr. Keller and John Lose were at Salem, yesterday, where Drs. Keller and Christy held a consultation concerning the nature of the illness of Mrs. Sarah Tyndall, who has been sick for some time. The result found was catarrh of stomach and bowels.

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OPENS SATURDAY. New Bowling Alley on South Second Street. Mr. Jackson of Ohio City the man who expects to put in the bowling alley here informs us that he has leased the building formerly occupied by G. W. Archbold and Son and will at once proceed to fit it up with the proper pharaphanalia and will be ready to open his place of amusement to the public by Saturday night. Mr. Jackson is a thorough business man and will un- * doubtedly do a big business here. FATAL FIRE. Three Killed in Big Blaze —Awful Loss. Lord Kitchner Meets With Bad Accident at Simala, India. Special to the Daily Democrat. Cleveland, O. Nov. 16—Three fireman killed by falling walls at the destruction of the car barns of the Cleveland Electricßailway com - pany today. A hundred motor cabs consumed. Biggest fire in years. Loss is $500,000. The dead are Robert Duffy, James Schweda, Robert Reed, three others badlyinjured. Special to Dally Democrat. Simala,lndia, Nov. 16—Lord Kitchiner had his leg broken in two places by his horse becoming frightened and dashing him into a wall tuunell. VIOLENTLY INSANE Mike Brunnegraff in a Pitiable Condition. Brought Here From Rochester—lnsanity Board Met This Morning. Michael Brunnegraff, a young man twenty-two years old was adjudged insane by a board composed of Drs (E. ( lark. D. D. Clark and J. M. Miller aud S quire James H. Smith, which met at the clerk's office this morning. The young man’s condition i- serious he being quite violent. He has been in Chicago several months and returned Friday. His friends noticed bis queer actions at once but did not think he was as bad as he was. He left here Saturday morning going to Rochester where his oondi tion seems to have become more violent and officers here were notified. They went after him bringing him home last evening. The insanity board reccommoded his admission to East Haven hospital where lie will be token in a few days. At the station at Rochester he became very unruly refusing to get on the train unless John D. Rockefeller was on too. Being assured he was th >re Mike boarded the train without further trouble. He is well known, having lived hero all his life.