Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 281, Decatur, Adams County, 7 December 1903 — Page 1

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PHYSICIANS OFFER SERVICES Drs. Clark and Miller to Battle Typhoid.

FEVER PLAGUE AT BUTLER, PA. — Decatur Doctors May Leave Tomorrow. Enlisted in the Worthy Cause This Mornin*.—Nearly 1200 Patients. I Heroes are not only those who offer their lives upon the field of i battle or who do other acts sensaational,which are heralded over the ■ world in an hour. Thousands of people do valiant work in the , humble walks of life, requiring just as much bravery and valor as it does to face the cannon mouth and still no one save a few friends ever know or realize the facts. For several weeks the worst seige of typhoid fever ever known has been i raging in Butler. Pa., and now the list of those afflicted has reached over 1,000. Many have already sue- : cumbed to the awful disease and scarcely an hour passes that death is not reported. The plague has assumed such proportions that a call for nurses, physicians and $50,000 i has been made to check the calam- 1 ity. For this cause two of Decatur’s best known physicians today . "ffered their services and have completed arrangements to leave tomor-

A RECEIVER. Erie Railway Rumor Causes Talk. Said That the Transfer Was Made Saturday.—No Reason Assigned. Disquieting rumors were much discussed around the Erie shops and "ffices yesterday. It was rumored that the Erie was to go into the hands of a receiver and that the time set for the transfer is today. Mo reason was assigned, the only basis for the talk being gossip from the railroad columns of metropoli ’an papers. The quarterly reports of the road have been most favorable and show decided gains over last year for the same periods. The recent cutting of the mechanical force has been explained by the statement that the appropriations were not sufficient, to maintain a *ull force all the time. Huntington ' 8 interested in the report from th. fact that a receiver any change the ontire policy of the present manage ment. Retrenchment in expend!lures might mean that the work in *ho shops would be reduced to the ininiinuni and other disagreeable things done that would materially •'ffeot the local business. However, the rumor may not he true and it is hardly philosophy to cross a bridge before it is reached. There is a

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■ row morning should the call come. They are D. D. Clark and Dr. J. IM. Miller both of whom have had j wonderful success in treating ty- , phoid. They sent word this morn- ; ing that they were willing to give j their services a month for the cause j and now await a cull which no doubt will come'tomorrow or within l a few days. Five physicians who I have enlisted in the fight were yes- ■ terday stricken with the disease and the condition is now more alarming than ever. Butler is a city of 18,000 population. Last evening a subcommittee reported to the executive committee on the fever conditions relief work, etc. The resume shows that the total number of fever eases reported up to Sunday morning was 1,186 and the total number of deaths resulting from typhoid 33; that there were three cases of diptheria and three of scarlet fever under quarantine in the town, which is above the usual number in a city of 18,000 people; that about 200 families had received aid and that orders amounting to approxiamtely 125,000 had been issued for this purpose ; that 100 trained nurses have been employed by the committee; that two hospitals had been estabIshed ; that the total expenses of the week until Sunday morning amounted to $5,000 ;that there were enough funds available to carry on this ' work for two more weeks. They ' stated that they had been warned by the state board of health and by Dr--. French and Houston to prepare for a struggle of from six weeks to three months with the epidemic. A fund of at least $50,000 and perhaps twice that amount, they estimated, would lx* necessary, and that to raise this amount all voluntary contributions would be recieved and used in the work.

feeling of unrest and insecurity among the employes of the Erie in j this city. It is hoped their fears are not well grounded. At any rate the public will know in a few days if any important moves are to be made.—Huntington Journal. i WILL DEBATE. Preble Teachers vs Kirkland Teachers. A Literary Event Scheduled for Friday Evening at Manlev. An entertainment of more than i ordinary interest will occur at the public school Maglcy, Friday evening when the teachers of Kirkland township will debate with the tcachi res of Preble township, the subject i being "Resolved, that the United i States has a good record." The ,! Kirkland taechcrs say "yes," the i Preble teachers "no" and the question is to be decided definitely. ■ Mayor Coffee of this city has been chosen us one of the judges. A big . crowd is sure to bo present and the i event will be a very pleasant one. > Besides debate a further program ■ has been arranged including a play entitled "Breaking the Bank." by school number six. Quite a num d her of Decatur jxuiple will attend ~ ( | 1( , evening's entertainment which 11 is sure to be good.

DECATUR, INDIANA, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1903.

PAID FINE. Mike Englehart Gets the Usual Dose. Mike Englehart was arrested last evening by night Policeman Fisher for being intoxicated and becoming hilarious upon the pubilo highway. He was given the free use of the jail until this morning when he was brought up before’Suqire Smith who, hearing the evidence and knowing the law governing such cases, found the defendant guilty and fined him one dollar and costs, amounting in all to nine dollars and eighty cents which Mike promdtly paid. GETS FACTORY. Willshire Secures a Big Canning Factory. Will Employ One Hundred Men.—slo,000 Stock Sold in the Little Town. Special to The Daily Democrat Willshire, O.,Dec.7—At last Willshire has secured a new industry. Through the efforts of C. E. Defter, of Van Wert and Capt. Silver of Chicago, 110,000 has been raised with which to secure a combination canning factory. At Friday night’s meeting all but was raised and by ten o'clock Saturday this amount had been secured. The factory I will be located just opposite the | Willshire Milling Works, north of j the Clover Leaf tracks. One bun-; dred shares of SIOO each were dis- ' posed of. Work was slow and about seven weeks were spent in i working it up. The building will be erected at once and put in operation as soon as completed. From 75 tc 1 ■..*.<• n will be employed during the rush and the factory will be operated the year round. The actual cost is $1)600. Willshire is justly proud of her new industry and it is by far her greatest boom this town ever enjoyed. DUNBARS TONIGHT. Pleasure Assured for Holders of Tickets. The Dunbar Quartet and Bell Ringers have been eminently successful in their engagement during the week just past at the 20th Cen tury Chautauqua Assembly. Their quartet singing, solo work for flute and 'cello and their playing on the bells have been greatly enjoyed. Their voices blend admirarly, are naturally very musical and they sing in good taste. Their bell ringing approaches the marvelous, for they obtain wonderful effects and give a really muiscal performance —Peoria (Ill.) Herald Transcript. Second number of C. E. lecture course at opera house tonight. A Repair Shop. Jacob Miller & Son will open a new business house in the Noah Ark buildng on North Second street. They will do a general repair work, including carpentering, upholstering, in fact they will be equipfied to repair any article of furniture. Both num arc mechanics and will no doubt do a flourishing business.

AN AWFUL BEATING John Short Seriously Injured in Fight. Let* Broken, Ankle Dislocated and Kicked Into Insensibility. John Short, bar tender at Ed Johnson’s saloon, is lying at his home in a very serious condition, the result of a fierce tight in which he indulged last evening with a well known young man as his opponent. It seems as though there has been an old grudge between the boys which culminated in last night’s affair. Hot words led to blows and rather severe ones at that as Short has a broken leg, a dislocated an ale and severe wounds and bruises on his face and body. Short was standing on a step when his assailant struck him knocking him down and kicking him into insensability. Dr. Clark was called to the Beery & Holthouse barn where the injured man had been carried and dressed the wounds. The small bone of the left leg is broken, the right ankle dislocated and his condition is most serious. At noon today Short had not regained possession of his faculties and some fear of his brain being injured is expressed by the physician. The police are keeping a close watch on the young man who administered the beating and his ar rest will occur probably this evening, the charge depending somewhat on the result of Short's condition. We cannot give the young man’s name until after the arrest is made. The affair has been kept very quiet and the fight was witnessed by only a few people. A NARROW ESCAPE Miss Fletcher and Mother Have Close Call. The Well Known Dancing Teacher Unconscious From Breathing Gas Fumes.

Miss Loretta Fletcher of Fort Wayne, who is giving dancing lessons to a large class here, had a very narrow escape from death Saturday night and the story as she tells it is as follows: She had been at Peru attending a dance and returned home about nine o'clock. Finding her mother in bed Miss Fletcher proceeded to turn down the gas which she knew would come up during the night, but she failed to turn the damper in the stove which caused tho gas fumes to escape into the house. After retiring she remembers nothing until she awoke to find herself being worked over by two or three persons. Undoubtedly her mother and self would have died had not her brother catno home at a lute hour and detecting tho odor proceeded to open all the windows and to make an investigation, finding the above results. Miss Fletcher says it was a very narrow escape and she is thanking her lucky stars that her biot her appeared when he did. She is feeling the effects yet but arrived today and will give her regular dancing lesson tonight. Miss Fletcher will also give a Peanut Frolic tonight after her regular dancing lesson, everybody invited.

IN TROUBLE. Frank Miller Arrested on Serious Charge. Frank Miller, bus driver for the Murray hotel is in very serious trouble, and is at present traveling under a S2OO bond. He was arrested Saturday evening by Marshal Cordua on a paternity charge preferred by Mary Lucile Gessinger, to whom a child was born Friday. Miller was arranged before 'Squire Smith, plead not guilty and was placed under bond to await his hearing which is set for Saturday January 2. Mr. Miller is quite well known as is also the young lady. THE MESSAGE. Transmitted to Congress Today. General Wood’s Appointment as Major-General.—Other Offices Filled. Special to Daily Democrat, Washington, D. C., Dec. 7—The president’s message was transmitted to congress today and is in usual form. He congratulates the country on achievements of the year. He speaks of capital and labor, government receipts and expenditures, financial situation, imigration, naturalization frauds, pubile land and postal frauds, need for treaties, Alaskan boundary, relations with China,development of Alaska. Phillipines and Porto Rico, preservation of forests, civil service rules, army and navy, Isthmian canal, repudia tion of treaty by Colombia, revolution in Panama, etc. Special to the Daily Democrat. Washington, D. C.. Dec. 7—President today sent to the Senate the nomination of General Wood to be Major general and 167 other officers dependent upon Woods promotion; also the nomination of Dr. Crum to Ixi collector at Charleston. The appointments were all dated at time of original appointments and are regarded by president as recess appointments. FOUND DEAD. Old Newspaper Man is Dead at Bluffton. Col. E. W. Anderson, aged seventy six, at one time celebrated all over the United States as a newspaper correspondent, was found dead in his room at his broarding house at Bluffton yesterday morning, by Elmer Stars, a newsboy, who roomed at the same place. For the past year the colonel had been employed as a typesetter in an office in Bluffton. He claimed his only living relatives were two stepsons living in Decatur, 111., where the colonel formery had charge of the Decatur Dispatch. Anderson was correspondent for the New York Herald previous to and during the civil war, also a war correspondent in the civil war, and was Washing ton Correspondent for the Herald and London papers. He claimed to have made thirteen trips to Europe us correspondent, made a trip: around the world and to have been , in every state in the Union. Hi'! was graduate of Mary and William , College.

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IN SESSION. I . Commissioners’ Court Now Busy. This Was Road, Ditch and Liquor License Day. The regular monthly session of the board of comimssioners, and the last one for the present calendar year, began at their room at the auditor’s office this morning. The viewer's reportson the two West Washington and one East Washing- ■ i ton macadam roads, were approved. No i emonstrances were filed I and Tuesday, January 5, was set for the day to receive bids for their construction. Trustuee Rupright asked to have several macadam roads accepted and this was done i in the regular way. The viewers on the highway petitioned for by J. W. Flesher, icported that they found the proposed road of no public utility and this report was concurred in. Liquor licenses were granted to T. E. Shell and E. E., Young of Geneva, Walter A. Hunt of Linn Grove, and C D. Murray jof this city. Bids were opened on i the extension of the Decatur and Bluffton maedam road, that of Samuel Butler being $3573 and Cal- | vin Miller $3543. The contract was awarded the latter at the price specified. The construction of proposed ditches created a lively interest, the remonstrators on the Christian Zehr petition, whilch hud previ- | ously been dismissed, had motion recorded asking for judgment for costs. The absence of County Attorney Lutz caused the board to settle this on Wednesday. A motion to dismiss the P. J. Bryan petition was hotly argued most of the afternoon, but this was overruled. A PIONEER DEAD Charles H. Fuhrman Goes to Reward. Sick But a Few Days.—The Funeral Arrangements. Charles 11. Fuhrman, a citizen of Adams county for half a century, a man well known for his honesty and entegrity, died at 4:30 o'clock Sunday aftrenoon at his home on North Fifth street. On Monday previous he first became ill, the ailment apparently being the grippe. Neither the family or physician were greatly alarmed until the last of the week when it became apparent that pneumonia had developed. He sunk rapdly and the end came Sunday afternoon. Ho would have been seventy four years old Tuesday had he lived and his long life has been a busy and useful one. His wife proceeded him to the bettor land three years ago, as have two children. The rem lining children are Mrs, N. A. Loch. Mrs. S.ifa Hudnctt, Samuel F.. JohnT., Mrs. Frank Jackson, Ossian; Mrs George ('. Bailey, Mrs. 11. A. Reppert, Benton, Oklahoma; Mrs. W. ;W. Foreman, Logansport. The remains may be viewed by friends i from nine o'clock Tue .lay morning until five o’clock p. tn. Tho fun- ; oral service will beheld from tho i Evangelical church Wednesday iif|tcrnoon at on > o’clock.