Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 99, Decatur, Adams County, 6 May 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME II

NEW COUNCIL ORGANIZES Various Committees Appointed Last Night

EVERY MEMBER WAS PRESENT Certificates of Election Filed by Each H. S. Porter Chairman of Purchasing Committee.—Jlany Bills Allowed. In answer to a special call by Mayor Coffee, the newly elected counol met last evening for the purpose of organizng. Every mem her was present including Albert Buhler, H. S. Porter, Peter Kirsch, Peter Gaffer, C. D. Teeple and S. B. Fordyce. The certificates of election of each mebmer were filed and spread of record. Clerk Hower read the minutes of the meeting of April 10 which were approved. The matter of filling the' tile at all water meters was referred to the water committee with, tower to act. The matter of the extension of the electric light line to Fifteenth street was referred to the purchasing committee. The various committees were then chosen as follows: Judiciary—’Buhler, Porter, Teeple. Street and Sewer—Porter, Fordyce. Buhler. Finance—Teeple, Kirsch, Gaffer. Water works—Kirsch, Teeple, Buhler. Electric light—Fordyce, Kircsh, Gaffer. Fire—Gaffer. Fordyce, Porter. Purchasing—Porter, Kirsch, Buhler. Board ofH ealth—'Porter, Gaffer and Buhler. Bills were allowed as follows: Joseph Smith, labor $ 3 35 E. W. Tyrrill labor 28 70 J. B. Buhler labor 2 50 L. C. Helm payroll 11 75 Jacob Eady salary 45 00 Thos. Haefling salary 50 00 Thos. Baker salary 50 00 H. D. Rice salary 50 00 Clate Dor win salary 50 00 Martin Mylott salary 65 00 Geo. E. Steele salary 60 00 Geo. E. McKean salary 40 00 Jacob Mangold salary 45 00 Amos Fisher salary 45 00 Alex Barnett labor 16 50 Floyd Leßrun labor 15 00 Jacob Martin Com. 5 00 John Coffee salary 45 83 John Thomas labor 99 65 A. Vancamp labor *6 21 Schaffer Hardware Co. 11 86 John Coffee payroll 63 75 D. F. Teeple drayage 11 60 Brittson.M eyers A- Co 1 51 Council adjourned to meet in regular session next Tuesday evening. WANT COMMISSION Claims That Railroads Are Unfair to Shippers. An Indianapolis paper nays: ‘‘A special states that the demand for the appointment of a state railroad commission is not limited to Indianapolis by any means, nor are its champions confined to any part of Indiana. The urgent requests from Indianapolis business concerns for protection against un • air charges and impostions by the railroads are repeated by nearly

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every large shipper throughout the state. The demand for cheaper coal in this city, secretary Riley of the Indiana Shippers association says, is only one phase of a general agitation which is confined only’' by the boundaries of Indiana. Letters have been sent out from the association's offices to every one of the I fifty commercial and industrial organizations over Indiana. As the strong impetus at the first meeting was given by only fifteen of these organizations, it is believed by the officers that concerted effort and the organized strenght of the fifty will be able to carry the project irresistibly forward to a successful end.” BAR RESOLUTIONS Committee Reported This Morning Arrangements Completed to Attend Funeral of Judge Studabaker in a Body. The Adams county Bar association met at the court room at 10:30 this morning and arranged ; to meet at the Commercial Club rooms at nine o'clock tomorrow morning to attend the funeral of Judge Studatiaker. The following j resolutions were adopted: Whereas Our Kind and Benevo- ) lent Father in his inscrutable Prov-1 idenoe and by the hand of death ’ has removed from among us the Honorable David Studabaker, who for a period of thirty one years had ' been an active, honest, honorable, j careful and industrious member of ‘ the Adams County Bar, and Whereas, Judge Studabaker, more than twenty years ago, withdrew and ceased practicing law yet in view of the high regard and great respect which we have always entertained for him, as a lawyer, as a neighbor, as a friend and as a citizen we deem it fitting and proper to express to his family, to his friends and to the public, our great appreciation of his noble character, of his ability as a lawyer,of his fairness and honesty as judge, and of his kind, accomodating and thorough business ways and habits, ) therefore. Be It resolved, That the Adams County Bar Association have learned with profound sorrow of the death of the Honorable David Stu dabakcr of the city of Decatur, Indiana, Resolved, That while engaged in the practice of law Mr. Studabaker ■ was an earnest, industrious, care j ful, painstaking and successful I practitioner, an honest man, an I exemplary citizen and a profound 1 twyer, Resolved, That as a mark of respeot to the memory of Judge Stu- ' dabaker a memorial page be set ' apart in the order book of the 1 Adams Circuit Court on which ’ these resolutionsbo spread of record. 1 Resolved, That the Secretary of this Association transmit a cony of these resolutions to the family of the deceased. R. K. Erwin, 1 I). D. Heller, - Com. R. b. Peterson. ) i

DECATUR, INDIANA, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 6, 1904.

MAKES REPORT Superintendent of Boys’ Reformatory Publishes Annual Statement.

Superintendent E. E. York of the Indiana Boy's Reform school has made his semi-annual settlement with the state treasurer. The amount due from the counties for the six months ending May 1, is ♦ 17,263.71, which is nearly SSOO in excess of the amount for the proceeding six months. Eighty eight counties are represented. The counties having the greatest repre- j sentation during the past six months are Marion I*l, Vigo 37,' Delaware 32, St. Joseph 21, Clark IS, Vanderburg IS, Clinton 15, Lake 14, Tippecanoe 13, Boone, 11 Monroe 11, Tipton 11, Brown, Crawford, Pulaska and Vermillion had no representation during the six months. More counties have been represented during the six months just ended than at any previous time since the organization of the school. Since,last November, the enrollment has reached six hundred boys at two different tin.es. The present enrollment lis 561. Supt. York explains this increase is due more through the laws' enforcement, the vigilance of truant offi oers and the establisment of juvenile ooruts. . READY FOR TRIAL James McDonald to Face Jury in Two Weeks. BLOOMINGTON. IND May 6— The trial of James McDonald for the murder of Miss Sarah Schafer, teacher of Latin at Bedford, is appointed for two weeks hence, beginning on the 16th inst. Both sides medicate that they will tie ready at that time. McDonald is still in jail in this city, and for the last two months he has had nothing to say. He attracts but little or no attention. Since this indictment, under advice of his attorneys, he has refused to talk, and Sheriff Thrasher eports that ho has very little t) say on any topic. He has also apparently lost interest in religious matters, and since the night of his baptism and return to jail he has not solicited a conference with any one along that line. He has also ceased reading the Bible, and he makes no show of interest therein. With the exception of his wife he has re. ceived visits from no friends nor do letters or inquiries come from any one. A week and more will be consumed before the case reaches the jury. The defenes will rely on an alibi. GOOD MEETING

The C. W. B. M. Held Regular Session Last Evening. The C. W. B. M. of the Christian church met last evening ut the home of Miss Sarah Segar on Adams street and a splendid program was rendered. The subject of the evening was “The Attitude of Our Government toward the Mongolian race within our Borders.” The rest of the program included songs and scriptural readings by Mesdames Sarah Fisher, Jacob Buhler, M. E. Art man, Sadie Cawley, Jacob Eady and Miss Maggie Dan iel- The evening was a profitable and enjoyable one TIN WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Holthouse to Celebrate Tenth Anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Holthouse have issued curds announcing that they have been wedded just ten short happy years and that this tin wedding will be appropriately celebrated Sunday evening next, May eighth, at which time a num her of friends will asisst them The invitations are unique, being printed upon paper which is attach ed to a tin card and headed "tin, tin." The event will no doubt be a happy one.

WILL CLOSE Business to Cease During Studabaker Funeral Proclamation to This Effect Issued . This Morning by Mayor Coffee. All business houses will close tomorrow morning during the funeral services of Judge David Studabaker from ten to twelve o’clock as a mark of respect for that honored citizen, lawyer, Judge and banker The old Adams County Bank with which he has been connected for a third of century will be closed during the entire day. The I. O. O. F. and the bar association of this city with representatives from the bars of Allen. Huntington, Wells and Jay county will attend the services in a body. Upon a request from a number of Decatur buisness men Mayor Coftea this morning issued the following proclamation: “All business houses are requested to close during the funeral hours of Judge Studabaker, which will be held Saurday morning at ten o’clock at the Methodist church. This action is taken as a mark of respect for our esteemed citizen and pioneer business man, whose death casts a gloom over the entire city.” D. D. Coffee, Mayor. SOCIAL DAYS

High School Program is Complete Graduating Week Will be a Busy One - Receptions and Other Events. The invitation' of the commence- ' ment of the Decatur High School I class of 1904 will be sent out tomorrow. The exercises will be held at the opera house the evening of May 20th, two weeks from tonight and the class are busy arranging for same, which as usual means an entire social week The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by Rev. E. A. Allen at the Methodist church Sunday evening, May 15th. On the evening of May 19th the class day exercises will lie held at the high school building and the public are invited to attend. The Juniors class reception to the graduating class will be given at the Trout home, May 13th. Immediately following the graduating exercises the class will hold a reception at the I. O. O. F. hall. Besides these events several other social meetings of the class and their friends will make the days from now until June Ist pass rapidly. SPRING OPENING Schafer Hardware Store a Busy Place Today. Today and tomorrow are busy days for the Schafer Hardware* Company, the occasion being a grand spring opening. They will give away a numtier of handsome and valuable presents, one drawing to take place this evening and one tomorrow. All during today their big store has lioon crowded and buggy, machine, paint and hardware mon direct from the various factories are assisting the clerks in explaining the merits of the largo stock of gods.

SUPREME COURT To Decide Recent Act Which Lengthens Terms of County Officers. The act of the last session of the legislature etxending the terms of certain county officers was held unconstitutional Saturday by Judge West, of the Montgmery county circuit court at Crawfordsville. The decision was in a case venued from Hendricks county, wherein John E. Vestal, treasurer, asked that the chairman and secretary of the county committee be restrained troni placing the name of a nominee for treasurer on the ticket this fall. The case will be appealed at once to the supreme court Both state committees are interested in having the matter settled. The law was passed at the urgent request of a big lobby of county officers, who intend to resist the decision. Judge West decided that, the law is not only unconstitutional, but not in the interest of the public. THE LINE UP Rosenthals as They Appear This Year Twelve Men Selected to Meet the Gelinas at Steele's Park Next Sunday. After worrying striving and fretting for several months over the I'ne up of the Rosenthals Base Ball team for the coming season and having great trouble to disi criminate among the good men that | tried out, the mangement now thinks that they have picked twelve men as that is the regular number that will be carried trhoughout the entire season, who will represent this city as she was never represented by a like organization before we mean by this by a home talent team throughout and the management desires to say right here that they thank every candidate who came out and tried so hard to make the team and further desire to say that those who were not so fortunate to ut this time make the team may be called upon later to assist in keeping the honors in this city and not to become discouraged as their time is sure to come some time. A meeting was held last night and the men were thoroughly instructed upon signs and other essential things that are neessary pertaining to a game and each and al] are ready and anxious to get into the fray and lower the colois of the enemy at any and all times. Man ager also outlined his policy of running the financial end of the game and all were perfectly satisfied with his views. The following are a list of the men aud how they will line up ut the first game against Celina on next Sunday B. France, pitcher; Pennington, catcher; Farrell, first base;O. France, second) base; F. Peterson, third base; Linn, short stop; DeVnney, right field; Meyers, center field ; and (’. Peterson, left Held; with Coffee, Baldwin | and Johns as utility men during this gme. BURIED TODAY The Funeral Services for Baby Meyers Held. The remains of little Robert Meyers were laid tenderly to rest this morning, at a beautiful spot in Maplewood cemetery. Rev. E. A. Allen conducted appropriate services from the home at ten o'clock. The sail death of this little child who met death Tuesday Iby drowning in a cistern, has cast a gloom over the many who knew and loved the bright tittle fellow.

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A GUSHER Big Oil Well Struck Near Willshire Is Flowing Fifty Barrels Per Hour and Operators Are Enthusiastic. The oil well on the Cully farm, in Willshire township, is the find of the year in this coirty and, it is likely, that if actual measurements could be procured its equal has never existed in this or any neighboring county. The well flows continuously and is producing fifty barrels of oil an hour. The flow started when the drill reached a depth of twenty five feet in the sand and was so sudden and forceful that the fires under the boilers had to be so quickly extinguished that the tools were left in the bottom of the hole. The first tank was erected yesterday afternoon and the valuable fluid was turned into it with the result that two hundred and fifty barrels were confined at the end of five hours. At least fifteen hundred barrels wasted on the ground before tankage oould be pro. ! cured and the loss in this manner ) continues in a degree owing to inability to procure tanks fast enough had tools to shut the well in. The great strength of the well is demon- | strated by the fact that the flow is I continuous, not at intervals as is usually the case when the oil is forced to the surface by pent up gas. There is very little water not so much as is usually sought to keep the hole clean. The owners of the property are on the ground and are rushing the tankage and other means to save the production. The strike is sure to be a boom for the Willshire field. The township already has a nice product on and is certain to become the meoca for many new companies.— Van Wert ) Bullnin. TO PORTLAND The Traction Road May Go Straight South. W. H. and B. A. Fledderjohann and John H. Koenig of 'he Ft I Wayne & Springfield Traction Co. I were in the city last Friday even- . ing. conferring with the business men, relative to extending their Fort Wayne and Decatur line to this city, via Barne, Geneva and Bryant, following the G. R. &1. right of way instead of building via Chatanooga to Celina Ohio. They were much pleased with Portland and the matter will be discussed at a meeting of the directors, to be held this week. If the Portland route is decided upon the line will be constructed this summer. The Dayton, Union City and Hunting ton promoters were in the city, Friday, and went over the proposed route,Saturday.—Portland Sun. JUNIOR RECEPTION To be Given at Trout Home Next Friday Evening, Invitations have been issued for the High School Junior Class reception to be given in honor of the graduating class of 1904. It will be an enjoyable social affair and will be held on the evening of May Thirteenth at the home of John Trout on Mercer street. The Jun ior class include the following members,” Jesse Sellemoyer.John Trout, Raymond Kneff, Dick Blossom, Agnes Kirsoh, Rose Smith, Leota Gilpen and Veda Martin. The class motto is “Get there Eli" and the members are the kind who believe in the motto. The reception will no doubt be an enjoyable social occasion.