Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 240, Decatur, Adams County, 19 October 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME II

THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY 4 Citv Council Agree to Terms for Carnegie Donation

WILL SUPPORT IT* ; 1 Agree to Levy Tax Suffi- ! dent for SIOOO per Year 1 Purchasing Committee of City Council Will Go to Elyira to Purchase Engine and Dynamo. Charles D. Tceple presided a t the regular session of the oity council held last evening. Mayor Coffee being out the city. Every oouncil- i man was present and Clerk Me Feeley’s minutes of previous meetings were read and approved. The most important part of last night’s meeting was the action taken in the Carnegie library question, and a resolution was adopted as follows: “Whereas, Andrew Carnegie has agreed to furnish 110,000 to the city of Decatur to erect a free publio library building, if the city pledges itself by adoption of resolution by the oouncil to support it with not less than SI,OOO per year, and to provide a suitable site, therefore be it, Resolved that said council accept the donation and pledges itself to comply with the said requirements, that they will furnish a site and maintain said library by making an annual levy upon the taxable property of Deoatur sufficient to comply with the said requirments. ’’ The resolution was adopted after the following agreement was presented, signed by E. A. Allen, chairman and C. J. Lutz, secretary of the library committee: ‘ On condition that the common oouncil of Decatur pass a resolution accepting the Carnegie donation of SIO,OOO and agree to support same at oost of not less than SI,OOO per year, said committee do hereby grant said oouncil the free use of the audvtorium of said building for a meeting place so long and so often as as they may choose to use said place. The committee also pledges that in case they fail to secure a suitable site for the library, the resolution of 1 council is to be null and void. Councilman Gaffer fought the adoption of tlio resolution and was the only one who voted “nay. The report of the sewer committee, giving a description of property affected by the Hurting sewer, was tiled and approved. The purchas- t ling committee were authomed to i make a trip to Elyria, Ohio, to ex- t amine an engine and dynamo, c whioh is for sale, and whioli is needed here for the day current 1 proposition. Hereafter hills ul lowed will be paid from their re- 1 spective funds instead of mixing i up, for instance the eleotiio light, water works fund, etc., will he i used to pay expenses of these i plants. After allowing the following bills council adjourned to meet in continued session Friday evening: John Lis he, labor, if) cents; L. C. Holm, pay roll, $10; Oliver 1 Jackson, labor, SI.GO; John Coffee, pay roll, $37.47; Win. Parent, 'abor, $3; Henry Stevens, labor, $-'; Andrew Krunemuker, labor, $33. ' •>; Harry Bowman, labor," 73.50; H. Mayor, briok, $1.76; A. Nan Camp,; supplies, $0.25.

The Daily l )emocrat.

A NEW BRANCH Superintendent Cotton Teaching of Agricultural Course. The State Superintendent of Public Instuction is trying to make the schools more helpful to the oounty by the introduction of a course in the principles of ugnculture for use in the district and township high schools. The education of the country boy and girl has been away from the farm and toward the factory and the city. “The study of history and biography has oreated ideals of greatness that find their expression in city life. The result has been a continual and constantly increasing exodus of the most thoughtful and en terprising young men and young women of our district sohools to the city. The iurtoduotion of agriculture propose# to make the farm the center of interest and to make all its industries, its economics and its science the subjects of thought and study. ” Superintendent Cotton says that while it is not the provinoe of the schools to teach the trados, it is their privileges and duty to put the child in intelligent touch with the life about him. He says that it is not only legitimate bat the very nest pedagogy to use all the means at hand in educating the children. While the schools cannot offer a oomplete course in agriculture, they can offer enough to show the children the value of a knowledge of the Composition of the soil, of tillage, of drainage, of irrigation, of selecting seed, of planting, eto., enough to interest them later in a broader education in agricultural high school or college.

AT SOLO B. J. Tervcer Entertained Friends. A, Holthouse of Jonesboro, the Guest of Honor—A Fine Time. B. J. Teiveer entertanied a few of his gentlemen friends last evening at his beautiful home on Fifth and Madison streets at a genuine old-fashioned solo party in honor of A. Holthouse, of Jonesboro, Arkasnsa, and from all reports of the same a most enjoyable time was had, and Mr. Teiveer showed himself entirely at homo. Several hours were passed away in this manner and the playing was spirited and exciting During the evening a tine throe-course Inuoheon was served, and from an expression passed by one present, "it was the best ever served. ” Music was rendored during the repast and at a late hour all departed, voting Mr. Terveer a tine entertainer. Those present wore NV. A. Kuobbr, Barney Wemhoff, Ed Ehingor, A P. Beatty, George Kinzle, Henry | Bremerkamp and A. Holthouse, ot i Jonesboro, Arkansas.

DECATUK, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER I«.>, 1904.

SERIOUS FALL Fred Braun, Berne Livery Man, Met With An Accident.

Sunday morning at about eight o’clock an accident befell Fred Braun, our popular liveryman of the firm of Braun & Co, which might easily have oost his life and the faot that he was not killed on the spot falls nothing short of a miracle. Fred and his brother, Charley, were engaged in lowering a rig from the seoond floor to the first by means of ropes, they had some planks laid across the opening, which had been sawed out of the second floor for the purpose of installing a modern I elevator that had not yet been put in. The rig was already on the I planks and Mr. Braun stepped on a ! third one which did not stand the weight and broke, causing the rig and Mr. Braun to fall on the solid S brick pavement eight feet below. He fell right on the back of his head and shoulders which rendered him senseless for some time and i might have oost his life. His apparently lifeless form was then j picked up and carried to tho office and later transferred to the home 'of his parents. Medical aid was ! hurriedly secured and it was found that no bones were broken but the muscles of his neck and body were badly wrenched. Mr. Braun was unconscious the greater part- of the i day Sunday, but at the present j writing he is much improved, so much so, that he is able to walk about again. He is, however, still suffering considerably from the | effects. The rig, whioh was a handsome new phaeton,w as nearly a total wreck, both wheels and the shafts being broken off. The rig was only used last summer, and ; was the best one in the barn.— Berne News. HAS RESIGNED Chief Despatcher Lapham of Clover Leaf Goes to Erie. The report published several days ago that Fred Lapham, chief dispatcher for the Clover Leaf, would resign whon the dispatchers were removed from Frankfort, was verified Thursday when Mr. Lapham handed in his resignation to the oompany officials. He has aocepted I a position with the Erie and will be j stationed at Lafayette, Ind. Mr. I Lapham has been with the Clover i Leaf for about seven years and is I well liked by all the men. He was at one time a resident of Delphos. : Two of the dispatchers have been removed to Charleston, 111., and it is said they are working twelve hours a day. As to whether sever- ! al of the dispatchers will be sent to | Delphos is not known by the employes of the road.—Delphos Herald. FATAL FALL Ed Mosure Fell From Oil Derrick — Badly Hurt. Ed Mosure, a son-in-law of Martin Stair, fell from a derrick on the Longs worth oil lease near Petroleum yesterday afternoon and received serious, if not fatal injuries. He was working on the derrick and lost, his footing, falling to the derrioK house below. Ho struck on the bull wheel, whioh was running rapidly ami was thrown nearly into the engine room Four ribs were hrokn and ho was badly bruised in numerous plaoos, besides whioh lie may have suffered internal injuries. Mr. Stair and Dr. Cook went to Bee him this morning. His wife, who is visiting in Ohio, was telegraphed last night to come home.— Bluffton Nows.

POWER HOUSE Work to Begin Tomorrow Morning Oscar Huffman Draws Plans—Traction Company’s Buildings to be Erected at Once. W. H. Fledderjohann, general manager of the Fort NVayne & Springfield road that is now under construction informed us this morning that the board of directors of this road held a meeting last evening and appointed Oscar Huffman , the Decatur architect, to draw plans and specifications for the construction of the power house and car barns to be built in this city. He is to be assisted by \V. NV. Lovell and William Adams of the NVestinghouse company , ot Pittsburg, Pa., who are here and expect, to have the plans completed today, so that work may be started upon these buildings by tomorrow morning. The interurban company have been notified that their dynamos and other electrical engines are at present ready to be shipped by the Pittsburg Arm, and they must thus rush the construction of the power house and other buildings so that the machinery may be set up on its immediate arrival. The engineers are busily engaged in perfecting the plans and all will be in readiness to start work tomorrow morning, and the building will be hurriedly rushed to completion.

IS BOOMING Oil Business in Jay and Adams County— Good Season. The Portland Commercial Review said last evening: Everything seems to be making fir a good season of work in the Jay and Adams couny oil fields during the remainder of the fall. There will be an unusual activity in the Bearoreek and NVabash township oil fields, where the drill now seldom fails to strike something rich. The Colonel Drake Oil company which holds 165(5 acres of leases in NVabash and Bearoreek townships has a big job on its hands but there is little doubt that its working resources are equal to the emergency. For nearlv two years the company has been operating in the two townships mentioned and has drilled fiftv-six wells, everyone of which is a producer. Each well being a good one operations have been worked slowly in any direction from the original oiler. The 1 consequence is that the extensive territory has been slowly covered, [ but now the leases on all untested lands are to expire the first of the coming year. To hold these leases, ovoryono of which is a bright prospect, the oompany must drill at j least one well on each lease. This will be done commencing with the well on the Sumner Franks farm. HEARING TODAY Fred House Arraigned for Murder of Old Jacob Gresley. Fred Honse, who is olmrgod with having caused the death of Jacob Gresley at Monroeville several weeks ago, will have bis preliminary hearing at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon before Justice B NV. Skelton. The charge against House is involuntary manslaughter, lie 1 will be defended by Attorney S. L. Morris. Considerable interest attaches to the hearing.—Fort NVayne Journal-Gazette.

CREATED SCENE David Cline, of Vera Cruz, Caused Sensation on Madison Street. David Kline, a respectable farmer of near Vera Cruz, caused a sensation on Madison street this afternoon by his violent weeping and crying aloud, “Oh Daisy, Daisy,” As may be supposed there is a story behind his queer actions. It seems his daughter, Daisy, loves a young man named Noah Huffman, of near Monroe. The girl’s father objected to the attentions the man was paying to his daughter, and the girl finally left home, coming to this city, where she is now working. The father heard the young oouple were to wed soon. He called upon his daughter and while what happened there is unknown, it must not have been satisfactory, for Mr. Kline went immediately to the county olerk's office where he gave orders that no license be issued to his daughter. Going out on Madison street ho broke down and began his wailing and queer actions. He was taken in charge by trends who cared for him. COURT NEWS Hilpert Case Argued Today—New Partition Suit Filed. The Hilpert divorce oase is being argued in court this afternoun D. B. Erwin appearing for the plaintiff and J. T. Merry man the defendant. Quite a number of the neighbors were present to hear the finish in the oase. —o— A new case was filed in court today by Merryman & Sutton for John Dreyer etal vs Druciila Marker et al, complaint for partition of real estate. —o— Case of state ex rel Netta Meyer vs Harley Smith, paternity charge. Set for trial Friday, October 28. WORD OF WARNING City Ordinance to Be Enforced

Marshall Freen Ordered to Arrest Per sons Who Burn Leaves on Street. Marshal Green informed us this morning that he had received official 1 notice from the council that he j should use all duo dilligonce in { stopping the nuisance of burning of leaves upon the public streets, i Perhaps the citizens of this oity are i not, aware of the fact that there is a city ordinance to the effect that I any one caught in the act ot burning leaves or other rubbish upon tH«■ public highway may be fined, and the marshal stated that from now on he expeted to fulfill his | duty und bring those who persisted in violating this ortlin moe und< r j i the scrutiny of the law. Reports from health officers all over the -fate claim that the burning of leaves is Injurious to the public j health, as it carries hidden germs of different diseases with it. Lust evening was a sample ot how detestlble tliis nuisance can lie, aH the city was filled with smoko, j Marshal Green does not care to | cause any one trouble and desires that everyone take notice of this ordinance and save themselves trouble and expense, but those hereafter caught in this act will be justly dealt with. A word to the wise is sufficient.

NUMBER 240

BUSINESS DEAL H. Hart Sells Lumber Yard Purchased by Klrsch & Selltmeytr, WL» Will Combine it With Their Yard. A deal has been consummated whereby Harvey H. Hart has sold his stook of lumber, feed and coal to Kirsch & Sellemeyer, the well known lumbermen. The contract was signed Monday and the invoice began this morning. The Hurt yards are located near the G. R. & I. railway and has been in operation a year or more. The stock will be removed to the Kirsch & Sellmeyer yards on First street. Though not fully decided, the stock of coal, feed, etc., may be closed out as the Kirsch A Fellemeyer firm are strictly lumber dealers. The consideration has not been made public, but it is no doubt a handsome sum. Mr. Hart has not fully decided what his future business will be. He is a hustler, however, and a popular citizen and should succeed. His large stook of goods added to the already large amount of lumber and building material carried by Kirsch & Sellemeyer makes their stock the largest carried in D ioatur, and taxes the capacity of their immense yards

WERE LOST

Passenger and Freight Train on Clover Leaf Near Bluffton. The Bluff ton News said:, Train No. 1, east bound on the Clover Leaf, due here at 11:57 was delayed between here and Craigville Monday by a freight train which broke down and it did not reach this city until 2:30 o’clock. The passenger left Craigville on time and when two hours had elapsed and no report had been received from it either here or at Craigville considerable alarm was felt and a bad wreck was feared, especially when it was known that a freight train was still out also. A News reporter started out on a bicycle and f jund the two lost trains slowly pulling into Bluffton. The engine on the freight train broke down a mile this side of Craigville and

after it was disconnected the passenger engine had to push the freight ahead of it into town. ARE IMPROVING 1 Erie Fixing Up About The Depot—New Platform. A force of twenty men are today engaged at the Erie depot in eleva j ting the track and putting in lime stone ourbing preparatory to putting in a new platform, which will I ini teu feet wide and extend from i Winchester to Third street. The platform will be built of hard pavI ing briok anil put in for a permanent structure. The Erie people have for many years needed a platform of this description for the benefit of the tr iveling publio and I when completed will ho among the finest in the city. The engineer of 1 the road stated that expert bricki layers would be used so as to insure the perfect construction of the walk. He further stated that the company expected to have this work completed within a week i raady for the public’s use. The depot will also be given a new coat • of paint and several other needed 5 repairs will be made to inako it an attractive place.