Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 257, Decatur, Adams County, 9 November 1904 — Page 1

IJ JBXT R A EDITION 11 5 A. AA. . -JDIII D7\ily~ Democrat

VOLUME II

STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING

Members of Traction Company in Session Last Night

NEW STOCK ISSUED fort Wayne & Springfield Will Run Cars May Ist Positive Statement Made by President and Other Officials toWhose Untiring Efforts Success is Due.

The Fort Wayne & Springfield interurban railway is now an assured fact, and those who have been agitating the proposition that the road would never be completed will now be obmpollel to retract all former accusations and admit that the proposition and prop >sed improvement is a reality. A special meeting of the stockholders of this road was held yesterday afternoon and last evening, which was presi ded over by W. H. Flodderjohunn, its president, and was one of the most harmonious and best attended meetings this road has as yet held; the represented stock present, being, 1071 shares. The main object of this meeting was to decide upon the issuance of $300,000 worth of bonds, which were to be gilt edge and saleable upon the New York market, these bonds to bear interest at the rate of six per cent, jiayable semi-annually and to be sold at par, which motion was carried by a unanimous vote, and the attorney, W. H. Koenig, ordered to prepare the same. Thisj company has up to the present time issued $147,000 worth of stock and arrangements were made today to sell $153,000 more which will close the sale of stock in this line. With the sale of this $153,000 worth of stock the line is an assured fact and insures the completion of the road, as the managers of the line will now be able to pay foi everything in cash, as this amount will produce sufficient funds, and the work may be pushed more rapidly All woik on the grading of the line has been completed and all bridges set up and ready for use, with the exception of two small ones. Work •on the mammoth power house, which will be 102 feet long by fiftysix feet in width, when completed is well under construction. A special concrete block, twentyfour feet wide by twenty-seven feet long and thirteen feet high, has been built, which will be used for a foundation for the engines. J A ord was received today by Manager FledderJohann that the three 250 horse-power Sterling boilers wore on the road, and would reach here some time next week. The steel. rails, which, however, have not as yet been ordered, will be contracted for next week, allowing thirty days in which to manufacture them and thirty days in which to lay the rails, would mean the completion of the road at a date not later than May Ist, l»05, at which time the managers of the road emphatically deciare oars will be running bet ween this city and Fort Wayne. Under all the existing circumstances the managers of this line are to be congratulated upon their success in this gigantic structure, and when completed will lie one of the beet lines in the country.

LOSING GROUND Indiana will Soon be a ‘lias Been' as Wheat State.

How long will it be before Indiana drops from the ranks of wheat growing states? The state has been losing ground of late years, and the indications are that the yield will lie further reduced. Seed men, who have a pretty good way •of finding out the tendency, say that the acreage of wheat in Indiana next year will not bo one-half , what it was this year. A very libera] estimate of this year's yield puts it at 15,000,000 bushels. If I the acreage is reduced one-half and i the average per acre is no better ! than it was this year, Indiana will not raise enough wheat to feed her i chickens. There are several rea- . sons for the going back of Indiana as a wheat state. Years ago all of the geographies in naming the big wheat states, hud Indiana prettv well up in the list. The oil territory is spreading steadily and naturally the farmers who held oil ‘ lands found that they could reap a better harvest by leasing to developers than by planting it in wheat, subject to the caprices of a fickle .climate. Up in the northwestern ! part of the state the farmers have turned to the raising of onions and i cucumbers on a large scale, and their experience has shown them that their land would return a profit from SIOO to $l5O per acre, something never to be dreamed of from a wheat field. In the central part of the state the growing of tomatoes has been an increasing industry during the past few years, the profits being almost twice as large as those returned by wheat. The development of the coal fields and the clay banks in other parts of the state had a part in reducing the wheat yield.

ATTENDS FUNERAL Miss Copp at Mt. Sterling Today Will Attend Funeral of Her Dead Lover —Girl is Heartbroken Over Affair.

Miss Bessie Copp left last evening for Mount Sterling, Ohio, where she will attend the funeral services over the remains of her sweetheart, Leroy White today. It will be remembered that White, who was a clerk at the Wellington case, Fort Wayne, was found dead in his room at his boarding house a few days ago. Letters were found signed "Bessie," and postmarked this city. For a day the lady was unknown, until Sunday, when she went to Fort Wayne to see her (lead lover. His remains had been sent to Mt. Sterling and to that place Miss Copp went last evening. She is heartbroken over the sudden death of her sweetheart, which she claims was accidental und not suicidal.

BECATIIK, INDIANA. WEHN'ESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 9 1904.

HAND COT Harve Baker Met With Painful Accident Last Evening. Harve Baker, a young man in the employe of he Deoatur Trucking company, had the misfortune last evening of having two middle fingers on his left hand badly bruised and cut. He, together with another employee were unloading several bundles of sheet iron for John Brock, when the end Baker was holding slipped, and in attempting to catch the iron, his fingers, were caught, between the dray and sheet iron, cutting both fingers to the bone. He at once hurried to tne office of Dr. J. S. Coverdule, who properly dressed the same, stating that he thought he could save the fingers. The injury, although quite painful, is nothing serious, other than Mr. Baker will he prevented from his work for several weeks.

DON’T FORGET Annual New England Dinner and Supper at M. E. Church. Yes, of course, the elaetion is the old absorbing question just now. but we have something of interest to tell you that will happen after all the returns are in. The New England game dinner, an annual event given byjthe Mite society of the M. E. church, will be held Thursday at the M. E. lecture room —don’t forget it if you like to oat —and who don’t? A supper will also be given and each meal will consist of chicken, plenty of it, and many side dishes. It will be the event of the season and you will regret it many days if you miss it. It’s the annual New England dinner at the M. E. church.

HAD TO DIG John Stevens Sober Six Months—Then Fell By Wayside. After abstaining from the use of the water that makes you wiggle for some six moons, John Stevens, an employe of A. Tnbman, the interurban contractor, succeeded in getting delightfully dizzy Monday land as a result was taken to jail by Marshal Green. This morning he was was taken before Mayor CoSee. plead guilty to the charge of public intoxication, was fined $5.30, stayed the docket and was released. Stevens said that hard cider was to blame.

INFANT DEAD Little Son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gaffer Barrled Today. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gaffer 301 North street, died last night. The funeral services were held at the St. Mary’s church this afternoon at four o’clock. Interment was made at the St. Joseph cemetery. GRAND SOCIETY EVENT. A society event that ."is being looked forward to with a great deal of pleasure by the many people of this city who have received invitations, is the reception which will be given by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Robinson and daughter, Miss Lucile Franke, at their handsome country home—‘‘The Farm” next Thursday evening, November the tenth. “The Farm” is about half way between this oiiy and Bluffton and several parties have been planned and most of the large livery rigs will be used to take the guests to the Robinson home. The event will be a grand opening for the winter’s society season.

SURPRISED HER Miss BrunnegrafFs Birthday Celebrated Pedro, a Chicken Supper and Other Amusements in Abundance - A Delightful Time.

Monday was the twenty-second birthday anniversary of Miss Veronica Brunnegraff and in honor of the occasion several of her lady friends planned and successfully carried out a surprise party which proved to be a mostdelighful event. Guests to the number of twenty assembled at the Brunnegraff home and as soon as the victim was pronounced to be out of danger, they began to play pedro and after a short series of games it was evident that Miss Tena Sohurger and Lee Martin weft the best players and they were awarded the first prizes. Miss Brunnegraff and Joe Harting were the players who won the b toby prizes. Then came a sui prise fur the guests in the shape of a good, old-fashioned, country chicken supper. There was everything on the tanle that goes with such a supper but it was not long before a great deal of the good things had disappeared. Then came a good social time and it was not until a late hour that the guests left for their respective homes. Miss Brunnegraff was presented with a beautiful watch chain, as a token of the high esteem in which she is I held bv her many friends.

BACHELOR GIRLS Delightful Session With Miss Terveer as Hostess. Miss Anna Tei veer was the very pleasing hostess who enertained the members of the Bachelor Maids' club Monday evening. At her beautiful home she entertained eucher for points, as a very interesting form of entertainment and a jolly good crowd of girls made the even ing one of the most enjoyable that the Bachelor Maids have had for some time. In the card contest the Misses Bert Fullenkarnp and Mayme Brake were given the high prizes, while the booby prizes went to Misses Mary Heffner and Jessie McLain. After the cards, there came one of the most delicious luncheons that one could wish for, and the hostess did not have to tell the guests what to do with it. The next meeting will be held at the home of Miss McLean next Wednesday evening

COME AGAIN Says Rev. Luke to His Surprise™ of Saturday Night. Last Saturday evening about eight o'clock the door knob of the (J. B. parsonage began to turn and presently the door opened eolwly and in walked a stalwart young man from the Union Chapel community, followed by eighteen or twenty of his neighbors and friends, and as is the custom among the friends of preachers they proceedced forthwith to place on the table those good things from the farm so well designed for our needs by the giver of every good. A general nice time was had and all agreed ’twas a good place to be. While latch strings have gone out of date in this up to date community yet B<>me of our doors have knobs on the outside which will turn at a reasonable hour any night to good folks who mean us no harm. Thank you all. Como again. Rev. Luke

RESULT OF ELECTION

Democrats Overwhelmingly Defeated

Worst Landslide in History of Nation Adams County Saved, but Majority is Reduced.—Roosevelt Ru elves 317 Electoral Votes.

At ten o’clock last night it was con-1 ceded that the republicans lead was a victory the greatest landslide in the history of the country. At that hour Alton B. Parker, the democratic nominee sent the following message: Esopus, N. Y., Nov. 8. President Roosevelt: The people by their votes have emphatically approved your administration and I congratulate you. Alton B. Parker. To this the president replied as follows: Judge Parker, Esopus: “I thank you for your congratulations.” Theodore Roosevelt. At 9:30, Chairman Cortelyou, of the republican national committee, issued the following statement: “The indications are that the countr; has given an overwhelming vote of confidence in the president and hie administrative policy.” Before eight o’clock all leading democratic newspapers had conceded that Roosevelt had carried every doubtful state. There are but few green spots, In Massachusetts, Doug lass, a democratic governor, was elected, though the state gave Roosevelt a majority of 100,000. It is possible democratic governors were elected in other places. Roosevelts, victory is greater than McKinley’s. The following table shows how it happened, as near as could be ascertained at thiee o’clock:

FOR ROOSEVELT. states estimated plurality elec vote California 30,000 10 Connecticut 25,000 7 Delaware 3,000 3 Illinois 140,000 27 Indiana 40,000 15 lowa 75,000 13 Kansas 50,000 10 I Maine 30,000 11 Massaehusels 180,000 16 Michigan 80,000 14 Minnesota 80,000 11 New Hampshire 18,000 4 New Jersey 30,000 12 New York 100,000 39 North Dakota 8,000 4 Ohio 70,000 23 Oregon 20,000 4 Pennsylvania 300,000 34 Rhode Island 3,000 1 South Dakota 10,000 4 Vermont 35,000 4 Washington 12,000 5 West Virginia 25,000 7 Wisconsin 50,000 13 Wyoming 20,000 3 Colorado 5 Idaho 3 Moutaua —— 8 Nevada ■■ 3 Utah 3

NUMBER 277

FOR PARKER. Alabama 50,000 11 Arkansas 40'000 9 Florida 20.000 5 Georgia 40,000 13 Kentucky 13 Louisiana 30,000 9 Maryland 8 Mississippi 45,000 10 •lissouri 18 North Carolina 30,000 12 South Car jliua 40,000 9 Tennessee 40,000 12 Texas 300,000 18 Virginia 20,000 12 1 hese figures gives Roosevelt a total of 317 electoral votes and Parker

Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 9. Indications are that Roosevelt has carried Allen county, and every republican officer elected, Congressman Robison is uo doubt defeated. RESULTS IN ADAMS COUNTY At one o'clock nineteen precincts out of thirty one in Adams County gave Parker a majority of 709. the county and state ticket following within a few figures. It is believed the twelve other precincts will increase the majority to somethimg over 1,000. The tabulated vote will appear in this evening’s issue of the Daily Democrat. John W Tyndall will undoubtedly be elected joint senator of Adams and Allen county by a majority of from 5)0 to 1000. In W ashington township, where a stiff fight was made for trustee, it e-ems evident that Andrews has defeated Hite by from 50 to 100 of a majority. In a number of other townships fights were made for the officers, resulting indemocratic victory in most instances. Adams 1 county is still the green spot—and not very D GREEN at that price. A HIGH GRADE

Louis Fulk Passed Examination in Pharmacy

One of the Most Successful Before the Oklahoma State Board at Muscogee.

On the eighteenth of last October Louis Fulk, now employed in the Smith, Yager Falk drug store went to Muskogee, Indian Terri tory. and paused an examination before the State Board of Pharmaoy. The examination was a very stiff one and Lou was not certain of the result until this morning when he received a letter stating that he was one of the most successful of the few men who nad passed the examination. Just now Lou has no intention of going to the territory but whenever he wants to chunge g ho has a good looa tion in view and will not have to go through with a lot of red tape. While in M uskegee ho met Frank France, and he says that Frank is making things hum and is having all kinds of success in the ioc cream business.