Daily Democrat, Volume 3, Number 185, Decatur, Adams County, 16 August 1905 — Page 1

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A NARROW ESCAPE P. B. Dykeman Nearly Struck by Lightning Had Just Stepped from Livery Barn at Rochester when it was Struck. Killing Two Men and Morse. P. B Dykeman. whc resides east of this city, had a very narrow escape from death yesterday near Rochester. Ind., and an experience be will no donbt long remember. Mr. Dykeman who is a traveling salesman, made hrs regular trip tu Rochester Monday, and on Tuesday -ecured a horse and buggy and starred to make a small town south of Rochester, As he arrived near the town a heavy storm approached and he hnrried to get out of the same. When he drove into the town be to the livery stable, where he turned his horse and buggy over to two young men. who were taking care of the same and turned from the barn and started to the hotel; he had gone no further than ten feet outside when a terrific bolt of lightning dazed him for a few momenta. Recovering, he turned to the barn anil on the floor of the stable lay his horse and by its side lay the two young men, all three cold and stiff in death Lightning instantly killed the. trio Fire at once started but by timely assistance was extinguished before any damage was done. His escape was miraculous and had he remained in the barn only a few seconds later he would have no doubt suffered a like fate with the rest. The call was so close that it might be said that be stood on the threshold of death. Mr. Dykeman was so un nerved by the sad accident that he returned home yesterday afternoon isTetter

Miss Hattie Moore Arrives Home Accompanied by Her Father.—Heart Attacks Her Worst Symptoms.— Believed She will Improve. >- T. R. Moore and daughter, Miss Hattie arrived last evening from Phoenix, Arizonia, and from what dr. Moore states, hie daughter is •onsiderably better than when he drived at Phoenix a week ago. liss Moore, however, is still very real, but stood the long trip of two housand miles in a surprising aanner, and claims to be already rowing better in the Indiana atmosphere. As was first stated lias Moore has symptoms of tuber ulosis, but since coming back Mr. Hoort states that, although, she »y have a slight attack of it, he > not greatly worried over this mot, but what worries himself and he doctors more is the action of •r heart, which at times seems to B »«e lieating, and she collapses, laving her in a greatly weakened audition. Mies Moore had two of lose attacks shortly after her dher’s arrival at Phoenix, and hen the doctor informed him of >e nature of the case he made 'irried preparations in getting ftady to come home and started V soon as possible. Mr. Moore ■ft a week ago last Sunday, thus •''king the trip there and back in ■oe days, and covering nearly ■’o thousand miles.

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THE COMMITTEES I Elks are Arranging for Thtir Institution August 24th. The Elks arrangement oomimttee, app anted by exatied Ruler, H L. Conter, and consisting of A. P. Beatty. D E. Smith. J. T Merryman. C. C. Ernst and Thomas Haefhng, met thia afternoon at the office of A P. Beatty and selected the following committees, who will have the proceedings in hand on the day that the local order of Elks is instituted. The Banquet Committee is composed of C. C Ernst, chairman; Burt Lower, George Maddy and E. X. Ehinger. Reception Committee—James T. Merryman. chairman; Charles Teeple. \V. P. Schrock. Charles Adle-iberger, C- O. France, L. A. Holthouse, Isadore Kalver, R. J. Holthouse, Dan Beery and John CMoran Decoration Committee—D. E. Smith, chairman; Martin Mylott. C. D. Lewton, Calvin Miller, Herman Yager, Charlie Voglewede and Charles Christen For this occasion the Knights of Columbus Hall has been secured, and the work will l>e given there. These committees were instructed to get busy at once and report at the earliest convenience, for if the date of August 24th is given for the institution, no time is to be lost. At least three hundred visiting Elks are expected here on that occasion.

TWO WRECKS Robinson’s Show Train Badly Damaged At Brookville.—Collision on Elevated Railroad at Chicago.—Many People Hurt, •y United Press News Association. Brooksville, Ind August 16— Two trains, one of them the John RobitlsOfi circus train, collided here today, both being badly demolished. Many people were hurt. The circus train was enroute here, where the show was billetl for today. The other train didn't know of the circus special. The crews es caped’by jumping. The property loss is <30,000. Circus employes in sleejiers at r rear of train were badly injured, none fatally. •pedal Telegram To The Democrat Chicago, Angust 16—Two trains collided on the 'L‘ ” railroad today with a crash heard for blocks, and for-e that shook the elevated structure and nearby houses like an earhquake Three oars were telescoped and thrown off the sujier structure, a fuse exploded and the cars were set on fire just before the noon rush. Nearly all the passengers and the crew were bad ly injured. ANNUAL - MEETING Citizens' Telephone Company to Hold Annual Election. Secretary Sohirmeyer, of the Citizens’ Telephone company, has issued the proper notice for the annual election of five directors, who will serve this company for one year. The date of such election is Monday, September 4. The present direo tors are F. M. Sohirmeyer, E. X. Ehinger, J. W. Tyndall, John 1 Baker and Henry Hite. The past < year has been a strenuous one in telephone circles, but thiough it < all the Citizens’ company have continued to grow and progress < under the guiding hand of this I directorate.

DECATUR, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST Hi, 1905.

COUNCIL SESSION 1 Arrangements for New Fire Department < — II I ■ 1 a Offer of Peoples A Mollhouse Accepted. I Number of Men to be Reduced.— Other Business. t < i A regular session of the city conncilw as held at the chamber last evening, Mayor Coffee presiding and all members present, but Tee- ’ pie. Minutes of the previou- meet-. ing were read by Clerk McFeeley, | and approved. A resolution that the clerk draw an order for balance due Fred Hoffman for repairs at waterworks station wa« lost. The petition for replating the Henry Krick addition southwest of town was referred to the street and sewer committee upon motion by Mr. j Fordyce. The following propasit ion was then read; ‘‘Peoples & Holthouse agree to purchase a drop harness and to keen a team of | h< rses in readiness to respond to any fire call, and to furnish driver and hydrant, man both night and day; to drain and take care of hose after each tire and keep them wa-h ed and in good condition; to store and take care of tire apparatus; all for the sum of twenty dollars for ■ every call.” Upon motion by Mr. Porter this proposition was accept ed and will go into effect as soon as the drop harnes- oan be obtained. It was decided also that Peoples & I riolthouse give bond for <SOOO for | the performance of the contract. If this is done the three companies which include nine men each, will l>e reduced to five men each, and a meeting of the fire chief and fireim en will,be held soon to decide on who shall retire. The matter of, boiler insurance wns referred tc th<> purchasing committee with iwwef to act. The electrician was ordered to place an electric street light on Mercer avenue, where Grant street j intel?*®**. The improvement of , the pavemefil •* ® 4*. & I. crossing on Monro# street was re- ■ ferred to the s‘reet ootnmittee with power to act. By a unanimous vote the clerk was ordered to draw an order of 9234 to pay the old | Adams county bank interest due on school house bonds. The electric | light incandescent line was ordered | extended to the Krick A- Tyndall I tile mill. A report on the collec tion of poll tax by Ctt/ Attorney Devoes was approved The report of City Treasurer Archbold was I referred back to him for correction On ordinance that everyone using electric lights lie compelled to put I in a meter was adopted on second reading The following bills were allowed: W. J. Archbold, interest, <l3 84; First National bank, interest. 9‘35; H. O. Bowsman. labor, <10.91; A Krunnemaker, labor 15.30; C- & E. Ry Co., freight, ' <109.85; C. L. Meibers. telephone, ‘ <1.20; Old Adams Co. Bank, inter- < est and bond, 9255; John Thomas, ' labor. 96* 85; City Trucking Co., ' drayuge, 93.10; Council adjourned ’ to meet in continued session this evening HAD TO HUNT Booker Washington had,Trouble Finding Quarters.

By Unltsd PrsM News Association. New York. August, 16—Booker T. Washington, who arrived here early this morning found some trouble in getting hotel accommodations, and finally went home with a friend. Today he presided at the fifth annual convention of the national negro business league, which met at the palace garden.

COURT NEWS Two New Cases Filed. Each an Old Judgment. • Atorneys Shaffer Peterson and C. J. Lutz, representing the First National bank, have tiled suit against Frederick to collect a judgment for 9350, rendered against him and Samuel Kinsey and E. C Bradeetian in 1895. The J. J. Case Threshing machine company, through their attorney, C J Lutz, filed suit on a judgment rendered in 1895, demanding <2OOO.

THEY ORGANIZE I Adams County Detective Association Born Will Look Out for Morse Thieves.—A. A. Butier Elected President.— Other Officers. State Organizer D. C. Auglen. of Warsaw, was here today and organized the Adams County Detective Association, the meeting l>eing held at the court room. About one hixa dred members were present aad it is believed this number will be increased to five times that number within the next 'six months. The purpose of the organization is to run to earth all kinds of criminals who injure members of the company. but especilaly attention is to l»e given to horse thiefs The Ad ams County Association are now members of tha National Aasnoia tion. At this morning's session officers werq chosen as follows Pre’idsnf. A. A. Butler; vice president, Fred Reppert; secretary, C. D. Kunkle; treasurer, John D, Nidlinger; Captain, Emil Franz; managing committee, Thomas Dirkens. J. Omlor and Frank McConnell; committee on constitution and iby laws, John Sihnrger, \V. T. Wagner and C D. Kunkle. The ; latter committee met this afternoon to dfaft rule* A meeting will be ) called soon to complete the organii zation. Mr Auglen goes to Bluffton tonight, where he organizes a , similar company. The charter here l is tor ten years. special Train Will Bring Crowds to Decatur During Fair Week. Secretary Kunkle, of the Great Northern Fair Association, informs) us that arrangements hav.s been ! completed for one or round trip! on all railways leading to Decatur for the week of the fair. In addition to this the Clover Leaf will run special trains each day, while the G. R. £I. will run special trains on Thursday and Friday. MORE WERE KILLED i

In Wreck Os Pittsburg Flyer Early This Morning. •pedal Telegram To The Democrat Cory, Pa., August |1«— Only Jtwo passengers were injured this morn ing, when the Pittsburg flyer on the Pennsylvania was wrecked. The train was going at sixty miles an hour when the rails spread, causing the accident. Repcrts said many were killed and the escape is miraculous.

MORNING WEDDING Engle-Mygrant Nuptials Celebrated Today Father of Groom Performed the Ceremony and Happy Couple Left on Honey-Moon Trip. This morning at 7:30 o'clock, at the home Os Mr and Mrs Aas Engle, occurred the wedding of their daughter. Miss Mabel! to Marvey Mygrant. The wedding was a very quiet affiar, no one being present except the immediate lelatives of tne contracting parties, and even their closest friends were kept in ignorance of the event. Rev. W. H. Mygrant of Portland, father of the groom, performed the ceremony. the ring service being used. Immediately following the ceremony a hasty wedling breakfast was served and at 8:00 o'clock the happy young couple left over the Grand Rapids railroad for the north, where they will spend their honeymoon Miss Engle is well known in this city, having for several years past iieen in the employ of Mrs. A W Peterson, a millinery establishment as trimmer. She is a popular young lady and has a host of friends. Mr Mygrant is , also well known, being at present engaged in the laundry business He has lieen in this city tor the past three years, during that time h'ts shown that he is a sterling yonng business man The young couple 1 will bo absent for several weeks, 1 ' when they will return to this city and make this place their future ' home, The Democrat extends congratulations

NO DATE t « 1 Democratic City Committee Hold a Session I A Meeting to Set a Primary Date will be Held Within the Next Two Weeks. The democratic committee held a meeting last evening and for a time discussed an appropriate date for the city primary election. At j first J blush it appeared to those present that now was the time to i make such Dominations, and that Friday, August 25, would be suitable. This date was agned to by the committee and so chosen. The matter was then further discussed, and it was thought that the time was too short to give a “square deal'' to every candidate who mignt want to seek the good offices of the city democracy. In conformity with this expressed feeling the committee annuied its former action and agreed to meet this evening, and at this meeting set a time for a meeting along the last of the month or the first of September, at which meeting the date would be agreed to and announced. This action of the committee is commondable. So far as the Democrat is able to see, the democrats appear hardly ready to enter into a sp'rited contest for candidates, but this agitation will revive them suffi- i oient that when the committee < does meet to select a time, they < will be leady and waiting to nom i inate a representative and winning 1 ticket. 1

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ARRESTS TONIGHT Will be Made for Murder of Miss Sarah Schafer. By United Press News Association. Indianapolis. August 16—Robert Owen, detective, has gone to Bed ford, where he says tonight he will file affidavits against persons be believes guilty of murdering Sarah Schafer. One of these persons has been mayor of Bedford and is very prominent. Henry N. Spaan. who prosecuted James Gillespie said today, he will assist in the prosecution Jat Bedford. He says the evidence is certain ELECTRIC LIGHTS Geneva May Have Such a Plant Installed Milo Kelley had a Narrow Escape from Injury.—Cris Grimm has a Fractured Le«.

(Special Correspondence.) Geneva, Ind , August 16—W. R. 1 Thurston, of Berne, who was in ’ strumental in installing the electric light plant at that place, has asked the town board of this place to * grant him a franchise, permitting him to build a plant here. The ! franchise was read at a meeting ’ of the board last evening, but aj| all the tpeml»«re were p r e 99n t, no action could lie taken cn it, and the matter was continued until the next meeting of the board, which will be in about two weeks. It understood that Mr. Thurston’s purpose is to put in a plant, similar in all respects to the Berne plant. Tuere will be ten street lights and sufficient power to supply the business and residence districts with the incandescent service. If the frnaohise is granv Q( l j* probable that Mr Thurslen will be gin work at oncj and endeavor to get the plant completed before winter There is nothing which benefit Geneva more, now shat the gas has given odt, Add It is h be hoped that the board will see fit I to grant the franchise. Milo Kelley of this place, met with a rather painful accident yesterday afternoon, which, while not serious, will keep him from moving about much for a few days. He was working with some derrick timlier and in some manner the “Sampson post”, one of the heaviest timbers in a derrick, fell on him, striking his left leg just above the ankle. For a time it was thought that the leg was broken, but after a physician arrived and an examination was made, it was found that only the ligaments were torn and the muscles bruised. Chris Grim, living three miles northeast of here, has a fractured bone in his lower right leg which is the result es a fall from a water tank It was a hard fall and he counts himself lucky that both bones of the leg were not broken. WILL DECLINE Harry News Friends Say He will Refuse Good Job. By United Press News Association. Indianapolis, August 16—Harry New declines to say whether or not he will accept the postmaster gen erul ship. Once before he turned down the proposition to enter the cabinet. His friends say he will not accept, preferring the work of the national committee. New is not fond of Washington society life.