Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 141, Decatur, Adams County, 10 June 1907 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume V. Number 141

INDIAN TEACHER Glen Falk Accepts Position in Dakota DURING HIS COLLEGE VACATION Such a Responsible Place for a Lad of Seventeen is Certainly an Enviable Record. John Falk is in receipt of a letter from his son, Glen, who is attending the Yankton, South Dakota college, stating that the term expires Wednesday. Glen has been there since Jast September and is doing fine is evidenced by the fact that he has been employed to teach an Indian farming school at Wakonda. South Dakota. He will have charge of twelve Indians, and he will no doubt have all that he can take care of this summer. Next fall he will resume his college work, however, and before he bids adieu to Yankton college he will have completed a four year course. This is a course that if more of the boys would pursue, we would have better educated and more industrious men in the country. Ttfls boy went to Yankton with the determination to assist his father in paying his school expenses, and before and after school he does work, that not only helps pay his expenses, but also keeps his mind on business and teaches him to be industrious, both of which are essential to the young men. Teaching an Indian school at the age of seventeen is a record that very few people have and Glen is deserving of much credit for the diligent manner in which he has applied himself to his school work. LINEUP FOR HIGH SCHOOL BOYS Ball Team Will Play at Portland Tuesday Afternoon. The lineup for the Decatur high school team that will play at Portland tomorrow is as follows: H. Stevens. 2b, Tot McKean, c, H. Smith lb, Rolla Ellis, ss, Milo McKinney cf, D. York 3b, W. Tudor rs, Dick Peterson if, and Buffenbarger p. The high school boys are going with the intention of taking their scalps, and with the bunch they have, they will surely make them go some. Manager Otto Green is full of confidence.

MARION RETAILERS Arrested for Violating Pure Food Law A WARNING FOR OTHER CITIES Eight Business Men Must Answer to Charges of Selling Impure Commodities . As a result of inspections which have been made by inspectors from the office of H. E. Barnard, state food and drugs commissioner and state chemist, affidavits were filed against eight prominent business men and firms of Marion, who are charged with selling impure commodities or products that do not come up to the standard exacted by the law. The names of the parties named in the affidavits filed and the commodities which met with disfavor by the state inspectors are Marion Ice Cream com pany, ice cream; Sam Levi and Arthur Levi, butchers, of Washington and west Third street, lard; George Kiefer, proprietor of the Manhattan restaurant, milk; A. J. Street, butcher, of Gallatin street two affidavits, lard and hamburger steak; Clinton H Overman, druggist, Adams and Fourth streets, lime water; John L. Freel and Elmet E. Mason, druggists, lime water. Bert W. Cohn, I. N. Miller and Norris Thompson are the state inspectors w'ho furnished the information to the prosecuting attorney on which the affi davits filed were based. They made their first visit to Marlon on May 2, and since that date have been fre quent visitors to the city. It was said yesterday that more affidavits would be filed in the near future against other business men of Marion, and it is known that the labors of the inspectors were of considerable extent. Marion News-Tribune.

COLLEGE BOYS ENGAGE IN FIGHT New Corydon and Monroeville Youths Get Worst of It. Walter Burk, son of Levi Burk, of near New Corydon, figured in a bit of trouble which marked the closing of Taylor University, at Upland, for the spring term. With Arthur Sprague of Monroeville, he was in charge of the college drag. Rush Gifford, one of the theological students, demanded that they haul his trunk to the railwaystation free of charge. This they declined to do, when Gifford placed his own trunk on the vehicle. After counting ten for the owner to do his bidding. Gifford threw Burk oft, cutting a gash in his forehead. He then gave Sprague a beating and compelled him to drive the dray to the station. While Burk was forced to run or walk beside the wagon. Gifford, after the assault, left for his home in Elwood, before he could be arrested, but he was afterward taken into custody at his home and returned to Upland for a trial.

THE SOCIAL EVENTS Miss Robison Gave a Sunday Dinner. K. OF C. TO GIVE SOCIAL AFFAIR The Menu-Ates and Gleaner Clubs Hold Sessions—Earl Peters Gave a Stag Party. A small company of friends were the guests of Miss Fanny Robison at a six o’clock dinner last evening given in honor of Miss Molly Roth, of Ft. Wayne. The dinner was very nicely served in three courses. The K. of C. members will give a pedro party and dance for the members and their lady friends at the club rooms on Wednesday evening. There is no doubt that this will prove more successful than the previous ones, for each member is planning more largely this time. Miss lEninJa Hoffman delightfully entertained the young ladies of the Menu-Aate club at a three course dinner Saturday evening at six o’clock. The girls were invited to bring their sewing and spend the afternoon w-ith the hostess. After the dinner they attended the Pictorium. Miss Emma Reppert entertained at her home at Magley Sunday the following guests: Misses Lena Reppert, Ella Mutchler. Lucy Crutzman, Hulda Fruchte, Della Fruchte, Adaline Anen and Messrs. Chas. Beinecke, Mart Slickman, Ed Fruchte and Chas. Scherry.

Another pleasant and jolly club meeting of the Gleaners was held at the home of Miss Francis Cole on Saturday afternoon from two to four o’clock. The first portion of the afternoon was spent In transacting business, and then the social hour following, during which the two brothers of the hostess, Jesse and Cecil, served a delicious luncheon. Besides the Club members there were two of their little friends present who were Misses Tena McKean and Gallogly, the latter brought her phonograph and rendered selections of various kinds, which delighted the company very much. The next meeting has not been decided. There will be a meeting of the Maccabees this evening. All members are requested to be present. The Young Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. church will meet at the home of Mrs. Jonas Tritch, of Tenth street, on Tuesday evening. ( Earl Peters was a pleasant host Saturday evening at a stag party given to a small crowd of his gentlemen friends. There were no special features during the evening’s program, but dancing, music and a general good time were enjoyed. True Fristoe honored the guests with several excellent selections, also the quartette rendered solos which were highly praised. After which an elegant luncheon was served the guests who were: Dick Erwin, Jesse Helm, True Fristoe, Arthur Bern', Joe Berry. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Cress went to Ft. Wayne today to attend the Ben Hur meeting.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, June 10, 1907.

MODERN WOODMEN Annual State Log Rolling at Marion ON THE GLORIOUS JULY FOURTH Four Hundred and Fifty Lodges Invited and Twenty-Five Thousand People Are Expected. Four hundred and fifty invitations have been issued to the various camps of the Modern Woodmen of America in Indiana for the annual state log rolling which will be held in this city July 4. Responses to these invitations are coming thick and fast, and the secretary of the local camp is almost swamped in a mass of letters which are arriving by every mail. Last year the state association met at Tipton, and more than fifteen thousand people were in attendance. Owing to the fact that Marion is a larger city, and that the meeting this year has been advertised more extensively than was that of last year, it is thought that at least twenty-five thousand people will be in attendance on the day of the log rolling. One of the most interesting features of the day will be the prize drill for the state championship. Teams from all over the state will participate, and it is expected that the contest for first honors will be exciting from start to finish. The teams that intend to compete for prize honors have been working for months in anticipation of the event, and many of them have employed the services of professional drill masters; who have taught them all kinds of fancy foot and axe drills. Arrangements have been made with all the stret car companies to handle the crowds which will begin to arrive in Marion in the early morning of the Fourth. Special cars will be placed at the disposal of the Woodmen and ample accommodations will be furnished. The evening of the Fourth will be devoted to a free vaudeville show and a great display of fireworks. It is expected that this display will rival any similar spectacle ever offered in the state. Prizes will be distributed for the winners of the various contests arranged and the merchants of the city have been very generous in giving artices suitable for prizes to the committee in charge of the celebration. — Marion News-Tribune.

ORDERS NUMEROUS At the Wemhoff Monumental Works ONE FROM LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA For the Ayers Family—Also Receive Orders from Geneva, New Haven and Fort Wayne. The Wemhoff Monumental Works of this city, without doubt do the largest business in their line of any similar house in this section of the country. Their reputation for good workmanship, honesty in prices and promptness in delivery has given them a remarkable trade, extending many miles. Among their recent sales was a large and beautiful Scotch granite monument for the Ayers family, which will be erected in the family burial ground at Lexington, Va. It was purchased by Alfred and William Ayers, of this county to mark the final resting spot of their parents. The monument will be shipped by July Ist, at which time the Ayers brothers expect to stop at Lexington enroute to Jamestown, and see that the stone is properly erected. During the past week the Wemhoff company also sold a handsome monument to Alexander Bolds, to be erected at the grave of Mrs. Bolds, also two at New Haven and one at Fort Wayne. The funeral of Nick Rumschlag was held this morning at the St. Marys Catholic church. Rev. Wilken officiating, and a large crowd being present to pay their last tribute of respect to the deceased. The Eagles lodge of this city, of which he was a member, attended the services in a body. Interment was made in the St. Joseph cemetery. The floral offering was beautiful and profuse.

WERE ENGAGED TWENTY YEARS Couple Waited for Their Parents to Die Before Marrying. Spokane, Wash., June 10.—Some of the elements of an old-time romance are contained in the marriage of Sarah J. Fichte, 40 years of age, a resident of Chicago, and William F. McKinley, 41 years, a carpenter employed at Pasco, Wash., which took place in the Methodist’s big tent, near the Spokane county court house, here, today. The ceremony was performed by Rev. M. R. Brown, pastor of Union Park church, and was witnessed by a dozen laborers at work raising the big canvas. The groom confided that while they were engaged more than 20 years ago ,he and his bride vowed not to marry during the lifetime of thdir parents. The bride was employed as an electrical operator in Chicago until a few days ago, when she made the journey of nearly 3,000 miles to join her husband. They will live at Pasco.

SOME CHURCHES That Have Discarded Old Fashion Steeple NEW STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE New York Houses of Worship Cost Many Hundreds of Thousand Dollars—the Christian Scientist. Some of the church structures recently built in New York City indicate that the old-fashioned steeple is not popular with modern architects. The Madison Square Presbyterian church, the pastor of which is the Reverend Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst, which has an immense dome, is an example of the new style of ecclesiastical architecture. Situated at the corner of Madison avenue and Twenty-fourth street, it is one of a group of the most striking buildings in New York. To the southwest, little more than a hundred yards away, is the tall Flatiron across Twentyvfourth street is the Metropolitan Life, one of the largest office buildings in the world; two blocks to the north is the Madison Square Garden; and across the square is the Fifth Avenue Hotel, the oldtime rendezvous of national politicians. The church proper and the parish house are joined so as to form one structure. The exterior is of brick upon a marble base. The floors and dome throughout, and the partitions in the parish house are made of terra cotta tile blocks, so that absolute safety from fire is assured. The cost of the church and parish house was $325,000. Another house of worship even stranger than Dr. Parkhurst’s is the Broadway Tabernacle (Congregation) at Broadwaey and Fifty-sixth street. It has the appearance of a combination church and office building. It is also of the most modern fireproof construction, being built of steel protected by hollow terracotta blocks. It cost $350,000. The Tabernacle has a tower, but not the sort commonly associated with churches. All of it is put to use. On its first floor are the Sunday school roms. Between them and the belfry there is room for all the activities of the church organization. Mission rooms and a ladies' parlor are on the third boor, the Young Men’s library on the fourth, the pastor’s study, reception room and church library on the fifth, the sexton's living quarters on the sixth and a museum on the seventh. Above that is the belfry. In the basement are two spacious halls for gatherings. Far outstripping either of these in cost is the First church of Christ Scientist, better known as the Christian Sceince church, at Central Park West and Ninety-sixth street. One million, three hundred thousand dollars was spent on this building, exclusive of the cost of the land. It is not accurate to describe it definitely as a church, because it has an organization that treats the sick, keeping open seven days in the week. It is said that 5,000 persons come there for treatment from the Christian Science practitioners every year. Marbles were brought from every corner of the globe to line the walls of this edifice. Huge steel girders support the dome and the galleries. (Continued o* 2.)

HELD MEMORIAL Ben Hurs Lodge Honor the Dead SACRED SERVICE HELD SUNDAY Addresses by J. C. Sutton and L. C. Walter —Big Lodge Room Crowded With Members. I The Ben Hur lodge held a memorial service at their hall yesterday afternoon, in memory of their members that have died since the institution of the local order, April Ist, 1900. This lodge, instead of going to the cemetery to adorn the graves, have vacant chairs each of them representing a member that has gone to the great beyond. Since its institution this order has lost 11 members by death, five of whom died during last year, and the services of yesterday indicated the willingness of the lodge to pay just tribute to them. Jesse Sutton, one of the charter members of the lodge, delivered an address that was highly appreciated by ail present, and it accomplished the purpose for which it was intended by impressing the people in a favorable way of the memory of their loved ones. L. C. Walters also gave an interesting talk and it was well received by the audience that had assembled. The hall was crowded and chairs had to be borrowed from the Elks’ lodge to accomodate the audience. _ o SMALLPOX AT FORT WAYNE. John B. Miller, Former Decatur Citizen, the Victim. A telephone message was deceived last evening from Ft. Wayne stating that John B. Miller, the barber, formerly of this city, was confined to his home suffering from an attack of smallpox. A strict quarantine has been placed upon his home and he is unable to communicate with the outside world, and is unable to attend to business or see his friends. Mr. Miller is a brother of Nick Miller of this city. Although quite sick, his condition at this time is thought not to be serious. BOOSTERSTOMEET Base Ball Fans Will Talk it Over BIGGER CROWDS ARE WANTED Decatur Has the Best Ball Team in State and They Want to Keep the Record. The directors of the base ball association will hold a meeting at the Commercial club rooms at 8 o’clock this evening to which are invited all the fans and others interested in the national game. It is to be a general boosters meeting, when plans for continuing our present splendid team are to be discussed thoroughly. If you want to see a ball team here the rest of the season, you should attend this meeting as it is of vast importance. Without doubt Decatur has the best ball team ever supported here, and we want to keep it. The association is in fairly good condition financially and all that is necessary is a little extra boosting for a better attendance. Os course, the bad weather which has prevailed since the opening of the season has rather dampened the ardor but cheer up, it can’t last always. Dunkirk, who are already claiming the state championship, will be here Thursday and Friday and two record breaking crowds should be out to see the battles. Be sure to attend the meeting at eight o’clock tonight if you want good base bail this season. Don't ask a few to do all the work. The lalies tickets are now on sale ten tickets for a dollar. Mrs. D. E. Studabaker and granddaughter, Miss Bertha Studabaker, returned to their home at Bluffton. While here they were the guests of Mrs. Craig and other relatives.

TWO MILLION ACRES OF PEACHES Are Being Planted Near Chelan Falls, Washington. Chelan Falls,Wash., June 10. —What is believed to be the largest undertaking of its kind ever attempted in the world is the planting of 2,000,000 acres of peach trees and 500 acres of grapes at Chelan Falls, Wash., along the Columbia river, by Prof. A. Van Holderbeke, formerly state horticultural commissioner of Washington, and L. McLean, a capitalist of Spokane. Work was begun on this vast orchard a few days ago and it is expected that the last tree will be planted before the first crop is harvested from the early ones. In addition to the trees, Mr. McLean has given orders for the planting of a ton of peach seeds. The orchard will be irrigated by water from natural springs.

WAR MAY RESULT Jsps May Demand Indemnity and Apology ACCORDING TO VISCOUNT TANI Leader of the Opposition in the House of Peers in Japan Makes Startling Assertion. Tokio, June 9. —Viscount Tani, leader of the opposition in the house of peers and head of the defense of Kumamoto in the Satsuma rebellion, is reported to have said anent the American question: “The persecution of the Japanese in San Francisco is a most wicked act. Should diplomacy fail to bring about a satisfactory solution, the only way open to us is an appeal to arms. Our mind is firmly made up. It is certain that America will yield ,for its people are radically commercial in their sentiment.” How much Viscount Tani represents public sentiment it is difficult to estimate at the present time. Washington, June 9. —That the Japanese of the Pacific coast and the Progressives, a political party of Japan, have entered into an alliance, which has the earmarks of an international conspiracy, with the overthrow of the ministry in Japan and the annulment of the clause in the immigration bill excluding Japanese coolie labor from continental United States as the ultimate objects, was learned authoritatively here today. The preliminary steps in this scheme, it is said, will be to induce the Tokio government to recall Viscount Aoki, the Japanese ambassador to the United States, and to demand an apolog}' and perhaps an indemnity from this government for the alleged acts of violence against Japanese subjects residing in San Francisco. With this end in view, representatives of the faction hostile to the Salonjl ministry have been in Washington to consult the state department officials regarding the objectionable clause in the immigration bill, the California school question and the recent riots in San Francisco. The report which they have sent to Tokio, it is alleged, will form the basis of a systematic campaign to bring about anti-American demonstrations in Japan and to force Foreign Minister Hayashi, if possible, to demand indemnity and an apology on account of Japanese disturbances in San Francisco. o— THE NEWS FROM FRANKFORT “Dutch” Threw the Ball Away and Broke up the Game. Frankfort, Ind., June 9. —(Special.) At last we hit a snag. In the eight innings after we had led them up to the eighth inning, 2-1 one man out and the bases full, they took the game by a nice piece of stealing. It was a robbery all the way through. For they had to win or disband. It ended in the fatal eighth, when Linderbeck got the ball in the outfield and threw it as far as he could over on the race track. Umpire Kimmon here gave the game to Frankfort 9-0. Langebrake and Berry got together and concluded to cancel Wednesday’s game. We will be home Wednesday morning and tell you all about it. KI Yi Humpty Pierce.

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AT JAMESTOWN, PA. President Roosevelt Addresses the Editors TO OYSTER BAY WEDNESDAY For the Summer Season —Secretary Root Invited to Visit Mexico and Has Accepted. Washington, June 9.—President Roosevelt and his party left the Washington navy yard shortly after 4 o’clock this afternon aboard the yacht Mayflower, for the Jamestown exposition, where the president will deliver an address at the dedication of the Georgia state building, and before the National Elitorial association. The presidential party is scheduled to reach Hampton Roads at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, and will leave at 5 o'clock in the afternoon on the return trip to Washington arriving here early Tuesday morning. In addition to the president and Mrs. Roosevelt, those in the official party were Admiral and Mrs. Cowles, Mr. and Mrs. Douglass Robinson, and Mr. and Mrs. LaFarge, of New York City; Miss Hagner, Mrs. Rosevelt’s secretary, and Assistant Secretary Latta. The party left the White House shortly before 3 o’clock for the navy yard pier. The arrival of the party at the navy yard was announced by a bugle call, and a detachment of marines was drawn up on the wharf. As the president ascended the gangplank, the band aboard the Mayflower played “The Star Spangled Banner,” and the president's flag was unfurled at the masthead. It was more than an hour after schedule time before the vessel was loosed from her moorings and the president and his guests, standing on the after starboard side of the ship, the Mayflower pulled out a presidential salute of 21 guns was fired. The program already made public maps out a busy day for the president at the exposition, including a review of the international fleet in Hampton Roads, delivery of the Georgia Day address in the morning, and the address before the National Editorial association in the afternoon, several receptions, etc. Upon his return to this city, the president will dispose of urgent matters that await his attention, and on Wednesday will leave with Mrs. Roosevelt, Secretary Loeb and members of the White House staff, for Oyster Bay for the summer. Washington, June 9.—The British ambassador, Mr. James Bryce, left today for Chicago, and on next Wednesday he will deliver an address at Urbana before the student body of the University of Illinois. Washington, June 9. —Ambassador Creel, of Mexico, today presented to Secretary of State Root an autograph letter from President Diaz, of Mexico, inviting Mr. Root, to come to Mexico as the guest of the Mexican republic. Mr. Root has accepted the invitation, notifying President Diaz through Ambassador Creel, that he will visit Mexico in the latter part of the summer.

CONFERENCE MINUTES ISSUED. Contains Interesting Information for Methodists. The minutes of the sixty-fourth session of the Northern Indiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church have been recently issued and the book contains interesting information in regard to the condition of the institution in this part of the state. The six districts which comprise the conference have a membership of 59,429 which is a gain of 1,738 during the past year. There are 489 churches valued at $392,675. The current expenses for maintnenace of the buildings including the wages of janitors and sextons was $64,054. The salaries of the pastors of the various charges amounted to $178,342; presiding elders, $13,041; bishops, $2,537. The Sunday schools with a membership of 59,545 scholars and 7,585 teachers cost the various communities $26,943. The Epworth league has a membership of 12,614 and 7,633 belonging to the Junior league. The conference during the year paid out in the way of various benevolences $105,691, The total disbursements amounted to more than $400,000.