Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 197, Decatur, Adams County, 19 August 1909 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

■Volume VII. Number 197.

pACED WITH ENGINE Pet Hensley Made a Record Run of Five Miles Ahead of Freight Train J NEAR ROME CITY ' ■Popular Little Pony Created a Heap of Anxiety a Few Days Ago f Pet Hensley, the little spotted pony is the pride of the children of ■ Jeweler D. M. Hensley and the envy: ■of every boy and girl in Decatur, I ■ •caused a big chunk of excitement at ■ Rome City Tuesday afternoon, where ■ he is spending the summer with the ■ family. This pony has one hobby, ■•and a queer one for a pony at that, ■ he loves the water and whenever i ■ given an opportunity he takes a ■ plunge in the glistening ripples of | Sylyan Lake. It is his delight to ■ watch the children as they don their ■ bathing clothes and frolic along the | beach and he begs to join them. K. When the stable door is opened he ■ dashes into the lake without waiting ■ for the ceremony of putting on a ■ bath suit. After swimming half ■ across the lake and back two or three ■ times he will tear up the bank and ■ for an hour or two is mighty hard to ■ catch. Tuesday afternoon he p«rrI formed this stunt and then added ■ several grains of excitement for good ■ measure. After his bathe he ran all ■ the way to the G. R. & I. railroad, ■ nearly a mile and arrived at the track ■ just as a south bound freight train ■ was coming. Pet took one look at | the approaching train and then start- | ed down the track ahead of the steam ■ monster as hard as he could go. The ■ pony ran nearly five miles ahead of | the train, the engine tooting continI ually and had it not been that the ■ pony was recognized by the trainmen I he would no doubt have been hurled | into eternity, as it was necessary to ■ stop the train three times. After a ■ race which continued almost to Ktn- ■ dallville, a farmer proved himself | a hero by running out on the track, grabbing the pony by the head and ■ turning him from his mad course, and E into his barnyard. In the meantime, f Mr. Hensleys had been notified and I was in pursuit. He finally reached | the farm house and called his neigh- | bor, Mr. Hocker, who came out in | his automoblie, bringing Carlisle | Flanders fclong to ride Pet home, I while Mr. Hensley went back in the H car. Nearly all of the cottagers at I Rome City were interested and the I pony was welcomed home by his many ■’ friends.

WILL VESEY CLAIMS A BRIDE Fort Wayne Young Man, Known Here is Married. F - A wedding of great interest to the young people of the city was announced Monday, through the issuing of the license, but nothing definite can be obtained concerning the date. The license w-as issued to W. J. Vesey, son of Judge William J. Vesey, and Miss Bessie Witte, of 433 Masterson avenue. The wedding has been kept a secret from both friends and relatives, for Mr. and Mrs. Vesey, parents of the prospective groom, know nothing of the announcement, as they j are in Cinncinnati. Miss Witte, the , bride, is a well known young lady to , whom Mr. Vesey has been attentive for some time. She has been a tele-, phone operator at the Bowser factory, and is very attractive and . charming girl. Mr. Will Vesey is ! employed at the Vesey floral estabI lishment and is a popular young man and has a great many friends who will be greatly surprised to hear of his wedding. He was formerly a student at Mercersburg, Pa.-Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette.

little child is dead After suffering for some time from summer complaint. Alice Gertrude, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. L .Hoopengartner, died this morning at the age of twenty months, and thus most poignant sorrow has been caused the parents and their friends. The child had just reached age when she was a blessing to the home, when she was overtaken by the dread ailment.which ushered her young life into the eternal world. Death cams this morning at nine o’clock. The funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon.

A SPIRITUALISTIC SWINDiLE Mexican Woman’s Fortune Depleted by Payments to Spook. Mexico City, Aug. 18.—What they declare to be a gigantic spiritualistic swindle extending over a period of one year and which has well nigh impoverished Mrs. De Jesus Perez, a widow, has been discovered by the police authorities. A great fortune, the police say, has been depleted by daily payments by Mrs. Perez to the meter - ialized form of her departed husband. Madame Dolos Corrado Bay and Prof. Hipolite Salazar, a spiritulaist, are in prison, while the authorities are making an effort to arrest the husband of Madame Bay. ' ‘

DR. ALEY COMING State Superintendent Will Attend Institute Here Tomorrow Morning MANY WILL HEAR HIM One of the Big Events is the Lecture by Dr. Ferris this Evening State Superintendent of Public Instructions Dr. Aley, will be here tomorrow morning to address the members of the Adams county institute. This will no doubt be good news for the teachers who have been enjoying the splendid sessions this week. Prof. Aley is one of the ablest educators iof the country, having for a number 'of years been one of the leading men on the State University faculty, and as a public officer has already more i than made good. His schedule as announced in this paper some time ago said that he would be here, but as no official notice was received his visit was not announced as one of the features of the institute. Yes- ! terday this office wired the office of 'the state superintendent for confirmation of the report and received this 'reply: “Yes, Dr. Aley will be in DeI catur Friday morning. Max Aley.” 1 It Is needless to say that a place will 'be arranged on the program for the ‘distinguished gentlman and he will be given a rousing reception. No doubt, too, the session Friday morn-/ ing will be attended by many Decatur people who will be glad of the opportunity to hear Mr. Aley.

One of the best things of institute week, will be the lecture by Prof. Woodbridge N. Ferris this evening. Dr. Ferris is one of the instructors and is without doubt one of the best men who ever served in a similar capacity in this section. He is deep and broad and says many splendid things. He is president of the Ferris Institute at Big Rapids, Mich., and his subject tonight will be “Mating the world beter.” Every citizen of Decatur should hear him.

BIRD, IN BOX, TURNS WHITE Believed to Have Been Shut Up for Two Years. Pittsfield, Mass., Aug. 18—George Parker discovered a white swallow in an unused oat box in his barn. Mr. Parker says the box had not been opened in two years. He thinks the bird entered the box before the lid was turned down in 1907 and has subsisted on oats in the box,and the confinement turned its feathers white.

BARS NEGROES FROM RITES Forbidden Use of Secret Work, Grips, Etc., of Whites in Georgia. Atlanta, Ga„ Aug. 18.—Governor Brown has signed the recent act of the Georgia legislature which prohibits the use by negro secret so--1 cieties of the insignia, ritualistic work, grips, etc., of orders composed of whites. _ —o — * MOTHER IS SERIOUSLY ILL Rev. and Mrs. Imler were called to Alida, Ohio, by a message received last evening announcing the sad news that the mother of Mrs. Imler was not expected to live. It is doubtful if they arrived in time to see the aged ladv alive. Rev. Imler will return Iby Saturday if possible.

CHILD IS NOT DEAD Willie Reed Don’t Believe in Dying Before Large Audience f < * HUMOROUS INCIDENT In Most Pathetic Scene in East Lynn Last Evening

While it has always been conceded that the proprietors of the Guy Stock company, B. Charles and Guy Mercer are possessed of a peculiar magnitude which never fails to draw large audiences to their performances, not until last night did the Decatur public become aware that these clever gentlemen simply by the passing of a hand or the speaking of the words bring the dead back to life. But this is just what Charles W. Mercer did, and he did it absolutely without overtures last night at the big tent when little four-year-old Willie Reed after passlhg from serious illness to the portals of death, suddenly aroused and exclaimed in accents which convinced the audience that he was very much alive, notwithstanding the fact that his broken hearted mother sobbed pityfully over the supposed to be inactive form, but a very active one in reality. In the only truly pathetic climax of East Lynn, one which never fails to lay claim on the tenderness of the hearts of the hearers, where an anguished mother eventually finds her child after long separation, though the little one lies near death’s door she says emotionally “Whatever I might have been I am your true mother.” While these words are being spoken the child passes away. Not so with Willie .Reed, but last night, just as the woman uttered the words “My child is dead, dead, dead” I he sprang up in bed and in loud tones said “I don’t want to be an actor; I want to go home; I am not dead,” and amid a shower of tears and expressions of sorrow for the now childless, or at least suposed to be, woman, the last curtain was slowly lowered as little Willie Reed, kicking heels in the atmosphere, assured the audience that he was not dead, but it was just in the play that way. The house was packed.

REFUSEDNEWTRIAL D. E. Smith Argued for New Trial for Koeneman Today IS NOT GRANTED Defendant Will Likely Appeal the Case to Circuit Court Attorney D. E. Smith, representing Henry Koeneman, filed a motion for a new trial in the case of the Decatur Horse Company vs. Koeneman before Squire J. H. Stone and the motion was argued this morning at nine o’clock, the justice of the peace refusing to grant the request. Attorney Smith made a brief argument in which he charged that the complaint was : invalid, that it did not specifically state what ailment the horse in question suffered from. He also questioned rulings on the demurrer and further asked a new trial for the reason that the verdict was compromised. Attorney Peterson for the plaintiffs opposed the motion with a short argu- i ment at the close of which Squire Stone outlined briefly why he would not grant a new trial. It is quite probable that the case will be appeal- ! ed to the circuit court within the nest thirty days, the allotted time. That action remains as the only recourse for the defendant against whom a judgment of $12.50 was rendered by ! a jury of six men.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, August 19, 1909.

G. A. R. STANDARD MISSING ■ • Famous Old Flag Probably Sto'en at Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City, Aug. 18. —The standard of the Grand Army of the Republic, which has been carried for the past twenty years by the comman-der-in-chief of .the Grand Army, and has been the official banner of every encampment since 1889, jhas been missing since the parade of the veterans August 11, and it is feared it has been stolen. When last seen it was floating over the reviewing stand. WILL GET MONEY Elmer Smith Will Get Neat Sum from Ireland Legacy RELATIVE DIED And Left Money to His Only Heirs—ls a Neat Sum

That Elmer Smith of this city can soon assume the role of a really independent citizen is now all but an assured fact. His share of a legacy from Ireland is about $17,000 and this amount of money is safely deposited in Washington awaiting the proper disposal thereof. An uncle of Mr. Smith, also of Thomas McGirk of Fort Wayne, recently died in Ireland. He was a large land owner and at the time of his demise he had not an heir with the exception of the Smiths and McGirks. The property was disposed of and about ninety thousand dollars was sent to America to be distributed among the heirs. Three Fort Wayne lawyers were at once engaged to prove the identification of the heirs, and they have worked diligently to that end. It is sincerely thought that within a very few months at the most the heirs will have the money and It will certainly mean something. The children of the late William E. Smith are also heirs and should the money be forthcoming, it would be a god send to that family. An account In a recent issue of an Indianapolis paper insists that the money is unmistakably at Washington and can be obtained after the necessary red tape is observed.

AN ATTRACTION WORTH SEEING Will Be the Orpheum Stock Company at the Opera House Next Week. Next week there will be some place to go, and some place worth while going to, it will be at the opera house and the attraction will be Edward Doyle's Magnificent Orpheum Stock company. The only popular priced attraction that continues to give the public something new each year and always gives satisfaction. Many new specialties will be seen with this tomorrow, and the vaudeville acts alone will be worth more than the ' price of admission in addition to the strong and capable dramatic portion. All our special scenery for every play this year, and nothing old but the name. The Orpehum Stock company will begin a week’s engagement at the Bosse theater starting Monday, Aug. 23rd. Opening with Howard Hall’s romantic drama “A Soldier of the Empire.” On Tuesday they will present "The Parish Priest” —Daniel Sully’s late success. On Wednesday they will offer “The Garrison Girl” — a story of military life inAArizon a play made famous by Frankie Carpenter. On Thursday they will play “The Quaker Tragedy/’ Qon’t fail ;to see the Quaker wedding the last ! act. For Friday they will play “SherJock Holmes” or “The Sign of the Four” the greatest of all detective stories on Saturday night. They will present “In the Mouth of the Cannon” a western comedy drama. All of the above plays are produced under their right titles and by paying high royalties to the owners for each production. Seats on sale at Holthouse drug store. Ladles free Monday night. I Prices 20c, 30c, and 50c.

FROMJUNGLETOWN Is Where Mitchell Page, a New Porter at the Murray House Came INTERESTING STORY Came to this Country Eighteen Years Ago with Old John Robinson —— « Mitchel Page is the name of a new porter who is employed at the Murray hotel. That is not his real name, for he just simply took that handle because he likes it. He Is a colored man, but no ordinary one, and has a history, and by the way, he is intelligent and as interesting to talk to as most any person you will meet in a several days’ travel. He is a native of the jungles of darkest Africa, his home originally being forty-seven miles south of Bellefontaine. When twelve years old he was picked up by a representative of the John Robinson circus, who was in that country gathering up wild beasts for his big menagerie. He was brought to this country and lived <for a number of years at Cincinnati and traveling with the circus. He learned the American language and customs and no longer cares for the wilds of his native country. He remembers well the lingo of his tribe and speaks it well. He says that his tribe wore only the breech clout and he tells many interesting stories of his life in the dark lands. He has helped to hunt the lions and has seen al! the wild beasts of his native land. Once since he has become a man he made a trip back to his native land, but he did not care to remain and soon returned to this country. He is different from the ordinary colored man you meet and he has no particular love for the Dixie land, nor does he speak the southern brogue. He is a clever porter ,and can easily prove to you that he is a native of Africa. He is married and his wife, an American colored woman, is here with him. He says he has never met a person who can talk his language during the eighteen years he has spent in this country.

IS A LADY DRIVER Miss May Simpson to Drive Her Own Horses at the Fair SHE IS CUNNING And Best Feminine Driver Known to the Racing Game

The free attractions, the exhibits and other features heretofore given space in the Democrat relative to the Great Northern Indiana fair will contribute to the prominence of the big event, but these will be supported by some features never before seen in Adams county, which will add great-

t ly to the interest of those who are 1 j fortunate to attend. The splendor of < the racing of well matched and classy I horses will be increased Wednesday and Friday by one Miss May Simpson, of Indianapolis, who'has entered three horses in the ‘race program and who will drive the animals in the 2:15 and 2:25 pace races. She is said to be one of the best feminine drivers who has ever decorated a two wheel con-' trivance and in a recent exhibition she carried oft first honors handily, winning by her cunning driving and insight of the race game. Miss Simpson also owns four runners, which will be entered in the races here. She will arrive tomorrow or Saturday. Miss Simplon is after first money and she is able to get out of a racer all the ■ speed it has. Those who fail to see this woman driver will miss a real treat.

IS ERECTING BUILDING AT FAIR J. B. Stoneburner Will Have a Star Theater There for Three Years. John B. Stoneburner has closed a contract with the Great Northern Fair association for the privilege of conducting a picture show on the fair grounds, not only for this year, but for three years to come, and is now busily engaged in erecting a Star theater on the grounds. The new building is to be 22x55, and will accommodate quite a large crowd. He will open there next Wednesday, showing on the grounds during the day and at night at his airdome in this city. The plan is a good one for the fair association and Mr. Stoneburner expects it to be a good one for him. —■ - o FARMER IS KING — Secretary of Agriculture Files a Report that is Startling FARM VALUATIONS For the Year 1908 Were Nearly Eight Billion Dollars —Biggest Known

Washington, August 18. —It used to . j be "10, the poor farmer,” now it is ( i "oh, the plutocratic agriculturists.” p According to the report of Secretary 1 of Agriculture Wilson, made public' today, the total valuation of farm ■, products in the crop year of 1908 was $7,778,000,000, the biggest in the world's history. "While these figures contain some duplication,” Secretary Wilson explains, "on the other hand they do not contain some important items of wealth production, and the fact remains that the unthinkable amount of seven and three-fourths billions of dollars of wealth have been produced by farmers this year for national sustenance and for export to the craving millions of foreign nations. It is a real, tangible wealth j as it exists at the time, it leaves the' hands of the producer. It is about four times the value of the product of the mines, including mineral oils ' and precious metals. From these ag- ; ricultural products, the manufactur- 1 ing and mechanical industries that use agricultural products as materials draw 86 per cent, of their total materials, and these industries use 42 per cent, of all materials used in the ' entire business of manufacturing. These figures indicate the extent to which the manufacturing industries 1 are indebted to agriculture, although | no recognition is given to this in the ' annual statements of the value of I manufacturers. The farm value of farm products this year is $290,000,000 above the value for 1907 and $3,061,-: 000,000 above the census years the ■ wealth production of the farms of this country has exceeded the fabulous amount of Greatest I of all crops is Indian corn, the priceless gift of the Indian. The value of the crop almost surpasses belief. It is $1,615,000,000. This wealth that has grown out of the soil in four months of rain and sunshine, and some drought, too, is enough to pay

for the Panama canal and fifty bat-. tieships. For the first time in the history of the country’s agriculture [the value of the cotton crop, including the seed, has apparently exceeded the value of the hay crop, $621,- ' 060,000, which has heretofore held second place for a long series of ' years. Wheat is 1.15 per cent, above the five-year average in production and 23.3 per cent, abvoe that average in total value. The value was $620,000,000. which was never approached nearer than $66,000,000. The value of the farm products of the dairy cow are getting closer and closer to SBOO,- > 000,000 and the eggs and poultry produced on the farm are worth as much as the cotton crop, seed Included, or I the hay crop, or the wheat, crop. To the farmer who has averaged hardly 20 cents a pound for th/> butter that he has sold. 3 or 4 cents a quart for | his milk and about Hi cents for each . egg, and even to the consumer, who < has paid prices much above these, ( this increase in value is striking.” 1

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THE FOURTH DAY Institute Sessions Are Growing in Interest GOOD ATTENDANCE A Very Interesting Lecture Will Be Delivered Tonight Wednesday Afternoon. “Human nature in the School Room’' was the theme of Dr. Ferris’ remarks, when he said: We sometimes find fault with our fellows because they do not see as we do. Not because they are wrong, but because they do not agree with us. We cannot always appreciate character or good books because we have not had the necessary experience to enable us to interpret them. One’s knowledge of one’s self is very meager, and of our fellows we know still less. We learn character through experience. To illustrate: “When I was a boy I picked a pail of blackberries. I sold them to a man who, I found was a Sunday school teacher. I had measured the berries with my mother’s quart measure and knew I had ten quarts. But the Sunday school man measured them with a wooden box and said I only had eight quarts, and paid me for eight. Later I saw him sell the berries, but he had ameasure like my mother's, and sold ten quarts. I learned that man by experience. I have often wondered where that man went. He’s gone." I accept the theory of evolution but I do not accept Darwinism. In many things we are on a plane with the lower animals, viz: A desire to live, a desire for food, etc. The second plane in this evolution of man is the plane of combat. Why J Honestly pity the man who has never had the pleasure of a good, hard, fistic encounter. Third plane plane of prudence; fourth plane industrial plane. Man lays aside for a rainy day. He finds this comes ahead of the combatative plane. The fifth plane is the plane of improving. A desire to be better, yet these primitive instincts in man are absolutely necessary to development of character. Rest. Music by Dr. Hanson. Unless we become as little children we can never enter the kingdom of heaven, the kingdom of sound or any other kingdom. So in the study of music this afternon let us become as little children. Practical work was the order of the lesson. Rest. Oral composition by Prof. Thomas. Language studies differ from literature studies in that for literature study we want gems of thought while for language work we want that containing the best of English. I would 'use Ingersoll’s lectures for language 'work. It is your duty to give to ! your children this winter some of the 'enthusiasm caused by studying good English. I love to read George Eliot as much for ’the beauty of her language as for the portrayal of char'acter or the development of a plot. My plea this afternon is to give your pupils -a “Feeling for style” in language, and if you haven’t got it yourself, for heaven’s sake get it. It is just as important that we develop the charm or pleasingness in language ‘composition as it is in music. Practical demonstrations In composition writing by the Prof, closed the day’s work.

Thursday Morning. Opening song “One Evermore.” Devotional by the Rev. F. H. Vernor. Song “America.’’ I ’ Prof. Thomas war the first speaker, this morning, on the subject “Written Composition.” A good plan in composition work is open criticism, the ’ story being criticized by the class, i thus bringing about a change of ideas. ' Encourage a variety of criticisms. • Encourage a repetition of criticisms. I These criticisms should include dei livery as well as language. In selectr ing subjects, select those things which • have come under the child’s observa- ■ tion. Interesting incidents I m the child’s life furnish splendid subject matter for this work. I would place much emphasis on the mechanics of composition; a uniformity of paper is a necessity. The same rules should govern each writer. These rules should be governed by usage. Accuracy is the one pre-requisite of a scholarship. Therefore, demand ab(Continued on page 4.)