Decatur Democrat, Volume 39, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 14 June 1895 — Page 6

W a® DM. PaiU‘ic Fair of a Farmer Who Had Been Swindled. SMALLPOX AT ‘ COVINGTON. George V. Hanklne A*ks That a Receiver Be Appointed For the Roby Racetrack. Contribution* to the Chase Burial Fund—Boy Crushed by the Cam—State Notes. Delphi, Ind., June 11. —Fred Warner, ! a prosperous and well-to-do farmer living near Brookston, White county, was found (b-ad in a Held near his home Eri- j day. He was about 30 years old, and j had a wide acquaintance that made hi funeral one of the largest ever held in , that section. The circumstances surrounding the young farmer's death are pathetic in the extreme. Several months ago a couple of plausible strangers made their tippearanee at his house and induced him to take the agency for some agri- ; cultural article they pretended to be handling, The papers were signed up and the visitors departed. Two weeks ago one of his signatures turned up attached to a promissory note for S2OO, and and a few days later Warner heard of , another note for $l,lOO. He could sleep neither day nor night, and literally . grieved himself to death. He Went into the field to work Friday, over the pro- 1 test of his wife, and when noon came and he did not appear, search was instituted, and he was found silting against a stump, dead. He died of a broken heart. His family will contest the payment of the two notes, and any other, fraudulent ones that may appear. SHALLPOX AT COVINGTON. Dr. Mrtcalf Thinks the lint Weather Miiy Prevent a Spread. Veedersburg, Ind., June 11.—Covington is m great excitement on account i of the smallpox. Julia Gebhart of that ’ place, who was visiting in Champaign, ’ returned home last Saturday and now has the disease. She was examined by a physician, who summoned State Secretary Metcalf. Miss Gebhart has been 1 removed to a house down the river, together with several relatives who were exposed. Dr. Metcalf says that he has been ad- 1 vised of this ease, and that there would be much danger of a spread of the dis- j ease if the weather were not sowarm.; As it is it may cause trouble. Chase Burial Fund. Wabash, In i., June 11.—Department > Commander Shively of the G. A. R. has issued a circular letter to the G. A. R. of Indiana to respond, without delay, to . the call for contributions to the burial fund of ex-Governor Chase. The order voluntarily assumed the responsibility of paying these expenses, and many posts have already sent in their contributions, bur-others have neglected it. All Ed a cat ar Dies. Bloomington, Ind., June 11.—Dr. Theopoius A. iVylic., who died Sunday after a long illness at the age of 85, was one of the oldest and best known edu- : caters of the state.-and had been coh-' nected with the University of Indiana for rhe past half century. He originally came from Pennsylvania and for many years was recognized as a leader in educational matters'in the west. Wealth In Wabash. Wabash, Ind., June 11. —There are 10 men in Wabash with-fortunes in excess of SIOO,OOO, and double that number worth $50,000 each. While the city has no vastly wealthy citizens, it is regard- ' ed as one of the richest cities of its size in northern Indiana, the wealth being widely distributed. Want a : Receiver. Hammond, Ind., June ll.—ln the sit- ' perior court yesterday Attorneys Richard Pendergast of Chicago and William Johnston of Valparaiso filed a petition in behalf of George V. Hankins asking that a r'-c-iver be appointed ...for the Roby racetrack. ■ ' Crushed Between Cars. Co n n ers villk. Ind., Janet 11.—George Buscher, 17 years old, of Richmond was crushed between the cars yesterday on . the Big Four road, and will die. He was here looking for work. Hottest For Thirty Years. I Valparaiso, Ind., June 11.—Yesterday was th'e hottest day' experienced in 30 years. At noon the thermometer 'registered 108 degrees above. ' Fell From a Window. Whiting, Iml., June 11.— As the result of dissipation, John Davlaczk fell from the secoticbstory window of his residence, dying of hts*injuries, HOOSIER HAPPENINGS. Lebanon Evening News has suspended. ' The iron manufacturers of Indiana met, ' at tlie Bates House. Indianapolis. Charles Noflsinger, a Kokomo wheel- ; man, wide to Julesburg, Mo., (800 miles)’ and return in fwo weeks.* Miami county commissioners have pur- ‘ chased all the toll roads in that county, paying SIB,OOO for the collection. Considerable complaint is being made of the rough element that attend the picnics at Blue River park near Morristown. The opening session of the 31st annual convention of the Indiana State Sundayschool association is being held in Tabernacle elm re b. Indianapolis, t his afternoon. Nearly i,ooo delegates are m attendance. Charles Riddell, mailcarrier, arrested at Columbus for robbing the mails, has returned a portion of the money which he is accused of taking. He was trapped by a decoy letter. He will be -tried in October. Ten suits have been filed against the Muncie Pulp company by farmers for polluting the water ot Buck creek. The plaintiffs reside along the cre& and claim , that the stench, because'of the refuse from the mill, is unbearable. * Portugal is'i corruption of Porte Cale, She Roman name of the town of Oporto.

| WORKING FOR PAY. Are We Msklna Prorres. Toward Equality of Opportunity? I Taking Iho whole number of persons engpged in all remunerative or gainful occupations, 1 find that in 1800 Hitch I persons constituted 26.1!) per cent of the I whole population. In 1870 this percentage had increased to 32.43, in 1880 to 34.68, while in 1890 it was 36.8 ( 1\ an increase of more than Ml per cent, rela1 tively, in one generation, the period from 1800 to 1890. This, it should be t borne in mind, is the percentage of the total number of persons engaged in gainful occupations of the total populai tion. If we examine now the percent- | age which this total number of persons engaged in all gainful occupations is of the persons 10 years of age and over, which is the truer comparison, we find l that the fticrease has been as regular, but a little greater, for in 1860 it was ! 86.72 and in 1890 47.95, an increase of j ■ over 11 per cent, relative|j^Hl' s the 30 : ; years named. This fact alone, it seems I to me, answers conclusively and defi- ' nitely the question we are considering. If the total number of persons engaged in | gainful occupations stood still relative I to the population, the argument would not be so dearly carried, but with a , i constant and persistent increase in the ; relative proportions of this class of peo- j pie to the whole number of population, and to the Whole number 10 years of age and over, there can be no ether an- i swer than an affirmative one. i These figures prove conclusively that •we are not only making real progress toward a greater opportunity, but to I ward a greater equality of opportunity , in social and industrial life, and they completely kill all arguments? made to prove that machinery, the influence of invention, displaces labor, so far as society as a whole is concerned. It would be absurd to argue for a single moment , . that the introduction of machinery has • t not in many instances displaced indi- ! viduals .ami reduced them not only to 1 relative poverty but to pauperism. The 1 answer cannot- well be made to + ’ie individual. but the facts cited prove that ' so far as the whole body of the people • is concerned there is no sudh displacc- ; ment, and a study of the expansive inI fluence of machinery and invention by the statistical method further proves the value of the argument. The vast number of new openings, fibver before I known, resulting from inventions, offers the best proof in this direction, and it offers; tqo, proof that one line of opporj tunity will be abandoned when another ; of a more profitable nature opens.—Carroll D. Wright in Forum. , - j LONG ISLAND LOSING ITS TAIL. ' Inroads of the Sea Causing Alarm to Property Owners at Orient Point. I Long Island, which looks on the map like a big fish about to swallow New j York city, is apparently being slowly j ■ swallowed by/ the ocean. Portions of its shores berre-* disappeared beneath the waves, and now the northern fork of its , huge tail is vanishing. About two miles of Orient point, that formed a sandy beach two years ago, isr now under 15 ; feet of water. The lighthouse on the point was six Tods from the sea a few ■ years ago. It has since been toppled over by tlie sea, and only a small part of the surrounding beach is visible. The bluffs on both the sound and the' bay side of Orient point have been sink- ' ing at the rate of about 10 or 12 feet a year. The same state of affairs is true ■ of Montauk point, but there the bluffs jut up so abruptly and so high above j ' the sea that the rising of the water is • not so noticeable. A rise of a foot or j two on the low shores near Peconic bay will submerge acres of land. Much of the threatened land on Orient point forms fertile farms, and- the steady ad- . • vance of the shore line is causing no ' small to the owners. The water ! has in several places found its way ■ across a low spot on the point from the ■ sound to the bay. Tlie result will be to ; : ultimately divide the pcniij£ula into a series of small islands, similar to Plum, ; Little Gull and Great Gull islands, all i of which were doubtless once a part of the mainland and were cut off by the i rise of the sea.. The village of Orient is situated in a particularly narrow and ! i low’ portion of the peninsula, and the next serious inroad of the ocean will probably occur there. In that case 2,000 acres of land and a village of 1,000 peo- , pie will have to be abandoned. —New. York Sun. From Every Clime. Twenty-nine nationalities are represented in a New York public grammar school. There are in the ’primary and . grammar departments of this school j 1,300 children, and at the last census i there were represented liniongthem Hebrews, Italians, Germans, Irish, Greeks, Russians, Poles, French, Scotch, English, Welsh, Swiss, Chiuesiu Silesiai)s< . ■ Assyrians, Tunisians (North Africa), ■ ‘ Javanese, West Indians,'Cubans, I i Norwegians, Swedes, Austrians, Hun- | garians, Herzegovinians, Wallachians, ' Moldavians, Egyptians, Danes and Ar- ] I menians. Not over 10 per cent of these ; children speak English in their homes, I , the .proportion in the primary being un- | | derand that in the grammar department , I over this estimate. Not SuperstitioiiM. He seemed preoccupied. “Wliy so thoughtful?” she asked, while with dignity born of womanly reserve ami consideration of a drug store complexion she did not come too near . him. “Is it true,” he said, directing an intense gaze upon her, “that you have already had 12 husbands?” “Yes”— Throwing her shyness to the winds ahe same ami kissed him. —“yes, but I am not a bit superstitious. ’ ’ —Detroit Tribune. Alum as a medicine has been in common use for nearly 800 years. It is found in many quarters of the world, and several varieties are known to com-

GOES TO MJ MB. Judge Judson Hanuon Chosen to Sue* ceed Richard Gluey. APPOINTMENT A SURPRISE. I Hl« Nmn« Hi.«l Not Heen C»nv»«»e<l »• Among the ProbhblUtJes—Mr. Olney'» , Promotion Anticipated — Judge H*r- | muii'ii Clncnnntl Friend* H»*teu to Congratulate Him. Waßungton. June B.—The president late yesterday afternoon announced the following cabinet appointments: F'T secretary of state, Richard J. Olney of Massachusetts; for attorney general, I ‘ Judson Harmon of Cincinnati. Mr. Harmon has been for a long time ■ judge of the common pleas court ami is > i a man of about 50 years of age, one of ■ the most conspicuous lawyers in the . ‘ west and upon the retirement of ex- | Governor Hoadley from his Cincinnati firm, upon his removal to New York, j Mr. Harmon took his place at the head , of the firm of Harmon, Colston, GoM- | smith & Hoadley, the last named be.ing j a son of ex-Govemor Hoadley of Ohio. ] i The announcement of the transfer of , I Attorney General Olney to the head of j state department created no surprise : here, as it has been well understood tor j several days that Mr. Olney would sue- ! ceed to the first place in the cabinet, made vacant by the death of Secretary Gresham. It is probable that Mr. Olney will take the oath as the head of the , state department today. Harmon'* Appointment a Surprise. The appointment of Judge Judson Harmon of Cincinnati as attorney gen-, eral came in the nature of a stirpri-e. His name had not even been canvassed as among the probabilities. There is rhe best authority for the statement that I the president had several men under ■ consideration, and the jiortfolio of justice might have been had by Mr. James C. Carter of Nexv York, who, was counsel for the government in the Bering sea tribunal and the income tac cases, and by Mr. Frederic R. Coudert of New Nork, had they been disposed to accept Secretary Carlisle knew Judge Harmon personally, and both admired and respected his ability. It was he, probably, who first presented his name to Mr. Cleveland. Ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio, a close friend of Judge Harmon, also warmly supported him, and the president secured also from ex-Goveruor Hoadlev of Ohio moss favorable reports as to his ability aud standing. The president offered rhe portfolio of justice to Judge Hannon by wire yesterday afternoon, and immediately upon receiving a favorable reply announced the appointments. CONGRATULATED BY FRIENDS. How the News of Judge Harmon’s Appointment Waa Received at Cincinnati. Cincinnati, June B.—When the appointment of Judge Judson Harmon became known here yesterday afternoon, attorneys from the courts and their officers rushed to the office of Harmon, Colston, Goldsmith & Hoadley to congratulate the new attorney general and ask for a date so? a farewell dinner from the bar. Judge Harmon said he had received a letter from President Cleveland and replied to it by wire, but he had no knowledge of his appointment until announced in the dispatches. He went to Columbus last night on professional business and does not know when he will go to Washington. Judge Harmon's Career. Judge Harmon is not only recognized as one of the foremost lawyers and jurists in this state, but also one of its most popular citizens. He was born near this city 49 years ago, has always lived here, and is known by all. His father. ReV. B. F. Harmon, was a,Baptist minister well known throughout the Ohio valley. Judge Harmon graduated at Dennison, University, a Baptist institution at Granville, 0., in 1866, and began the practice of law in 1869. He was a Republican until 1872, when he Greeleyized. As a Democrat he was elected common pleas judge on the Tilden ticket in 1876. He was elected superior judge in 1878, re-elected in 1883, and w«en ex-Govemor George Hoadley went to New York in 1887, Judge Harmon resigned from the bench to become the head of the firm of Harmon, Colston, Goldsmith & Hoadley, which represents several railroads and other large corporations and with which firm he will continue his connection. Preparing to Repay Income Tax. Washington, June B.—Blanks are at the treasury department for use of persons who have claims against the government for refund of income I tax. The refund will lie made under ! sec. 8,220 of the revised statutes, which I authorizes the commissioner of internal . revenue on appeal to refund all taxes j erroneously or illegally collected. Few ; claims have as yet been filed, probably because the claimants have been waitj mg for official information oii the sub- ■ ject. Every dollar of the income tax already collected will be repaid to the per- : sons from whom the collections were made. Indian Yonth* Flee From School. Washington, June B.—Philip Pratt and Victor Beitte. two Indian youths, one an Apache and one an Arapahoe, arrived at the Indian office yesterday fugitives from the Indian school at Carlisle, Pa. Sometime ago they ran away from • farmer and on returning to the School were sent to the guardhouse. When released came , here aud asked to be sent back to their reservations. Instead they will be returned to the school under guard. Their Indian names are Mietah, or “the runner, and Niatoh, or “the good thrower. I The President Thanked. Washington, June 8. —The Chinese mln later Kara. Ln ivunnanv with Antinsr

' Secretary of State Uhl, and accompanied by his secretary of legation and inter- , prater, waited in person upon the presi- , deut yesterday afternoon and presented i to him a letter from the emperor of China thanking him in graceful terms for the kindly offifts exorcised by the i United States in liehalf of the restora- ! tion of peace between China and. Japan. ’ Tlie imperial communication was in the , Chinese lamiuage, handsomely encased in royal yellow silk. IM*mlw«itl* From IVn*loti Olflco. i Washington, June 8. —Ninety-nine dismissals of employes of the pension 1 office were made yesterday to take effect June 30. The reductions were in keeping with the provisions of the legislative appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1895-96. a Yellow Fever at Vara Crux. Washington, June B.—An official re- ' port received by the surgeon general of ■ I the hospital confirms the report of yellow fever at Vera Cruz, Mi x., and says I there were four deaths in that city from : 1 the disease during the last week of M.iy. j TO ARRANGE THE WAGE SCALE. ‘ ' Important Meeting of the Finisher*’ Union In Cluvelond. i Pittsburg, June B.—The finishers'| 1 union will meet in convention at Cleve-' : land on June 19 to arrange the wage scale for the ensuing year. Much importance is attached to the convention, | as it is thought that the remnants of, the organization will again become affi-< I hated with the Amalgamated Associai tion of Iron and Steel Workers. The i finishers were formerly affiliated wit h ' the Amalgamated association, but in 1893 became dissatisfied and withdrew. Since then they have aivanged their i own scales and this has given rise to | considerable difficulties .between the l , manufacturers, the Amalgamated asso-1 ■ ciation and the finishers. Wnut Old Wag.* Restored. Cleveland, June 8. — For several, months past the liench molders of this ’ city have been actively engaged in | strengthening their organization, and it is stated that it is almost certain that i between 1,000 and 2,000 molders will go I on a strike during the coming week for I the restoration of the wages paid two ybtlrs ago. • Advanced. Youngstown, 0., Juneß. —At a meeting of the blast furnace operatives of the Mahoning and Shenanga valleys held here yesterday it was decided to advance the wages of all enipoyes 10 per cent to take effect June 15. This restores wages to the basis of Jnly, 1893, and makes a total of 20 to 25 per cent advance made since May 1. Miners Get an Advance. Birmingham, June B.—The first advance in wages among Alabama mine operators was made by the Pioneer Mining and Manufacturing company yesterdav, who raised the wages of 700 miners 10 per cent. It is understood that other operators will follow suit | soon. ’ I FrieutU of Rudolph Schnttubelt Discredit the Story of His Death. Chicago, June B.—The friends of Rudolph Schnanbelt, who is said to have thrown the bomb in the Haymarket riot, do not believe that he has been shot, as reported in dispatches from Honduras. They claim that if anything of that kind had happened they would have •heard of it. One of Schnanbelt’s intimate friends last night, told for the first time where he had been since the time of the riot. The suspected bombthrower was for a time in Lake View, a Chicago suburb, and from there he went to Canada. He remained there but a short time and went to England. From there he went to Honduras, where he secured employment as a civil engineer. He prospered, and the last heard of him he had married the daughter of his employer and proposed to spend the remainder of his life in Honduras. Undue Influence Charged. Pittsburg, June B.—The attorney for Chris Von der Ahe of the St. Louis baseball club, has filed,a petition in court asking that a commissioner be appointed to take evidence in the case of Mark Baldwin, the pitcher, against Von der Ahe. Baldwin recently obtained a verdict of against the president of the St. Louis Browns. The petition states that'undue influence was used with a juror in the case in favor of Baldwin. The court appointed William M. Lindsay to take the testimony, ya-,. South American Federation Feasible. New York, June B.—Dr. Horace Cuzman, the Nicaraguan minister, in an interview said that he considered the plan of a federation between the five Central"j American republics perfectly feasible. | “The republics,” he said, “could be somewhat similar to the states in this country and have governors. Ido not think any of the republics would care to lose its autonomy and there would be no necessity for it.” Died bh the Scaffold. Morrillton, Ark., June B.—Will Downs, who assaulted Pauline Brindenbangh, was hanged here yesterday. He mounted the scaffold with a firm step and spoke for several minutes, stating that he was guilty of but part of what, he was charged with. The condemned man said he had made his peace with God and was ready to die. ” Jiavrowly Escaped Lynohlug. Los Angeles, June B.—Patrick Conley, a villainous looking tramp 30 years old, has been arrested here charged with assaulting Prayer, a 10-year-old schoolgirl, who was terribly mutilated. A boy witnessed the assault and gave the alarm- A mob attempted to lynch him, but he was rescued with great dis- ; Acuity by the police. I Expelled For Ducking a Lieutenant. Grove City, Pa., June B.—Over hftlf I the graduating class at the college here ■ were expelled yesterday for ducking a ’ lieutenant of the college guards because J he appeared Thursday evening in a new uniform. Today is classday and hardly a corporal’s guard of seniors will receive their diplomas. A number of freshmen were also expelled for taking part in ’ the same

MIMS W LAWS. • »iIH IIIWM Will I’i'obably He Ready For Distribution Next Week. BADLY MIXED SALOON CASE. Can* County Coininhulonem Txugled Up Over the Frrinnturo Fffbrtu <>f k Saloonkeeper to <l«t n License to Ktrade the Nicholson Law- Died From Eating Ice Creiun —Big Potato Patch—Notes* Indianapolis, Juno B.—The new volume ot statutes will comprise 500 pages or more. The state printer is working | at the index and hopes to have it oom- | pleted by next Monday night. A few : days after that ho expects to deliver 200 ' to 81X1 copies daily of the laws to the i secretary of state, whose business it is I to distribute them to the several counties. Each county in the state must re--1 .wive and receipt for a quota of the stati utes before the governor can proclaim ! tlie new laws in force. It would be rapid work, compared with other years, | if the statutes were distributed and reI ceipted for in JO days. It is not anticii pated that the laws will be in force before June 20, and it may be 10 days later. Saloonkeepers here are preparing for the Nicholson law. BADLY TANGLED. Snlnonkpepnr and His Opponent AnticN piitmir the NichoHon Law. Logansport, Ind., June 8. —The eagi erness of Andrew Conn, saloonkeeper, [ to anticipate the Nicholson law. and the [ equally anxious haste of his opponents ,to head him off by the same rolite, has ; led to an amusing jumble in tlje Cass , county commissioners’ court. Conn’s j license does not expire until after the September term, but, tearing the effect of the Nicholson measure he applied for a renewal this term, before the law goes into effect. The “Prohis" seem to have labored under the impression that the new law would go into effect June 1, for they have presented to the court a remonstrance, signed by two-thirds of the voters in the township, instead of proceeding under the old law. The complication leaves the commissioners in a quandary which they will probably leave unsolved until the September term, in which event Conn will be knocked out. RaHing I’nlntoeM on Bit; Scale. Delphi. Ind., June B.—Alfred McCoy, the rich banker and land owner of Jasper county, has an army of men at work near Rensselaer planting over IGO acres in potatoes. For years Jasper county ami other counties in northern Indiana has sent thousands of dollars out of the state for. potatoes. . McCoy says Jasper county, can raise just as I many and just as good potatoes as any I county in the Union, and he proposes to demonstrate that he is right. Died From Eqllng Ice Cream. Brownsburg, Ind.. June B.—While eating ice cream in a restaurant, George Barrows was seized with an intense internal pain, which continued for over a day. and finally resulted in his death. Ho had been a sufferer from stomach troubles for many years. He was an industrious worker notwithstanding his ailments, and has been in the lumber business nearly his entire life. Coolheaded Youngster. Shelbyville, Ind., June B.—A little son of Benjamin Pettit got his arm caught in a moving belt at the Jones & Vannoy brickyard and would have been killed but for his presence of mind in cutting the belt with a knife which he happened to have in his hand. As it was his arm was broken in two places. Nye on the Sliver Question. Laporte.-Ind., June B.—Lieutenant Governor Mortimer Nye, in an interview yesterday, said: “Before the meeting of the Democratic state convention in 1896 there will be such a revolution in sentiment as to preclude the possibility of the party going on record as favoring the free silver craze,” I ■- -j—* Shot by Accident. Shelbyville, Ind., June B.—William Michelson accidentally shot Earl Lang yesterday, the ball from a 22 rifle entering his face at the cheek bone and coming out near the right eye. The sight will be destroyed. Strike a Rich Oil Well. Portland, Ind., June B.—The oil well on the farm of Haynes & Lupton, near Bryant, just sunk by D. S. Kemp, is i now flowing 500 barrels daily. The well I is in a new territory and the people are jubilant. _____ Fatal Shot From a Target Gun. English, Ind., June B.—Eddie Freeman, 8 years old, accidently discharged a target gun with which he was playing, the bullet entering the neck of his 5-year-old sister. The wound is a fatal one. • Cost of a Ki«*. English, Ind., June B.—Felix Grayson, a commercial traveler from Cincinnati, kissed Miss Ella Benziher without ■ her permission and has been fined $lO and costs, in all amounting to sl6. Bitten by a Maddog. Connersville, Ind., June B.—Sam Minor, who was bitten by a maddog a few days ago, has been attacked with hydrophobia and will die. He lives west of town. _____ • HOOSIER HAPPENINGS. James Hamilton had an arm sawed off (n a sawmill in Hendricks county. W. H. Powner, the pioneer schoolteacher of Greei&burg. is dead at the age of 75, Mrs. William Bolan, a prominent woman of Montgomery, Knox county, dropped deart. ' Dolj>h"Clodfelter, aged 8, near Greencas--1 tie,-died from lockjaw caused by stepping 1 on a rusty nail. John Baker, a prominent ice dealer of ' Logansport, is dead from injuries received 1 in handling ice. Richard Young was awarded $5,000 dam--1 age* against the Citizens’ street railroad at Indianapolis for injuries. Q

R'port of the Bund*y School Convention of Root Townehip. 's® Tlie Sunday school union convention of Root township convened at the Alpha M. E. church on the 6th of June All the Sunday schools of the township were represented, namely: Alpha,* 3 Mount Pleasant, Concord, Pleasant Valley, Pleasant Grove and Union Chapel. The services were opened by singing and prayer, alter which the test in promotion of Sunday school pupils was discussed and on motion, a committee j was appointed consisting •of L. Nl<_ GrandstalT, Mrs. R. A. Drummond, U. Muininaand C. Harkless. Afternoon services were opened by singing, after which several qestions were given for general discussion. Among the questions were these to in answered by the persons named: “The best way to spend tlie Sabbath” by Rev. Kane. “How shall we prevent Sunday visiting” by Rev. Tinkbam. “Are Sunday school picnic’s a benefit to the school” by A R. Wolf. After which the subject of Sunday school music was discussed. Rev. Tinkhain then gave u short talk on tbe subject, "How to put workers to work.” A , short talk on the duties of tbe Sunday school superintendaht by Coat alter which the subject was discussed in general. Tbe committee that was •appointed in the forenoon then gave in their report which read as follows: “We the committee to whom referred the subject, “What lest to apply for the promotion of the primary class,” . beg leave to report the following lor your consideration Ist The teacher should make the examiisHion and recommend tlie pupil to the superinj tendaut for promotion. 2nd, The scholar should be able to read the lesson and answer questions on the lessqns of the last quarter. 3rd The teacher should instruct the pupils that they would be graded on punctuality, deportment and ability to answer questions on the lessons of the last quarter preceding the examination and that their promotion would be at the beginning of the school year. A motiou was taken and the test adopted as read An essay on Christian enthusiasm was read by Minnie Christen fol- , lowed by discussion of the subject, “Ought parents be in the Sunday school” by A. R Wolf and Rev. Kane Short talks on the subject, “The Sunday school of my early life” by Mr. Wpyand Robison Peoples “Howto secure punctuality in the Sunday school” by Mr. Mumma. The questions that were given were then answered by the persons to whom they were assigned and also discussed by others Afternoon services were then closed by singing In the evening a lecture on “International Fellowship” was given by Rev. H. D. Mead Essay on “Impure Literature” by A. Van Camp. Lecture on the subject, “Future of the Sunday school” by Rev C. L. Culbeisston. The following resolution was then brought before the house: We. the Sunday School Union, assembled in convention at Alpha M. E. church in Root township, Adams county, Indiana, believing in the need of aggressive temperance work, commend our last legislature in passing the Nicholson bill and our beloved governor in signing that bill, and we recommend that the Sunday school workers of Root township, acquaint themselves with the provisions of said bill, and do all in their power to enforce the provisions thereof. Sigped by C. Tinkhatn, R. D. Mead and j. Christen. A motion was brought before tbe house, whether to adopt this resolution or not. A vote was taken and the < resolution adopted as read. A collection was then taken which amounted to 92 cents. Meeting closed by singing and benediction. Next meeting to be held at Pleasant Grove. OBITUARY. Ralph Leo, son of J. and Elsie D. Wertzberger, was born m Dayton, Texas, June 7,1894. and died at Continental, Ohio. June 9, 1895, aged I year and 2 days. He had been rather poorly for about four months, but not' until two days before he died did he seem to be real sick. About four o’clock Sunday morning death came to the relief of the little sufferer. Mid the pastures green otthe blessed isles, Where never is heat or cold: Where the light of life is the Shepherd’s smile. Are the lambs of the upper fold. Where the lilies blossom in And never a heart grows old, Where the glad new song is the song they sing, Are the lambs of the upper fold. The funeral services were held at the residence of M. J. Wertzberger on south Third street, in this city on'Monday afternoon, conducted by Pastor IL II Smith of the Baptist church, assisted by Pastor F. Horton of the Presbyterian church, after which the little form % was laid to rest In Maplewood cemetery.. ■ ■ •- Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder World’* Fair tllghMt Modal and Diptom.