Decatur Democrat, Volume 1, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 11 April 1899 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT. .CONFERENCE EDITION. EVERY MOUSING BY Lew G. ELLINOHAM, Publisher. For Week 15 cents, in Advance. Tuesday Morning. April 11. Endorsed By Official Board. The following certified copy is pubAshed at this time, in order to disabuse the minds of many visiting ministers, who have been laboring under the misapprehension that the Democrat, had no such endorsement, and was an imposter of whole cloth. How such misleading statements gained the public’s ear, it would not. at this time, In? prudent to explain. Following is the record: On motion the privilege of publishing a daily paper during the session of the conference next spring was granted to C. M. Kenyon who has asked for the same and' also to L. G. Ellingham if he shall so desire. Decatur, Ind., Nov. 1,1898. I certify that the above motion is correct and was granted by the official Board. John Niblick,.Sec. The wife of Editor Racket, of Fort Wayne, is dead. Whatever the present embalmed beef commission may dicide to report there can now be no question that the report of the first investigating committee was as rank a piece of whitewashing as was ever done in this country. The committee made practically no effort to get testimony as to the conduct of the war, for if it had it could certainly have found some of the hundreds of witnesses whom Gen. Miles has produced and whose evidence has now been put on record. —Sentinel. This is the last issue as a morning medium of news. Judging by the many expressions of approval, both in the way of subscriptionsand compliments, we are modest in saying that our existence was not in vain. With that same degree of modesty we will also sav that in our opinion Decatur is better and more favorably known than ever before. Expressions approving our city, our people and our hospitality was heard on every hand. Bishop Andrews himself, took occasion to say that never before had a conference been better taken care of. So with the ending of the fiftysixth session of the North Indiana Conference, Decatur unanimously invites them to come again.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE. quest. All who passed in their studies this year in class for admission shall be exempt from examination next year. The statistical secretaries read recapitulations of the conference statistics. The report of the committee on nominations for standing committees was adopted. Bishop Andrews ordered Secretary Naftzger to read the journal of the previous day’s proceedings which were approved. The Stewards reported, after which a motion carried to appropriate 57.000 for conference claimants next year. The committee on resolutions presented the following. Resolved’ That wo hereby express our hearty appreciation of the hospitality and many marked expression of kindness shown us by the pastor and members of this church, the other protestant churches an 1 the catholic church of this city. That our thanks are due and are hereby expressed to the Banks of this city for special favors shown us and to the Decatur Democrat and the Decatur Evening Journal for the superior reports of the conference proceedings which they have furnished. Appreciation of the music of the Methodist choir and male quartetes was expressed. Also the appreciation of the managers of the opera house in throwing open its j doors for the use of the conference secretaries and treasurers were commended for their work. Appreciation of Miss Anna Downey’s work was expressed. Bishop Bowman the ! beloved Senior Bishop who has blessed j the conference by his presence was effectionatly remembered in the I resolutions. Bishop Andrews who so wisely presided over the conference, resolutions of esteem and appreciation were approved by a rising vote. Bishop Andrews remarked that the conference have resolved itself into a mutual admiration society. Rev. \V. H. Daniel expressed in his own happy style the gratification and pleasure of the church and Decatur people in having the conference and expressed the desire that at some time the Annual conference would again meet here. The conference treasurer Rev. C. C. Cissel read his report after which Bishop Andrews requested all to arise. He then offered a fervent prayer, after which he read the appointments. The long meter doxology and benedition by Bishop Andrews closed the session. LIST OF APPOINTMENTS. Fort Wayne District. F. T. Simpson, P. E. AngolaF. M. Kemper AuburnT. M. Guild AvillaJ. S. Cain BlufftonS. Light BoboN. P. Barton < Ceylonßryant Howe | ChurubuscoCharles Tinkham I CoesseD. I. Hower

DecaturW. H. Daniel Fort Wayne, Berry 5t....C. C. Cissell “ ■* St. Paul... M. C. Cooper “ “ Simpson.. T. J. Johnson <• “ TrinityS. Powell “ “ Wayne St... W. D. Parr j Fort Wayne Circuit FremontJ. A. Sprague GarrettJ- MGenevaJ. J. I' red HarlanL. C. Zimmerman Hoaglandßalph C. Jones Huntertown\\ . E. Murray HuntingtonL. A. Becks LeoJ F. Chenoweth MarkleC. A. Rowand 1 MonroevilleO. S. Harrison New Haven George Cocking j OssianC. M. Hollopeter Poneto E. J. Magor! RoanokeS. C. Norns SpencervilleE. H. Peters UniondaleE. M. Foster Wolf Lake Woodburn.Supplied by E. A. Bunner York Supplied by H. G. Porter Goshen District. C. G. Hudson, P. E. P. 0. 211 W. Franklin St., . ..Elkhart ) AlbionC. H. Murray BristolJ- W. Bowen ButlerT. F. Freeh Butler Circuit.. Sup’d by G. C. I Imer Corruuna,S. J. Mellinger ElkhartC. H. Brown Elkhart Circuit. Sup’d by W. E. Ingals Goshen. First Church. .. A. S. Preston •• Fifth AveA. H. McKee) HamiltonA. L. Weaver j Hudson and Ashleyß. Sawyer KendallvilleM. J. Magor LaGrangeE. E. Neal LeesburgJ. D. Belt LigonierE. F. Albertson LimaU. A. Foster MiddleburyW. P. Herron j Milford..A. A. Turner MishawakaC. W. Smtih NappaneeW. R. Wones New ParisJ- T. Fettro OrlandG. H. Kemp OsceolaM. F. Stright TopekaJ. A. Sumwait ValentineF. S. Stamm WakarusaJ. T. Hammond WaterlooW. F. Dingel WolcottvilleE. B. Westhafer Richmond District. A. E. Makin, P. E. CadizF. F Thornburg j Cambridge CityF. M. Lacy CentervrilleC. H. Metts 1 CharlottesvilleE. F. Naftzger DublinA. S. Luring Fountain CityJ. P. Chamness Greefield...."F. M. Stone HagerstownJ. B. McNary Kennard. .Supplied by E. E. Wright KnightstownD. H. Guild LynnH. A. Ervelle MiddletownW. H. Peirce New CastleH. J. Norris PhiladelphiaM. C.. Pittenger PortlandM. A. Harlan Portland Circuit. . .Edward Trippeer Richmond, First Church A. W. Lamport *' Grace Churchj G. H. Hill! “ Third Church Supplied by W. E. McCarty I “ Fifth StA. G. Neal RidgevilleHenry Lacy' SpicelandJ. P. Pfeifer TrentonH. H. Compton Union CityM. E. Nethercut Williamsburg S.. F. Harter WinchesterJ. W. Cain Kokomo District. M. S. Marble, P. E. Alto David Wells Arcadiaß. J. Wade AtlantaL. C. Poor Bunker HillM. J. Cause CenterS. F. Spitz Cicero L. E. Knox ConverseW. W. Martin ElwoodJ. A. Beatty Galvestonß. L. Semans GoldsmithH. M. Strong GreentownJ. F. Radcliffe JolietvilleJ. M. B. Reeves KemptonF. P. Morris Kokomo. Grace Ch... .E. T. Gregg, John Bigham. “ Markland Ave. ,C. E. White Logansport, Broadway.. E. L. Semans “ Market Street W. S. Stewart “ Wheatland Street J. K. Walts New BrittonT. A. Graham New WaverlyW. H. Osborn Noblesvilleß. A. Kemp PeruJ. H. Jackson RussiavilleW. D. Trout Santa FeA. M. Patterson Scircleville.. Supp'd by C. W. Ballow Sharpsville.'.C. E. Disbro SheridanO. V. L. Harbour SwayzeeLewis Reeves i TiptonJ. O. Bills Walton Supplied by C. E. Dunn WindfallA. E. Sarah WestfieldF. A. Fish Muncie District. C. U. Wade, P. E. AlbanyH. C. Smith Albany CircuitJ. B. Cook AlexandriaC. E. Line Anderson, Indiana Ave. .1. W. Singer Madison Ave.C. B. Wilcox Meridian Street H. W. Bennett Noble Street.. P. E. Powell DunkirkG. B. Work Eaton Charles Harvey FairmountMillard Pell Farmland Sylvester Billheimer FortvilleG. H. Mvers FranktonJ. D. Croan Gas CityJ. W. Oborn GastonJ. F. Bailey GilmanJ. O. Statesman Hartford City .L. M. Krider Hartford City Circuit Supplied by G. W. Martin | Ingalls... .Sup’d by A. D. Waggoner ) JonesboroW. T. Arnold . Lapelßichard Jones ) McCordsvilleJ. O. Campbell i Millgroveß. S. Reed

Montpelierß. S. Hollopeter Muncie, Avondale. ■■■■■• ■ ■ ■■■ ■': ’' ’ ...Sup’d by T. E. Everhart .< High StL. J. Naftzger “ Madison St. and Whitely.. J. K. Cecil ! Muncie Circuit C. J.Grws New Burlington" l \ ) I Parker £ K . i : Pendleton L D '\ r ' vln Pennville-Eh Davis Perkinsville Perns Redkey Selma" D. V. Williams Summitville John C. W hite I Upland ” L T B t Ford j Yorktown... Supplied by E. L. Jones Warsaw District. J A. Lewellen, P. E. Akron R- HAnd re ■' l • M • 1 j lisl ’ Bippus J ’(' H 'f X Davis BourbonC. E. Davis Burket /• J- MeCoy Columbia CityW ■ M- Nelson i DenverJ- M. Baker Etna GreenA. J- Duryee InwoodC. H. Wilkinson La Fountain A. J. Carey LaGroW. W. Brown LarwellJ- W. Tillman Macy J- A- Ruley Marion. First churchH. A. Daus “ Grace church.... J.H. Runkle “ Ninth St and Sweetzer, C. E. Parsons MentoneM. R. Pierce MexicoL R. Godwin Mount EttaJ. Z. Barrett North ManchesterA. S. Wooten North WebsterS. C. Heston PiercetonJ- E. Ervin RoannJ. L. Hutchens Silver LakeD. S. Jones South WhitleyU. S. A. Bridge Van Buren. Supplied by J. W .W alters Wabash, First church \ H. N. Herrick / G. A. Wilson “ Wabash St..J. A. Patterson “ Middle StW. J. Vigus WarrenJ. B. Alleman “ CircuitG. F. Osbun Warsaw.. :Chauncy King “ CircuitA. D. Alexander ' Quaint Old Colonial Document. New Amsterdam had been in British , hands four years when this qnaint and j curious customs order, the oldest in existence and but recently unearthed from ] a mass of colonial records, was penned “Instructions for Mr. Cornelius Van Ruyven, Collector of the Customes in ye City of New York by Order of Colonell Francis Lovelace. Governour. May 24. 1668. “You or y’r clerk are to be dayly at ye Custome House from nine in ye morning untill twelve at noone. There to receive ye Customes both in and out, as the Merchants shall come & enter, ye merchant is to makefonre Bills, and signe them with his hand, writing his name to them, & ye same time, when you have signed ye Warrant, or one of ye Bills, you ire to demand ye Custome, either in kinds at 10 P Cent inwards or double ye vallue of its first Cost in Holland, in Beaver. And likewise outwards for Peltry you are to receive PCent according to ye vallue in Beaver, for Tobacco one half penny Pr. pound Ster'g: which is noe more than all Englishmen doe pay. • • • You to tell ye Merchant you are not to give credit. • * * If they doe not like your propositions. you are not to pass their Bills. * * * “And Lastly pray lett ye Books be kept all in English and all Factoryes and Papers, that when I have occasion to satisfy myself I may better understand them.” A Joke on the Jap. The Japanese students at our colleges find the American sense of humor as it is expressed by the other students about them a somewhat peculiar thing, but not at all hard to understand. In fact, it is quite simple and elementary. A Japanese gentleman who was a student at Harvard not long ago relates that he was asked by some of his American fellow students to “teach them some Japanese words.” He began by giving them “Good morning” in Japanese This phrase is represented in Japanese by a word which in English equivalents cannot be more closely represented than by the word “Ohio.” The boys were interested and promised to remember it Next morning, when the Japanese student came to the lecture room, he found a group of the boys gathered to give him the morning salutation in Japanese. “Pennsylvania 1” shouted one of them “Kentucky!" yelled another, irgiuia! " “New Hampshire!" “Rhode Island! ' still others called. But not one of them said “Ohio!" It was the American idea of a great joke. The young Japanese was much edified and made a note of it. —Boston Transcript Electric Locomotive's Whistle. Electric locomotives, and also motor cars, are provided with a whistle, just as steam locomotives are. In appearance the whistle is similar to the ordinary steam whistle, and it is operated as to the actual blowing of it in the same manner, but compressed air is used instead of steam. A part of the engine equipment is a pump operated, as the engine is, by electricity, which stores air at a suitable pressure in a reservoir made for the purpose. When the whistle valve is opened, the compressed air rushes in just as steam wculd do. In place of the bell there is ■ commonly used on such engine or motor car an electric gong.—New York Sun. Dewey's Insignia. The distinguishing insignia of Dewey’s rank as admiral will be as follows: On the lower end of the sleeve there will be three stripes of gold lace Two of the stripes will be 2 inches wide. Between these will be a stripe 1 inch wide. Just above the three stripes will be a gold star. On each side of the coat collar will appear two gold anchors flanking four silver stars.

Welcome! We indeed extend to all a hearty welcome, and to assure you that we mean what we say, we will give to all ministers and their wives special low prices for this week on our entire line of waist and trimming Silks, black and fancy Suitings of all kinds, espec- I tally is our stock of Crepons very desirable, and the now weaves in black and spring shades in Coverts for tailor made suits. * The liberal discount we will make to you this week will be a big inducement for you to buy your spring outfit while here. We I can show you the prettiest line of Fancy ! - China and fancy articles of all kinds. You can find anything in the way of Souvenir or presents that you may want. Come in and look through. We will be glad to show you whether you buy or not. Chas. F. True, CASH STORE. | jtLLLLLL-LI 3 ...Woodward 9 8a11... t H F* h Dealers 19 etyeap, h ...Medium apd pipe ► H F* H F* I ...Rirpihire, J Qjipa, CJlass apd Queepsware, J h Opyx Stapds, Bapqu<?t lamps. : d * t 3 Qall apd 8?? us. —Soul!? street. ► h r H J 3 U/oodward Ball. J H ►* | I WILL KEEP CONSTANTLY | ON HAND DURING I Conference Week) □ c a ? | ketlbce, Oqior|s, Radishes, | aqd all Fruits iq seasoq. i I ...Especial Effort... | Will be made to suit and fill all orders l entrusted in our care for all kinds of CAKE, PIES AND BREAD. | Special grates oq Meals conference. | Peoples’ Bakery’) | Opposite Court H-ouse. I ’Phoqe 27. tt. ft. FFJIBTOE, j