Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 27 June 1907 — Page 3

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LABORATORY IS A DEATH TRAP ; 1 Terrible Condition of Affairs Found 1 in Hammond Schools. i i With two professors in the Hammond high school by typhoid fever and eight students 'Stricken with < the disease, the health authorities of < that city began an investigation into 1 charges that the chemical laboratory of the institution is a veritable death : trap. Prof. Jason Elston, instructor i of chemistry in the school, died Friday, following a short illness and the ' news precipitated a panic among the : parents of children who attend the school. The 0 * death of Prof. Elston came as 1 a climax'to a long list of fatalities and strange illnesses, all of which, it is said, are directly traceable to the ; unsanitary condition of the school’s laboratory. Two months ago Prof. James B. Irwin, who was Prof. Elston’s predecessor, died. His death was similar to that of Prof. Elston. Both men died after a short but virulent attack 1 of typhoid fever. Eight students who have been using the laboratory daily are now confined to their homes with typhoid, and it is declared that nearly every student in the school has a slight attack of malaria. Shortly after he began work in the school Prof. Elston complained of feeling ill. He declared that the laboratory was unhealthful, but the school authorities, it is said, refused to investigate. Dr. Elston was confined to his bed only one week before he died. It is said that the condition of the school has caused many parents to withdraw their children and the laboratory class is attended by only a small unit. o — MRS. WIETFELDT BURIED TODAY Last Rites for Allen County Lady Well Known Here. Mrs. Minnie Wietfeldt, wife of Frederick Wietfeldt, of Madison township, died Friday morning at her home from the results of paralysis. Mrs. Wietfeldt was thirty-six years of age. She is a sister of Mrs. Lawrence Koeneman of this city. Four brothers and three sisters survive. The brothers are Ferdinand Berning, of Renville, Minn ; Wm. Berning, of ' Hoagland; John Berning, of Decatur, and George Berning who resides with ' his parents in Madison township. The sisters are Mrs. Lawrence Koeneman,. 1 of this city; Mrs. Henry Hodenbeck, of Decatu/; and Mrs. Wm. Gallmeyer, ’ of Bingen. The funeral services will be held at 10 o’clock Monday morning at the residence and at 10 o’clock at the Fuelling church. —Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette. , >

Mr. Frank E. Purnell, proprietor of the Randall hotel, opened his dining room on the European plan Saturday and the first two days of the changed service were very encouraging and demonstrates that the a la carte plan is popular in Fort Wayne. Many local families patronized the room at the noon hour Sunday and Mr. Purcell is gratified that he has met a popular demand. For many years the Randall was operated on the straight American plan and it is the first large hostelry outside of Indianapolis to adopt the European service. —Journal-Gozette. —7 J. - ...a *■' 1 -A .«> ..

MILITIA TO USE FT. HARRISON Georgia Congressman Apprehensive Over Hearst Movement—Washington News of Interest. Washington, June 20. —Scanning a local price of meats headed “Lamb chops, 35 cents X - pound,” Secretary of Agriculture Wilson today announced that the present high figures were entirely natural and that “a further increase would not be surprising.” He differs with popular opinion that the beef trust is responsible. The secretary believes the economic law of supply and demand is in full operation. “TheiAmerican people are eating more meat today than ever before In their lives,” said Secretary Wilson. “That French King who boasted that his country was so prosperous that the humblest subject had a fowl in pot every Sunday would cut a small figure here today. The American workingman has meat every day, many of them twice a day. They want the best meat ,in the market, too

The war department has issued orders giving the Indiana militia the privilege of using the Ft. Benjamin Harrison reservation for its annual encampment which takes place July 17-27. The department officials have forwarded to Indianapolis the necessary sanitary appliances to be used at that time, and permission is also given for using the water supply of the army post. The quartermastergeneral is informed that five extra good water wells have recently been completed and tested on the Ft. Benjamin Harrison reservation, and officials of the war department are delighted with the results. These wells are 333 feet deep and are cased down to solid rock. The quartermastergeneral’s department has let a contract for a cement walk which will be built from the officers’ quarters across the reservation to the electric station.

Leonidas F. Livington, member of congress from Georgia, who has recently been traveling a good deal with the view of ascertaining if possible what the drift of Democratic sentiment is with reference to the presidency said today that he finds everywhere great apprehension over the Hearst movement. “Suppose Hearst is an independent candidate next year,” said he, “did it ever occur to you what sort of fix we would be in? The Democratic situation, as I see it, is likely to be very much mixed - ,as long as there is doubt about the intentions of Mr. Hearst. If he is to be the candiate of the independence league he will take away from the regular candidate a large element of strength that has always gone to our party. Hearst’s hold on certain class of voters is strong and it is something that must be taken into consideration.

The Secretary of the Treasury has not yet given up the idea of buying a site for a federal building in Bloomington. Only one site has beert offered, but officials of the department are considering another site. They have $6,000 for a purchase price, but the owners of the site are holding out for $7,500. Arthur T. Pinkowsky, a former Indiana man, has been promoted from a laboratory assistant in the bureau of standards, at $1,200 a year, to assistant physicist in the same bureau at a salary of $1,400 a year. o - THE BEST PLANT IN THE STATE Haefling & Ernest are Doing Electric Work—lnsurance Man Praises this New Concern. ■ I Haefling and Ernst the electricians, are at present engaged in installing an electric plant in the new Decatur Packing company’s building in the south part of the city, which when completed will be one of the finest equipped buildings in the city. The machinery is up to date in every respect and is of the latent patterns and type. The electric power is to be used for lighting automotive power and will be used in running the various elevators in the building and for running all the machinery used in this plant. The new machinery will be installed this week and on next Monday will be thoroughly tested. In sesuring of<Messrs. Haefling and Ernst the packing people secured two men who are well versed in electricity and its appliances and the plant will no doubt be instaled in proper shape. In fact, the entire pant is modern and up to date, and will be the finest packing house in Indiana, when complete. An insurance inspector, who visited the plant a lew days ago reports it the best packi ig house concern he has ever visited. It was constructed in a manner which conforms in every particular to the government specifications and will be so conducted. ' " - t' ’ ' " . J *

ESCAPES DEATH MIRACULOUSLY One Arm Crushed and the Boy Otherwise Bruised but his Injuries Not Believed Serious. Don Vancil, thirteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Vancil, who reside on Fifth street was painfully injured last evening while returning from the base ball park and as a result is confined to his home under the care of a physician The accident happenede at the close of the game between Decatur and Kokomo near the residence of Miss Hattie Studabaker while the hacks were conveying the people fkom the game. Don, with several playmates, endeavored to jump onto one of the hacks and in so doing lost his balance and was thrown against the wheel, which in turn threw him to the ground. The heavy rig which was well loaded with passengers running over his right foot. When he fell from the step the wheel struck his right arm cutting a gash midway between the elbow and shoulder nearly four inches long,which required four stitches to sew it up. The ifiuscles in the arm were laid bare, and made a ghastly looking wound.

The little chap was carried 'to the side of the road by many willing hands who at first thought he was fatally injured and Dr. J. M. Miller, who was just leaving the park, was summoned and took charge of the patient, taking him to his office, where the wounds were properly dressed and he was then taken home. The right foot, which was run over by the wagon, was badly bruised, but no bones were broken. The little chap was unconscious last night owing to the shock and pain. Blame for the accident cannot be attached to any one in particular, as the lad of his own free will endeavored to hop onto the rig, and in so doing, lost his balance. That he was not fatally injured is a mystery to those who saw the accident, as the rig was heavily loaded with the people at the time. The injuires, although very painful, are not believed serious, and the little chap will soon be himself again. He was resting easy today. This accident should be a lesson to other boys who practice such business.

UNITES WITH INDIANA NORMAL \ President Winchester Will Continue in Charge—Will Move at Once to Prepare for the' Fall TermMuncie, Ind., June 21. —It is now Taylor University, of Muncie. At a joint meeting of the board of trustees of‘Taylor university of Upland, Ind., and the trustees of the Indiana Normal School and College of Applied Sciences, held in the parlors of the Commercial club, it was decided to consolidate the two Institutions under the former name, and to occupy the college buildings in Normal City. After the signing of the articles of agreement, a full board of trustees for the new institution was selected. President B. A. Pittenger, of the Normal school, resigned yesterday, his time to expire at the close of the term, which ends today. It has been arranged that the normal department will be made one of the features of Taylor university. An effort was made to retain Prof. Pittenger at the head of this department, but he wished to discontinue his work. The normal department will be made a part of the course during the fall term, but it is planned to commence the broader normal work next March. The removal of the school property will be made this summer so that when the fall term opens, in September, everything will be in readiness. President Winchester, of the college, and the other members of the faculty will remove to Muncie this summer in time to take up the work-at the beginning of the fall term. Yesterday’s meeting was one of harmony. The deal for the removal of the school to Muncie has been under way for several weeks and the trustees and college officials had fully investigated the matter before the meeting for final action. By the articles of association and agreement, Taylor university will be non-sectarian, although it will be under the patronage of the Methodist Episcopal church. It will also be non-partisan and will be open to all races atfd nationalities. Complete courses in college, acadamic and normal courses will be given. —o We notice in an exchange that the Fowlerton postmaster has been arrested charged with choiring his mother-in-law.- Now what do you think of that? It has come to a pretty pass when a man can be arrested for choking his mother-in-law. We -are not upholding the Fowlerton postmaster, because he is a postmaster, but because he is a son-in-law. The laws are becoming entirely too stringent!

BURT CHRISTENTOOKBAD CHECK And is Therefore Loser a Ten Dollar Bill. A young man about twenty-five years of age who is not now to be found about FL Wayne, by the' liberal use of unmitigated nerve succeeded in passing two bad checks upon two conservative business houses in the city within the past few days. On last Saturday he called at the Christen Bros, pharmacy, Calhoun street and Douglas avenue, and asked Mr. Bust Christen to cash a check for $lO for him. The check was drawn on the First National bank, and was made payable to Charley Brownley and was signed “Bass Iron Co., by E. O. Bass,” The check was dated June 14. Mr. Christen saw nothing wrong with the paper and gave the fellow the $lO, only to find later that the check was no good. No such firm as the Bass Iron company, exists here and no such person as E. O. Bass is known to the police. V' On Tuesday the same fellow, if descriptions are correct, went to Condon’s Lakeside drug store and presented a check for $5, drawn on the First National bank, made payable to Harry H. Horn, and bearing the signar ture “National Collection Co., R. E. Berger.” Both of these names are said by the police to be fictitious but the crook got his $5 This check bore the date of June 18. —Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette. o — - ENGLISH SPARROWS MUST DIE Two Little Birds Cause Excitement at Spokane. < i Spokane, Wash., June 21. —Two Sparrows niade their apearance in Spokane, today, and befor| 5 o’clock in the afternoon Mayor C. Herbert Moore, who is also chairman of the City Beautiful committee of the 150,000 club, received 197 calls from residents, who asked that ways be devised to, exterminate the “rats of the air” before they became a nuisance. The mayor conferred with Ren. H. Rice, chief of the police department, the result being that a permit was issued to Secretary Gaston to employ Frank C. Harris to kill the pests. The order gives the “official swallow exterminator” permission to carry firearms three days and shoot within the city limits. In addition to $5 a day while on the hunt, the man will receive a reward of $25 for capturing the birds, dead or alive, j It is believed the sparrows came to Spokane in a box car from an eastern point*.

The project for a new hotel, which has been in process of incubation for several weeks, was formally launched with every assurance of success when the Ft. Wayne Hotel Building company was organized at the Anthony Wayne club yesterday afternoon. The subscribers for stock were all present and when Mr. Curdes announced subscriptions of $140,000, with more in sight, the stockholders felt that the project was now fully assured of success. —Journal-Gazette. <j RURAL ROUTE TEN. / Mrs. Margaret Jacobs returned home from Berne, where she had been visiting relatives and friends for the last few days. Mrs. Jim Stump was the guest of Mrs. John Hook and family last Wednesday. Preaching services were conducted by Rev. Isaac Hollingsworth at the North Pleasant Valley church last Sunday night. A large crowd was present. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Gephart were called to* the bedside of their little grandson at Ft Wayne, who is in a serious condition. Miss Laura Stevley went to Lima, Ohio, last Wednesday, where she will visit with her sister Mrs. J. R. Clark and family and other friends and relatives. Mr. Azie Tucker has been busy for the last few days planting corn. Mrs. Lawrence Strickler was the guest of her parents Mr aqd-Mrs. Elmore Cook Wednesday. Mr. Samuel Shepherd visited with his sister Mrs. Philip last Sunday.

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GOV. FRANCIS ATTENDS FAIR Pronounces it a Great Show—Buildings Are Complete—GovernPier Nearly Finished. Norfolk, Va., June 22.—Executive Commissioner Bolin, of the Ohio Commission to the Jamestown Exposition, has made an interesting report to the members of the commission regarding affairs at the exposition. Mr. Bolin has been on the grounds for the past two months in daily touch with everything going on. Mr. Bolin says: “The newspaper reports which are being published in the north and west seem to me to be very unjust, and I know in a great many instances the long bow has been drawn pretty freely. The outside work of the exposition building is now, I believe, complete in every de* tail that is required to make the proper showing. All buildings have been completed and the park about the plaza as welt “The greatest delay is on the government pier and this probably gives a more incomplete effect to the exposition than anything else because the company’s office, tool sheds and other temporary structures are still needed. Work on the pier has reached a stage now where every stroke shows. The pylons on the land end of each arm of the pier, are completed and with all the staff decorated make a very beautiful finish. The balustrade and lines strung along one arm of the pier and the towers are being erected on the sea end of the pier. The pier when completed will be the greatest feature of this or any other exposition, I believe, and should be fully accomplished in all its • details by the first of July. “On the 30th of May the war path was formally opened, so that this is now a feature of the exposition. Many of the attractions of the War Path are recognized by those who have seen them and pretend to know to be of the very finest that have ever been shown at any exposition. Mr. Buchanan, the right hand man of Gov. einor Francis, of the Louisiana Purchase exposition, at St Louis, was here the other day and he pronounced this in many respects the most interesting and well-planned exposition that has ever been shown to the people. He says that it is now further advanced than the one at Buffalo was during the same period after the opening date.

“I hope that you will find yourselves many times in position to contradict the very unjust criticisms of the newspapers. The organized Baptists of the north and south met here at the Jamestown exposition for the time since the war. This is sim ’.y one instance of the great good that, the exposition may do and will/0o toward re-establishing the new ties of fraternalism between the two sections if all parties will grasp the opportunity, but if the northern newspapers continue the tactics which they have adopted of criticising the exposition without proper or careful investigation, I fear that the southerners will take it as further evidence of the continued sectional breach between the Americans and the great good which the exposition might otherwise do will be thwarted and this we should all regret to see.” x o The city council will meet in regular session July 2nd, when they wjiWiehr objections to the George W. Roop sewer. From what we can learn there will be some objections, but how serious we are unable to state.

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