Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 18 July 1907 — Page 1

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GREAT IN HISTORICAL LORE A Week of Pleasure Amid t n e Hospitality of the Old Dominion —Worth Seeing. So many inquiries have come to us concerning the Jamestown Exposition we feel it due our readers to give them as much information as possible. Is it Wbrth while? Is there anything there to see? are the universal questions. We would like to say it is decidedly worth while, and there is more there to’ see than the best sightseer couldp ossibly manage in a month. It is not an exposition in the same sense as Chicago and St. Louis. It is not intended to be. While many of the same commercial exhibits are placed in the various buildings, they are of r secondary importance. The dominant spirit of the exposition is patriotism. It is a celebration of the very first white settlement in this great country of ours. Those of us who go across or half way across the continent, passing through great cities, looking out over vast plains and seefng everywhere activity and plenty for the millions, who have poured into the country in a brief three hundred years, are wonderfully impressed by what the'heroism of those first brave men and meant. When we stood in the old church yard at Jamestown, we felt that every person who could possibly do so should journey hither, to do homage to the* brave hearts of the forefathers and foremothers, who endured the dangers and hardships of those early days. Is there anything to see? where every foot of ground is rich in historical lore. - As we looked out over the waters of Hampton Roads the sunlight dancing on its waves and playing over the great fleet of warships at anchor, our enthusiasm rose so high that several subsequent days of rain could not -dampen dur ordor. We . felt that here we were seeing real things, peri manent in character. A broad walk runs for, miles around the shore line. Turning- from the water and across a wide street are the state buildings. Nearly every one built to do honor to her favorite son. For instance, Kentucky has Daniel Boone’s block house. Here one breathes the air of kindly Kentucky hospitality. Georgia, in compliment to President Roosevelt, has a reproduction of his mother’s home, she being a daughter of that state. Connecticut’s building ; is a beautiful and substantial struc- | ture, built after the plan of the Tallmadge house in Litchfield, Conn, f' The furnishings are exquisite. The fruit of the present day looms in hangIngs and rugs being hormoniously - blended with priceless heirlooms loan-* ed for this occasion. Mt. Vernon, the ’ home of Washington, is fittingly reproduced. Space forbids one mention- • ing all, but in every one a courteous custodian is ready to explain the history connected with the building. It is a matter of regret to every Indianian [ who visits the exposition, that we have no state building. While our I state is not so old, her sons have never failed to do her honor in times of I peace or war. | The exposition buildings are qolonial | in architecture. They have a substanI tial look of brick trimmed in white, | that is a pleasing contrast to the I show palaces of former expositions | and all are now finished. The grounds i are _in harmony with the buildings. ‘ The landscape artist having cleverly j combined art and nature to give a f most artistic and pleasing effect. The I government pier, the great outside 1 feature of the exposition grounds, is | not yet completed, but work is pro--1 grossing rapidly. On Monday morning, June 10th, the National Editorial association opened ; with about four hundred editors, their 'ft. wives and friends, pleasantly domiciled in the Inside Inn. No more beautiful location for a summer hotel can '• be Imagined than this, with its broad verandas overlooking the ocean. The lobby with its great blazing fireplaces, comfortable chairs, writing rooms, every convenience of postofflce, telephone and telegraphic service, etc., [ protection, consideration and courtesy, at all hours, make it an ideal place to j stay. Were there no exposition there, I to see, it would still be a delightful H place. 1 Monday, June 10th (Georgia Day) j the greatest military and naval review ( in the history of the country was held j in honor of President Roosevelt’s visit | to the exposition. Lee’s parade ground Lis especially planned for the military and naval features, which will be

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the exposition. No more magnificent and inspiring spectacle can be imagined than the passing in review before the president of these United States, great numbers of our own and foreign troops, with bands playing and banners flying. The week’s entertainment Included receptions, a trip to Jamestown, a clam bake, an afternoon at Miller Bros, ranch, an evening on the warpath. Just here let us say we did not visit an attraction, in this important feat- - ure of any exposition, not worth while. The Battle of the Monitor and Merrimac is especially meritorious. Saturday the entire party was taken to Richmond, Va. Here a day of pleasure and hospitality awaited us. The most interesting part of the day’s program was a visit to old St. John’s church, where Patrick Henry delivered his famious “Give me liberty or give me death” address. At Richmond the party disbanded, many going to Old Point Comfort, thence to Washington for a few days jaunt. All through the week the splendid courtesy and hospitality of the Virginia people, justly famous for those qualities, were everywhere in evidence. From the highest official to the guards one meets gracious consideration, and let us say, to meet and mingle with the people of the Old Dominion state, is not the least of the pleasures enjoyed at this greatest educational exposition ever carried to completion in this or any other country. N. M. E. _o TO THE PASTEUR INSTITUTE Was Bitten on Wrist by a Vicious and Angry Dog Last Friday—Taken to Chicago Yesterday. James Harkless, for many years a bookkeeper at the First National bank here, and at present serving as cashier of the Paulding, Ohio, County National bank, was taken to Chicago ; Monday for treatment of what is feared ; to be a mad dog bite. Mr. and Mrs. . D. W. Beery, of this city were to meet : Mr. and Mrs. Harkless at Ft. Wayne , yesterday, from where they had plan- [ ned to go to Winona for a week’s out- . ing ,but just before time to leave here > the Beerys were called up and infonn- . ed of the condition of Mr. Harkless i and the plans balled off. Last Friday s James was walking down the street at Paulding, while two dogs were fight- ■ ing on the sidewalk. As he passed i them one of the canines gave him a • severe bite on the wrist. He hastened - to a physician, who administered anti- . dotes and has since treated him, but . his condition was such that the doctor advised a course of treatment at the , Pasteur institute at Chicago,. and he . was taken there yesterday, the very r day he had planned to begin his va- .( cation. Mr. Harkless has a large numt ber of friends and admirers here, who . earnestly hope he will recover with- . out any ill effects. i — o - ALMOST KILLED UNDER A TRAIN j — l Mr. Starr, A traveling Man, Meets s With Accident. Oliver D. Starr, traveling salesman E for a Richmond grocery firm, had a narrow escape from death under the I wheels of a G. R. & I. passenger - train, at Ridgeville, Friday afternoon. , He attempted to board the south j bound train, which passes through j Decatur at 1:15, after it had got under s partial headway, and was caught by . a baggage truck as he swung on the r platform. He was knocked under the i moving train, but was instantly pulls ed from the track by a bystander, 3 escaping with a three inch gash on j his head and other slight bruises of - the head and shoulders. Starr’s injuries were dressed and he was able > to continue his journey. I —o * MISS EGLY PLEASED HEARERS - Sang at Sunday Services in This City l —Has Splendid Voice. I i ■ » Miss Lillian Egly, of Berne, who , quite recently completed a course of > vocal training at Findlay, Ohio, ren- ■ dered beautiful vocal selections at the , Methodist and Presbyterian churches , Sunday. In the morning she sang > at the Methodist church and her beau- , tiful voice more than pleased the I large audience that had assembled. In the evening at the Presbyterian i church she again pleased a large aur dience. Miss Egley is taking steps I toward getting a class of pupils in t this city, to whom she will give vocal I lessons, and without doubt many will ’ be anxious to take lessons from one » with such musical accomplishments as .|s e possesses. .

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, July 18. 1907.

MEETS OLD ACQUAINTANCES Have Traveled Over Three Thousand Miles and Have Only Covered About One-Third of Their Journey. Salt Lake City, July 12, 1907. Dear Lew —Here we are again, after a perilous ride over the Rocky mountains. We had a very plesant stay in Colorado. We met George Musser, formerly of Linn Grove and F. W. Hofer, formerly of Berne at Colorado Springs. They both have the indications of prosperity. We met one old friend at Denver, J. W. Robbit, once a resident of Monroe township in Allen county. We meet so many people from Indiana, and especially .from Adams county, that we feel at home most of the time. Yesterday morning I went into a barber shop at Grand Junction in Colorado, and met Frank Hontin from Geneva. Today, as I stepped from the door of the hotel Kenyon, where we are stopping, I was hailed by Johnnie Hale from Decatur, who has been here and in California the last eight years. I did not know hinl at first, but he knew me. Colorado is a great state. The most that we saw of it rocks, mountains and narrow valleys. We followed the Arkansas river from Mutchinson Kansas to Pueblo. Then, after going to Colorado Springs and Denver, via Sante Fe, we returned to Pueblo and struck it again and followed it to Salida, Col., passing through the Grand Canyon. While passing up the mountains from. Pueblo to Salida we struck a cloudburst, which washed the rocks and sand onto the tracks, so that we were compelled to spend the night on the mountains, where the mad dashings of the Arkansas as it came down through the Royal Gorge, lulled us to sleep, while a force of men shoveled about four feet of sand and'rocks off the track in two different places and built a new bridge. This was Tuesday night, and of course, it put us into Salida twelve hours late. There we took the route leading over M.arshall Pas$ t This is the finest scenery we have encountered. We visited the Garden of the Gods, at Colorado Springs, Pike’s Peak, Glenn Eyrie, Manitou with its springs and baths, the Cave of the Winds, up William’s Canon, the Royal Gorge, up the Arkansas, but the Marshal Pass has them all beaten.* In ' going up the mountain we travel over the famous Horseshoe Bend, where we could look down two thousand feet and up as many more. We could look out one side of the car and see three railroad tracks and out of the other side at the same place and see two others that we were compelled to pass over before reaching the summit In going down the range, we passed through the canon of the Gunnison river with its thousands of waterfalls and cascades and walls of blue, white and red sandstone, the most beautiful sight the world contains today. It would be useless to undertake to picture it in words, for no man could adequately describe it. No painter could paint it. No sooner is one scene or grandeur gone than another more beautiful comes on. We started from Denver Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock and spent that night on the train, expecting to reach Salida at 5:50 p. m. We did not take a sleeper, but had reclining chairs, and fared fairly well. We got to Grand Junction Wednesday evening at 8:00 o’clock. Spent the night at hotel LaGort and left for this place at 1:00 o’clock p. m. vVas due here at 9:00 o’clock p. m., but encountered two freight wrecks in the mountains and got here instead of 9:00 p. m. at 6:30 this morning, having spent another night in the mountains, along the bank of the Grand river. We have now traveled 3,036 miles, and have about 6,000 more to make before we complete the circle, but we will travel faster from this on. We leave tomorrow noon for Los Angeles, about 1,500 miles from here, where we expect to land Monday at 7:30 p. m., and hope to get some word from home. We have seen it all, as we have only traveled in the day time, except where unavoidable accidents compelled us to be out nights. This is a beautiful city, right on the west side of the Wasatch mountains, and while I am writing this I can look out of the window and see the lights on the foothills, where many of the better class live. A fine breeze is coming from the mountains, and makes the nights pleasant to sleep, the thing which Mrs. Erwin is now doing with a good deal of relish. I wish you would send me a copy

of the Democrat to Livingstone, Mont, where we expect to be in about ten days. Tell Harry Moltz and Will Shrock they want to put something on in Decatur that will make some money for them and build up the city, and will beat the cash register business that they should secure Pike’s Peak and the cog railroad. With kindest regards, I am Truly yours, R. K. ERWIN. o — WILL BEGIN HERE AUGUST 27TH Officer*, Superintendents and Every Member of Association is Hard at Work. A President Tricker and Secretary Kunkle are pushing the advertising for the Great Northern fair now less than six weeks distant. Every effort to make this the biggest and best fair in history is being put forth and the management expect it to outshine anything in this part of the country. Every department is in the hands of a competent man, and each will strive to make his better than the other. The superintendents are as follows: Superintendent of Speed, H. O. Grove, Bluffton. Superintendent of Horses, John P. Steiner, Bluffton. Superintendent of cattle, S. Pontius, Geneva. * Superintendent of sheep, James Foreman, Berne. Superintendent of swine, William Farlow, Berne. Superintendent of poultry, Arnold Ashbaucher, Bluffton. Superintendent of fruits, James Duff, Geneva. Superintendent of agricultural products, J. W. Brodbeck, Decatur. Superintendent of canned fruits and culinary art, Mrs. C. D. Kunkle, Decatur. Superintendent of floral and art, Louis Fruchte, Decatur. Superintendent of privileges, Philip Baker, Decatur. Superintendent of police, Dye Ferguson, Pleasant Mills. Besides these, every officer, and in fact every member of the association is working to make the week of August 27th an eventful one. The exhibits will be good, the races excellent and the fair a monster success in every way. o DR. WILCOX AND DEGREE STAFF Did the Fancy Work Necessary to Institute Such an Order—Eight Candidates Taken In. Dr. C. B. Wilcox, accompanied by eight members of the Holy Grail of this city, went to Monroe Tuesday for the purpose of conferring initiatory work upon eight candidates at that place, who aspired to establish a castle at their town. The party went in an automobile and a carriage, arriving at Monroe in ample time to make it quite interesting for the candidates that were given the work. All the charter members of the Decatur castle are members of the degree staff and we are told that the boys are quite artistic in Introducing candidates through the mysteries of the order. The eight Monroeites that are now full fledged Holy Grails will hold regular meetings the same as are held in this city and they will also accompany the Decatur members to Winona August 20th for a week’s outing. Immediately after the initiatory work last night, Rev. Jones, of Monroe invited the boys to the parsonage, where excellent refreshments were served, much to the delight of those who had just passd through the strenuous ordeal of initiation and the others as well. Owing to the fact that the Holy Grail is an undenominational organization, boys from the different churches will make no mistake in enrolling, and enjoy the good times that are in store. o The attendance at the Sunday ball games here falls short for some unknown reason. On account of the present team’s late start, it is impossible to book neighboring towns Sundays, and it may be on this account that there is less interest in the games. But the Indianapolis teams that have come here have been giving some fast exhibitions and the public certainly has been getting the worth of its money.—Hartford City News.

WAS WELL KNOWN IN DECATUR Delivered Address Here Four Years Ago—Was a Prominent Political, Church and Lodge *" ?, Columbia Cit’ - july 16.— Colonel Isai r .uonald, one of the most -oiown of public men in Indiana, died; at four o’c ais morning at his boj,*.e in this city after a prolonged ..ilness from asthma, kidney and' heart trouble, finally resulting in dropsy and death. Probably no man in this part of the state has had a more notable and eminently useful career than has Col. McDonald. He attained distinction in editorial, religious and philanthropic work and was a vigorous leader and liberal benefactor in the upbuilding of this city, this county, and the state. At an early age elected prosecuting attorney for Whitley and Noble counties, chosen county clerk, repeatedly appointed county superintendent of schools, he enlisted in the army as a private, winning an enviable military record and rising from the rank of a private to lieutenant colonel, served as a member of the Indiana house of representatives and as state senator and has received many honorary positions at the hands of the people and of military organizations. Colonel McDonald was a native of Virginia, bom in Culpepper county, September 18, 1826, and was thus nearing his eighty-first birthday anniversary at his death. He served as a member of the state legislature and senate for many years, and was chairtoan of the senate military committee when he put through the bill for the erection of the soldiers’ monument at Indianapolis. He founded the Columbia City post, at one time owned the Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette and the Huntington News-Democrat He has served as a trustee of the Lafayette soldiers* home, was a leading , Mason, and was a delegate to the famous Tilden convention. He built i the Columbia City Baptist church and was a devout Christian. He was ■ without doubt one of the most useful and eminent men of Northern Indiana. His funeral will be held Thursday afternoon. Col. McDonald had numerous friends and acquaintances in Decatur, who are grieved to hear of his death. In 1903 he delivered the Decoration Day address here and many will remember his splendid effort and pleasing delivery. o LETTER FROM THERE TODAY The Fire Originated from Defective Wiring—Will Soon be in Business Again. Miss Faye Smith received a letter yesterday from her brother, Marion Smith, who is at Midland, Mich., and was a partner with Albert Brittson in the gents’ furnishing business and shoe store explaining in full the fire loss this firm sustained a week ago. From the tone of the letter the -fire originated from defective electric wiring, and by the time the fire was discovered the building was a mass of flames. The loss sustained by the company is practically covered by insurance, although the stock was all more or less ruined by smoke, fire and water. However, their actual loss will be very light which is most encouraging news. The building will be reconstructed at once and will be occupied by the same firm and they expect to be in running order by the first of November. As soon as the Insurance has been adjusted and settled Mr. Smith expects to come to this city for a little visit with his parents. The many friends of both Messrs. Brittson and Smith will be glad to learn that they will not be affected much by the loss sustained and will be glad to know their intention of again entering into business. o The Clover Leaf paymaster, Mr. Crowell, was in the city Tuesday, reaching here on the aftemoon train from the east and he at once began handing out the checks for the work done by the employes in this city during the month of June. The amount that the company paid out for June labor will be in the neighborhood of |50,000. Mr. Crowell will leave Wednesday at noon for the west end of i the line, stopping over at Charleston until Thursday.—Frankfort Crescent.

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REFUSED TO GIVE 'EVIDENCE Had a Bottle of Beer Purchased on Sunday, but Refused to Divulge the Place of Sale. Anderson, Ind., July 16. —Because he would not tell the name of the man who bought a bottle of beer that he held up in his pulpit Sunday evening, to prove that beer had been bought on Sunday, the Rev. Thomas W. Grafton, pastor of the Central Christian church, the largest in the city, was fined $25 for contempt of court in police court. The minister had been summoned by Prosecutor Van Nuys to answer sertain questions. When the minister was asked to tell who bought the beer or as to where the beer was bought, Mr. Grafton said a committee of four had started out Sunday morning for the purpose of finding out whether saloons were open, but as soon as one bottle of beer was bought the other three men were called off. Mr. Grafton said a promise had been made to the men that their names would not be divulged, and he refused to tell them. Judge Horn admonished Mr. Grafton that he was on the witness stand under oath, and was being asked legal questions, and that unless he answered them the court wauld be compelled to impose on him the penalty for refusing to do so. Mr. Grafton said he was ready to submit to the finding of the court. Then the judge fined him $25. Q PROMINENT CITIZEN OF COUNTY The Funeral Occurs Tuesday Morning From the Preble Lutheran Church. Charles Koenemann, aged sixty-one years, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Preble township, died Sunday morning at five o’clock, at this home north of Preble, after an illness of ten months’ duration, death resulting from that dread disease consumption. Mr. Koenemann had followed the farming business practically all his life, and had resided in Preble township for a number of years. He was one of the townships most influential citizens, and his untimely death is mourned by all who knew him. He was a member of the Preble Lutheran church and was a devoted Christian and an earnest worker in its behalf and his many kind acts will be sadly missed by those who came in touch with him. The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at two thirty o’clock at the Preble Lutheran church, Rev. Klausing officiating, and Interment will be made in the Lutheran cemetery. He leaves a wife, three daughters and four sons and a host of friends to mourn their loss. Q SUFFERED LONG WITH CANCER The Funeral Will Occur from the Magley Reformed Church Tuesday Morning. Fred Scherry, one of the best known citizens of Preble township, died Sunday morning at one o’clock at his home north of Preble, after an Illness dating back several months, death resulting from a cancer in the side, which undoubtedly affected the heart. Mr. Scherry was forty-six years of age -and during all that time had made his home in Preble township, where he 'had followed the vocation of a farmer. He was one of the townships best known men, and the entire community mourns with the grief stricken family. He was a member of the Magley Reformed church, and was an earnest and devoted worker in its behalf and his services to the church will be sadly missed. The funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at the Magley Reformed church at nine o’clock, Rev. Snyder officiating, and interement will be made in the Magley Reformed cemetery. He leaves a wife and two daughters to mourn their loss. A Warsaw girl, Miss Ida Miller, won the prize of S2O which was given in the spelling contest at Winona Friday afternoon. One hundred and fifty spellers took their places on the platform in the auditorium, and L. F. Smith, teacher of scieq.ce in the Winona school, pronounced the words. Three prizes of S2O, $lO and $5 were given, the other winners being Miss Augusta Charles, of Ohio, and Mr. Haymaker, of Winona.

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