Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 35, Decatur, Adams County, 2 September 1909 — Page 6

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Information relatite to the whereabouts of fifteen-year-old Minnie Blazer is revealing itself more each day and now it is all but a certainty that the lass has oeen disposed of in Chicago to the perpetrators of the white slave traffic, by the Kizer woman, who for several months was in Deca- i tur. It has developed that the Kizer woman dressed Minnie in an abbre-; viated costume and placing her in the care of a conductor, Instructing that she be put off the train at Chicago. It is the opinion of those conversant with the circumstances surrounding the case that a white slave agent awaited her arrival in the Windy city. All evidence obtainable at this time points to the conclusion that the Kizer wpman is a confederate of the white slave traffic and that she is engaged in the damnable profession of enticing young girls from their home and selling them to the unscrupulous landlords who hold them in the bondage of the most debased of sin for a few paltry dollars. Not a word has been heard from Minnie for nine weeks. A letter has been written to the Chicago chief of police in which an appeal is made for the recovery of the girl and untu an answer is received no further plans will be made for the hunt of the girl. < O ■ < ♦ A GREAT HORSE BHOW The horse show at the great Fort Wayne fair, September 14-18, will be the most extensive and the finest in the history of the fair. Among the exhibits will be the magnificent one of J. Crouch & Sons, of Lafayette, Ind., who will have their string of imported Percherons and English Shires, which are the finest in the world. G. W. Souers & Son of Huntington, Ind., will have a superb string of Belgians and Percherons. The former will include < team of four draft mares, each weighing over a ton, all matched dapple grays, and the champion Belgian mare of Bel- - gium. '— . . ——o ■— Miss Ada Springer is spending the day in Fort Wayne.

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II I! ■ ■ Stricken with paralysis almost immediately after his arrival at Peoria, 111., Sunday morning, Charles H. Rossington, a popularly known Fort Wayne j hotel clerk and until last Friday night with the Baltes in this city, died thirty minutes after being hurried to , a Peoria hospital. The news of his sudden demise came as a distinct surprise and shock to local friends and ' was preceded but a few minutes by a telegram conveying the first'intelligence of the short illness of the* deceased. Mr. Rossington resigned his position at the Baltes hotel, where he had worked since the opening of that hotel, last Friday, and worked his last trick on that day. Saturday afternoon he left for Pdorla, feeling apparently as good as he ever had, to work at the National hotel in Peoria, operated by Col. Dick Townsend, a former Fort Wayne hotel man, and once manager of the Randall hotel. The deceased was born in Fort Wayne January 9, 1866, and was the son of Richard Rossington, an old hotel man of Fort Wayne. Surviving are the widow and'one son, aged four years, residing on Cass street.—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. Mr. Rossington has been a hotel clerk around Fort Wayne for many years, at one time lived in Bluffton, ,and is known by many people in this city. HAS EIGHTY TURKEYS. Mrs. Ellora Sonnemaker, Glasford 111., says; “My neighbors have lost all their young turkeys. I have eighty head of fine Bourbon turkeys and I give them Bourbon Poultry Cure in the drinking water twice a week and have not lost any." Sold by H. H. Bremerkamp. —o • ——- Henry Albert Fristoe, came down from Geneva Monday morning,and was met by Simeon B. Fordyce. Fifteen minutes after eight they joined County Clerk James P. Haefllng at the latter’s office and a few moments later had completed their services for the present as jury commissioners, having drawn the names of twelve men, tried and true, to serve as petit jurors during the September term of court which convenes next Monday morning. This is their duty four times a year. The names of*the men selected for this term are as follows: John Ryan, Jefferson township; Fred Steigmeyer, Union township; Ernest Buuck Jr., Preble township; Charles i B. Niblick, Kirkland township; Wilt 11am Lautzenhizer, Blue Creek townp ship; Noah Schindler, French township; Ellas Carpenter, Monroe township; Jonathan Mosure, Wabash township; Eli Engle, Washington , township; Benjamin . Winans, St. Mprys township; William Jackson, Decatur; F. N. Hale, Geneva. The men are all competent and will make splendid men to decide the perplexing question which edmes before them. They will likely report as usual on the third Monday, which is always criminal week and which comes this year on September 20th. o — - —o '■ Many Children are Sickly Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, 1 a nurse in Children’s Home, New York, break up Colds in 24 hours, cure Feverishness, Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Disorders and Destroy Worms. At all druggists, 25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen 8. Olmsted, Leßoy, N- Y. o Mrs. Elmer Smith and family went to Kokomo today on business. The city primary election is but a few weeks hence, and many of the intended candidates have already become known. From indications at this time it seems that the field will be well filled with candidates for the various positions. Candidates for county offices are also becoming known. When Mrs. Romey, living north of Roanoke, vrat upstairs at her home she encountered a large spotted snake upon the stair landing and the reptile struck her in the breast before she could retrace her steps. The snake was finally killed and ft measured over four feet in length. ’ It is supposed to have gotten into the* house upon the limb of a tree which stands dose to the reeMenoe.

Stockton Cal.. Aug. 25. Decatur Democrat:—We left Chicago June 16th and opened in Spokane, Wash., June 21st. Spept a very iP’easant week these. Met* Chicago friends there and took dinner with them on several occasions. Our next stop for a week wgs at Seattle, 'Wash. Was out to the exposition four different times and seen all there was to see of interest. Hastily packing our bagage after the show Saturday night in Seattle, took the boat Princess Victoria up Puget Sound to Vancouver, B. C., and played a week’s engagement there. While there the whole party, nineteen of us, made up a coaching party using the large English tallyho coach and went out to Stanley Park and visited the big trees one of which is the largest in the world, being 1,700 years old and three generations of Indians were raised und4r its branches. From Vancouver we took the steamer again back to Seattle, spent Sunday there and then went to Tacoma, Wash., for a week. We visited everything of Interest in Tacoma, which by the-way is a very beautiful city, with a magnificent harbor. Here is a city a person can invest in real, estate and nearly double their money in five years. From Tacoma we went to Portland. Oregon, the city of roses, and while there had the pleasure of meeting the boy with the perepetual smile —Chas. Elzey. We spent four days with himself and wife and had an enjoyable time, but of course Charlie has told you all about it. From Portland we .went to Sacramento, Cal., passing on the way Mt Shasta, noted the world over for its spring water. In Sacramento we found it very hot during the day, but at night when the sun went down it was delightful, the evenings being extremely cool. Here we visited the state capitol which is a beautiful structure, surrounded by a park composed of Toalm trees and flowers. While here’ Police Sergeant O’Connor who by t|e way was a good fellow, took us out slumming one night after the show. He took us all through Chinatown, Chinese gambling houses, also through the Chinese Masonic temple. Also visited the jail, the oldest one in California. We also visited the Tenderloin and dance houses, which were a sight .to see. There were seventen of us in the .party, six of whom were ladies, including my wife. We wound up at a large case at 2 a. m. and had a delightful lunch and refreshments. We met eastern friends here as we have so far In every city we have played. Our next stand was Frisco, playing a week at the Empire theater, and one at the Star theater. Here we found the weather so cool we were compelled to get our winter wraps and coats out We spent one whole day out at Golden Gate park, which by the way is ten miles long. Also spent one morning out at the Cliff House and sat quite a while on the veranda in those large shelllike basket chairs, with large marine glasses watching the seals on Seal Rock. /Also took a i stroll over the beach here and saw a dead seal, which had washed ashore. 1 Killed no doubt by some of Its mates. : visited the city hall ruins which 1 cost six millions to build. It is the worst wreck I ever saw. We crawled under some of the girders, that is my son Clifford and I, and secured some relics. They have been working at the ruins for three years to clear the ruins and you cannot see that they have made any headway. Now in regards to the fire here, they do nbt 1 speak of it as the earthquake, always the fire and the business people you meet try to belittle it, but we know better, as we have talked with hundreds of eye witnesses and the outside wortd never knew the real horror of it They are finding bodies etery day in the ruins but it is a fine to have it mentioned in the papers; also as to the shocks which happen every day or two. We could write a very interesting book, from what we have heard from actual sufferers. The people are uneasy all the time, expecting another hard shock at any time. Wherever there are large ruins they are surrounded by high bill boards, so that strangers cannot see ' the deadly destruction that took place.' Last week when we was playing the Star theater in San Francisco, we lived out in the Mission district, corner of Mission and 24th street We 1 saw the ruins of the old Spanish Dol- ’ ores Mission. This part of the city was not damaged by fire, but every brick and stone structure crumbled to pieces. From our windows at the’ ' hotel we could see the spire of Emanuel Baptist church, where Theodore ’ Durant killed those two girls, Williams and Lamont whose nude bodies 1 were found one in the belfry and the > other in the studio. We visited this i church one morning and saw where ’ one of the bodies was found. We are ’ now playing this week in Stockton, »’ only 90 miles from Frisco and the I weather here is terribly hot during *• the day. Here In Stockton to the > large state insane asylum, and we art i going all through it tomorrow motW tag. tn thia Mrtan are hnndrsds

of patients who went insane at Frisco during the earthquake. In San Francisco I met old friends and some that I looked for lost ttielr lives .In. toe quake, and gpme also have never beeh seen alive prince. We go to San Francisco again next week for two more weeks engagement We will play on-way back to Chicago byway of Repo, Nevada, Salt Lake City, Denver, Pueblo, St Joe, Mo., Kansas City, etc. We are all well and enjoying a splendid trip. Am making arrangements to make the same trip again next year. Notwithstanding all our pleasures we will be glad to get back to Decatur again and visit the places of interest such as the Burt House ruins and Curley’s restaurant With best Regards to all of our Decat,ur friends will iclose this letter. Anything addressed to us care of Pantages Empire theater, San Francisco, Cal., while we are on the coast will reach us. Best wishes to the Democrat and its staff. Yours truly, FREDERIC LaDELLE. —<>.——■ Taking unexpected possession of the old Katy Faylor farm, northwest of.] the city, along the Wabash river, {a-! cob Stout and Peter Faylor, two'ofi the heirs who have been assisting in; the long hard seven year fight for the farm sprung a surprise this morning upon D. D. Studabaker, the opposing litigant in the celebrated law suit, when he went to the farm on business and was ordered by Stout and Faylor to keep off the place. He obeyed the injunction and hurried back to the city to consult his attorney, W. H. Eichhorn, and an interview by a News I reporter brought the information from ’ *Mr. Eichhorn that it was expected to have action started seeking to have] Faylor and Stout ejected and that the first effort along this line will be to seek to have them prosecuted crlmln- . ally for trespass. The facts concerning the suit for possession of the big farm of 120 acres is too well known to the reading public for details to be necessary again of the whole story. It will be remembered that the heirs of Catherine Faylor alleged that Studabaker secured a deed for the big farm by undue influence over the aged woman and action was brought to set the deed aside. Four trials were held and the last trial at Decatur, after the case came back from the supreme court, gave the verdict for the heirs, granting' them the farm and $2,000 damage. Since this verdict no further action has been taken, the court at Decatur not having entered judgment yet because the verdict came in’during vacation. Attorneys for Studabaker had declared that a motion for a new trial would be filed and claim that until the case is finally settled that Studabaker is legally entitled to possession of the farm and on this claim seek to have the prosecution pushed , for trespass. Jacob Stput and Peter* Faylor went , to the Faylor farm yesterday, the News is informed, upon the advice of , their attorneys and provided with a . cot, established themselves in the old i house on the place, in the rear of the > brick house occupied by John H. Mill ler and wife, who Intend to move the r coming week to the county infirmary, s at which time .Btout and Faylor expect ; to live in better style by taking up ! their residence'in the brick house. - Mr. Eichhorn informed a reporter of the News that Faylor and Stput had ; ordered Mr. Studabaker to have his > stuff all off the place by three o’clock t this afternoon and to keep off in the ' future. Mr. Studabaker took no steps .. to obey toe order as to removing any-' thing, but announced his intention to ■ continue the fight for possession. Messrs. Stout and Faylor and their > attorneys contend that there is no > ground to sustain action for trespass, ■ claiming that Studabaker Bas no right and never has had any rightj to the i farm. Possession is always quoted as nine points in. law, and by the action of Stout and Faylor yesterday the advantage of possession, so long enjoyed i by Studabaker, is taken from him. 1 At three o’clock this afternoon no i action had been, started. Mr. Studabaker said that he had ordered Stout and Faylor off the place, the matter , had been put up to the latter’s attor- , neys and he was waiting, to see what » they intended to do. Since the other . attorneys advised taking possession ' It is not likely they will do anything ’ further until Studabaker starts someI News. :—-o Charles Addlesperger, a former De- > catur resident, who has spent the last • few years in newspaper work in El > Reno, Oklahoma, and wno has been i visiting bls mother in this city for ( two weeks past, left at nogn Monday > for Cleveland. After attending to busi iness of importance in taat city, he , will leave for the southwest to resume > bis work, after some weeks rest, dur I ing which time he recuperated from > an operation for appendicitis. That ihe has great MB. 1 ® fut “” “ ’ I Qlkt ft Hom a AQCi OC Ki jvßXio m jpß***v I ‘ ■ ■•7 f .. ; - .<• . -2’ ‘

M t d th!" d " ness of which those unacquainted with existing conditions can scarcely realise. Unique in the hustling and progressive character of her inhabitatats, the new state fias been especially favored by nature with a climate and adaptable soil found nowhere else in the country. Cotton and corn grow side by side; a wheat crop eclipsing the Minnesota and Dakota yields is harvested early in June; and four cr five crops of alfalfa are each fo&T marketed by the average farmer. In the face of these conditions, it is not to be wondered, that hogs and cattle of Oklahoma are consedered superior to tflose of any other section. Hundreds of healthy animals grazing in acres of alfalfa is a sight that inspires the average Oklahoman with more confidence than any industrial venture thus far attempted, and the Maud Muller ’in an Oklahoma field would have to be beautiful indeed to distract the attention of even a poet from the new, mown hay around her. Os this great state, El Reno is ano' ’ always will be the metropolis. She' ■ is situated in the geographical center , 'of the state, surrounded by.an unI - ' (rivalled agricultural vicinity, and ! within easy access oi unlimited fields of pH and coal. Wfthjthe recent erec-1 tion of a monster packing plant in’ this city and the still more recent financing of another similar industry, El Reno has jumped to the front as tho recognized packing center of the* southwest The new packing plant I will bring 2,000 people to the city this year and twice that number within' ;the next year. El Reno is a division I point of the Rock Island with shops,, terminals and offices, employing hun- i i dreds of people, the city being headquarters for Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Shipping facilities are unexcelled and' this fact has already made El Reno a, jobbing center and is a powerful argument in securing manufacturing establishments. The city has a street car system, fifteen miles of paving, splendid sewerage I and the only Great White Way in the southwest. Social and educational advancement have kept pace with industriar progress and while her past record, is one to be proud of, El Reno Is in her Infancy. Her growth is Just begun and her future possibilities are admittedly superior to those of any city in the west El Repo will, prob- • ably not expand forever, but conservative men now on the ground see nothing to prevent a record breaking growth in the next ten or twenty years. 1 Laredo, Tex, Aug. 30.—Death, desolation and sorrow followed in the wake of Saturday's awful flood at ; Monterey, Mexico, The waters of the Santa Caterina river continued on i their raging course throughout toe night and to add to toe horror of the situation the rain commenced to fall ; and caused untold suffering to toe i thousands of homeless persons who ! had congregated on the various plazas i their offly home in toe extreme emerl gency. The destructive flood, due to > the continued fall of rain for toe last ninety-tix hours, swept everything i before it and hardly a vestige is left , of what a few days ago a conglomert ation of small huts swarming with > families belonging ti the poorer classes. The loss of life, which can not be t accurately estimated for days—perl haps weeks—was among the poor i classes and is variously placed at from 400 to 1,000 souls. The flood ! reached its crest between 11 and 3 i o'clock and many families were swept away with hardly a chance to fight > for their lives. With toe onrush of the water pandemonium reigned, and ’ as the poor wretches were swept from > their homes, on the tops of which , many had sought shelter, never for ft t moment anticipating that the water i would reach an unprecedented height, i pitiful appeals for assistance could i be beard rising above the roar of the ■ waters by those on higher ground, I but who were powerless to render aid of any kind. It is thought that the • damage will be far in excess of first ■ estimates. The Monterey smelter, one t- of the largest in Mexico, suffered a ’ loss by water, from the deluge of rain • and not as a result of a rise of the t river that is variously estimated at ’ from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000. The i Monterey steel plant, the only plant f of its kind in the republic and which • cost originally $10,000,000 to construct, is reported to have been damaged to the extent of $2,000,000 to • $3,000,000. The electric light and t street railway system of Monterey, a I . modern system in every respect,which i was constructed about three years p] ago by a Canadian company, in which r: the McKenzies of Toronto .are heavily •! interested, was damaged to toe extent >at approximately $1,000,000. The » Monterey water and sewerage system ‘ suffered ft lose which is estimated at I $1,000,000 or more. | . gather the loss • K 000 j&CIBI&S O* uuvß» AuOwv “•oerv” / z i < ... t ■

PMWi mYinM TIULA UnCM % m AiMtaMiTBX and A a "fa J "O* ft. •. ■ITTMgIT A GO.. (A pretentious appearance, together with the contents, all ruined by toe inflow of water, will bring the financial loss up to approximately $7,000,000. Other estimates run as high as $12,000,000. — i—S-fl Berne, Ind., August 30.—(Special to Daily Densocrat)—The twenty-sixth annual conference of toe Mennonite church, middle district, convened at this places yesterday and the initial sessions, comprising Mission Sunday,, were not only largely attended, but from every viewpoint, were most successful. Representative members of ( toe various churches of the district 'have gathered to participate in the ever important meetings and toe Berne peoplei*always hospitable, are entertaining their guests royally. The | conference will continue until Wednesday night and meanwhile much business bearing upon the church a» a whole will be transacted. Three ( the church lawn eating apartment* .the churc hlawn eating apartments 'have been constructed and the visitors ea well as any other person who so desires can obtain meale there at the nominal cost of fifteen cents or | two meals for a quarter. The proceeds derived therefrom will be appropriated to the noble cause of advancing the mission department of top organization. Many people are high in the counsels of the Men- ; nonite church are at Berne lending their efforts in making the 1909 con- - fernce the most memorable held in years* After the conference the mem- ■ bers of the local church will begin a. vigirous - campaign in securing subscriptions for the erection of the proposed new edifice, plans for which have already been submitted and decided upon. q > Mrs. Mary Caroline Turner, toe wife of E. 8. Turner, of Poneto, died Frl- ; day evening at 7 o’clock after an illness of about a year. For the past fourteen weeks she had been confined to her bed, and was each day growing weaker, although she remained conscious until the hour of her death. She was suffering with a complication of diseases and her death came as a consequence of toe illness. Mn. Turner was a daughter of Gideon and Eliza MeUott, and was born in Bedford, Pa., February IS, 1842. When six years of age her parents moved to Randolph county, Indiana, and she resided there until.about thirty-one years ago when she moved to Wells county. She was united iin marriage to E. S. Turner, October ,16, 1862. To toe union nine children 1 were born, five of whom are living: Ed Turner, of Macon, Mo.; Mrs. W. H. Speece, Hartford City, Ind.; Mrs. ’ Naaman Dickason, Poneto, Ind.; Mrs. James Snyder, Poneto; Mrs. J.. H. Hook, Manitou, Okla. There are also, nine grandchildren and one great grandchild who survive. John Mel-' , lott, of Decatur, and Melvin and William Mellott, of Ridgeville, brothers ;of Mrs, Alorizo French, of Poneto, a sister, also remain. | The deceased Was a member of ' church from her early days, and at ‘the time of her death was identified ' with toe Baptist church. The funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock at the house. Monday interment will be made at Deerfield cemetery, near Deesfleld, Randolph county. Telegrams' announcing ‘ her death have been sent to relatives and friends, and her daughter, Mrs. ' Hook, will arrive from Oklahoma, for toe services. Her son, Ed Turner, : tame about two weeks ago.—Bluffton ' Banner. ' BOLD TO PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE '■ ■ — 1 Ves Maggert, the former hard-hit- ' ting center fielder of toe Bluffton ’ team, has been sold by Springfield, of ' the Connecticut-state league to Oak- : land of the Pacific coast league for ‘ $1,500. Maggert, along with Tommy McCarthy, formerly of this city, who Is playing with Hartford, is one of ’ the best batters in toe league. His 1 average is 814. McCarthy is not only I 1 toe leading pitcher but is also leading I 1 the league in stick work. He has I an average of 885. —Hartford City I 1 News. ’

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