Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 100, Decatur, Adams County, 7 May 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME 11

LAST SAD RITES PERFORMED

The Funeral of Judge Studabaker Today Full Honor Paid to Decatur’s Foremost Citizen

SERMON BY REV. DANIEL Services Held From Methodist Church It Was a Beautiful and Impressive Ending of a Useful and Honored Life. Beneath a mound of flowers the rarest blossoms of the earth woven into beautiful emblems and designs; today reposes the body of Judge David Studabaker. The last sad rites have been performed; loving wife, children, relatives and friends have looked for the last time upon the kind old face, for half a century so familiar to all and the body has been consigned to its last resting place in beautiful Maplewood cemetery. The funeral services were held from the Methodist Episcopal church at ten o’clock this morning and was perhaps the largest attend ed of any ever held in the city. From all over this section of the state from distant cities and from every section of the county came friends to pay the last tribute of respect to a departed friend. Representatives of the bar from Fort Wayne, Portland, Huntington, Bluffton, Geneva and other places ana bunkers from various cities were present. The long funeral cortege, extending more than a mile us lead by the I. O. O. F. local lodge of which order, the deceased was a member, then came the Bur Association, regular pall bearers, honorary pall bearers, and thenjthe hearse bearing the remains of the honored citizens; following came the carriages filled with the many relatives and friends. The church was crowded with the hundreds who attended. A choir of twenty voices sang the old songs which were known as Judge Studabaker's favorite anthems. The beautiful casket was heaped high with the floral emblems, almost bidding the pulpit from view. The services were conducted by Rev. W. H. Daniel, ex-presiding elder of this district, assisted by Rev. W. E. Mo 'arty of Hoagland, anil Rev. E. A. Allen, of the Presbyterian church of this city. The I. (). O. F. lodge performed their ritual work at the church and grave. The sad services were appropriate and indeed fitting to the close of the long and useful life. During Thursday and Friday the laxly rested in a beautiful casket in the front parlor of the Studabaker home and almost a oontinual stream of people called to pay respect. Rich and poor, old and

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i young, citizen and stranger, all friends to be whose inanimate i form lay’ before them, touched [ shoulders, as they gazed for tbe last time upon the calm face and form. For nearly three quarters of a century David Stndabaker has been a citizen of this community and during a greater part of that time,a leading He has been engaged in the practice of law, in banking, in farming, has held high office of public trust; in all he has conducted himself honestly, conscientously and nobly and the homage paid him today was well earned. The floral emblems were the most beautiful ever seen here, including emblems from the near and dear relatives from neighbors and friends, from various banks and business houses. The emblems were in many designs and were constructed of lillies, roses, carnations, sweet peas and all the rarest flowers which are most beautiful .in the month of May. During the 1 hours of the funeral services this morning from ten to twelve o’clock, all the business houses were closed las a token of respect. The pall j bearers for the occasion were cho- | sen from the lodge and included James T. Merryman, T. H. Ernst, iJ. H. .Stone, A. Van Camp, Henry Hite, M F . Rice, John 8. Falk, and R. D. m. The honorary pall leavers were George Pixley, B. NV. Vesey. Fort Wayne; Dr. Reasouer, {President First National Bank of Marion: Judge Dailey. Blufftoa; Judge O'Rourke, Ft. Wayne; R.B. Allison Judge D. g D. Heller and Judge R. K. Erwin of this city. Resolutions. Decatur, Ind., May, 7, 1904 Judge DavidjStudabaker, the subject of these resolutions, was a charter member Os the Decatur Commercial Club and an enthusiastic member for its welfare and the interests it stood for. His conservative judgement, and his wise foresight and his zeal for the betterment of the city of Decatur, furnished inspiration to those members of lesser experience. In our human affairs of life there is a guidingfhand, one not only to direct, but to lead. In our departed friend there was inherent leadership, there was safety, ’conservatism and unswervering purpose. He was to us a pillar of experience, where he directed, none feared to follow, and our confidence was supreme, but our star of in spiration is to lie no moie, the Great Conservator has seen fit in His wisdom to deprive us of the aid of our esteemed member, and Whereas, This, our loss which: each member so keenly feels and our institution deplores, Therefore, be it resolved,That this Club to oom mom irate the memory of our departed member and his many aids of willing effort in our ' behalf, and in the behalf of our ' institution, do place and record j upon the records of this Club these resolutions; that a copy of the same lie tunishod the press of the City of Dooatur ,and one to the family of our deceased member. f R. B. Allison, Com. David E. Smith / John H. Heller

DECATUR, INDIANA, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1904.

At a meeting of the directors of the Fort Wayne Trust company held yesterday, the following resolution was adopted: “Whereas, this board has learned with profound regret of the death of our fellow director, Judge David Studabaker. of Decatur, Ind. “ Resolved, That wo here record an expression of the high regard in which he was held by every memi her of this board. Strong in his i integrity noted for his excellent I judgement, loyal to every trust committed to his hands, diligent in the discharge of every duty laid upon him, he rose from a humble position to one of large wealth and influence and at a ripe old age passed from earth, his days having been filled full of good works “Resolved That these resolutions be spread upon the records of this company and a copy transmiitted to the family of the deceased." (Signed.) Samuel M. Foster Chas. S. Bash Geo. NV. Pixley NVm. E. Mossman Henry C, Paul Chas A. Wilding A. Ely Hoffman John C- Peters Wm. J. Vesey Louis Fox John B. Reuss. WAR NEWS [ Japanese Take Possession of Port Arthur Russians Make No Resistance.—Another Bis Battle to Occuj at Yalu River. Special to Daily Democrat, JLONDON, May 7—The doom of Port Arthur is assured the Russians have lost the entrance fort and the Japanese have gained a great vic- ’ tory which looks like the final result is but a matter of time. Thousands of men have been landed by the Japanese at Port Arthur, sixty transports having been unloaded. All railway and telegraph service has been cut off by the Japs, and the Russian ure bottled up and seem to have given up. I General Oku has landed 75,000 Japanese troops on the Vulu river and another [big battle wlil occur today. CHURCH SERVICES — Program for Tomorrow at Evangelical Church. Services at the Evangelical church on Winchester street. «A. B. Haist, pastor. Sunday school at 9:15 A. Vaucamp Superintendent. Evening worship at 7:30 Subject “The Time of [Bowing". There will be services regularly morning and evening of each Sunday with the exception of the first Sunday of each month when there will lapreaching in the evening only. A cordial invitation is extended to attend these services.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT Alfred King’s Hand Torn Off His Brother Also Injured.—Boys Were Playing With a Cartridge Which Exploded. Both Emmett and Alfred the ; little sons of Mr. and Mrs. Homer King on First Street were shot [ through the left hand this after- | noon at two o’clock. It seems , that the boys hadfound some dyna - ! mite cartridges some where andboth | went into the bath room with a ! couple of bricks upon which they commenced to pound the cartridges the consequence being that the cartridges exploded tearing a hole through Emmett’s thumb and first finger on the left hand and completely tearing away three fingers, the fleshy part of the hand and a part of the thumb on the left hand of Alfred. Dr. D. D. and C. 8. Clark wore called upon to dress the wounds. Both boys showed an unusual amount of pluck and grit and bore the dressing of their I wounds well. Mrs. King was nearily distracted over the accident. It was necessary for the physicians to amputate Alfreds hand at the wrist. AWFUL FATE Details of the Tragic Death of Mrs James Williamson. A distressing fatal accident occurred at Mercer about 8:30 o'clock last Tuesday morning in which Mrs. | James Williamson, a highly re--1 spected lady of that place, lost her ! life. Just how the accident hapI pened will perhaps never be known, i It seems that Mrs. Williamson was ■ doing some ironing and baking in her summer kitchen when a gasoline stove exploded setting fire to her clothing. She ran out of the kitchen and fell in the yard and then found was burned to death, all her clothing being burned from her body. She was alone at the time of the accident and no one knew of it until flames were issuing from the kitchen and the attention of the neighbors was attrarcted by it. Neighbors atpmce run to the house and by herculean efforts the fire was gotten under control but not until the kitchen was burned. The adjoining buildings, however, were saved. Mrs. Williamson was found in the yard dead where she had ran when her clothing took fire. Her husband was absent at the time and on his return was grief stricken over the fate of his beloved and aged wife. Mrs. Williamson was about 65 years old and was greatly i respected by all who knew her and | all deplore the fate she met and sympathize with her aged husband in his groat loss.—Celina Democrat DIED AT NOON Stranger Here on a Visit Died at Home of Mrs. Martin. Jomos Rosbaum aged 48 years of ago died today at twelve thirty at the home of Mrs. Martin on North Fifth street. Mr. Rosbam came here about two weeks ago to visit for a short time with Mrs. Martin and while here took ’ very sick with lung trouble which! he had suffered from for "several [ years. As we go to press no arrungements hud been made as to the funeral.

HURTY SICK State Secretary of Board of Health Has Appendicitis. Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health, is confined to j his bed with an attack of appendi- I citis and fears are entertained tha t the case may develop more than ordinary severity. The attack is the third which Dr. Hurty has suffered. An epidemic of sickness ' seems to exist throughout the state j house. W. H. [Freeman, state fcJester, is confined to his room with a severe attack of tonsilitis. D. H. McAbee, factory inspector, is developing all the symptoms of [ malarial fever, and John Graham lof the state treasurer’s office isi nursing a badly mashed thumb, [ having caught the member under | a lever in the door of the big safe. THE WINNERS At Schafer’s Hardware Opening Big Crowds Present, and the Event is a Success in Every Particular. The Schafer Hardware Store was the scene of another large crowd today, the drawing crowd being the big spring opening. Every clerk was busy explaining the good points of various machinary and as the hour for the drawing, at four o’clock this afternoon comes nearer, the big store will scarcely hold the people. Yestreday drawing took place at four o’clock lust evening and the following were the lucky holders of tickets. Mrs. J. A Peoples secured the thirty five dollar Schafer special bicycle; Mrs. Henry Merlienkenad Mrs. R J. Holthouse each received a handsome ten dollar dress pattern. Mrs. John Bucher a $7.50 washing machine. The washing machine was first awarded to Peter Brown but one of the rules of the drawing was that the winner must be present and as Mr. Brown was not there to answer another drawing was necessary. GENERAL ORDER Gen. Black's Instructions for Observin Decoration Day. The general orders issued by Gen. John C. Black, commander of the G. A. R. regarding the observance of Memorial day have been received by all veterans through the United States to observe Memorial day, Muy 30, in a fitting manner and strew the graves of soldiers and sailors with flowers. After quoting President Abraham Lincoln's famous address at Gettys- ‘ burg, General Black says in his or I dor. “All that was prefigured to j his prophetic vision has been real-, ized—freedom is universal, the re- j public preserved and the rule and wherever the flag is afloat, human hearts ure kindled to the burning conflagration of lilierty, consuming old wrongs and preparing the earth for newer and better things. Woe be to him who stands opposed to liberty, the universal right of man! It may seem that the people are indifferent or forgetful, but they are not; they remember, they advance. * Andjwe, the Grand Army of the Republic, are gathered all over this continental land aud also in fur away regions to tell the story of [those who died of a good cause and to perpetuate their memories ! and roneu allegiance to them and I to the right. ■

NUMBER 100

A GREAT TIME S. of V. Anniversary at Geneva Forty Decatur People Enjoy the Occasion, Which Was an Enjoy"able One. About 40 of the G. A. R , NV. RC. and 8. of V. lodges left for Geneva on the 1:19 train yesterday for Geneva to participate in the celebtafion of the 20th anniversary of the McPhearson Camp No. 11 S. of V. at that place. The delegations were met at the depot, by the above mentioned order j headed by the Geneva Band under ! the leadership of Prof. Harry Harb, ' who escorted them to the S. of V. Hall. At promptly five o’clock Commannder Campbell gave orders to fall in line and march to the banquet hall which was located in the Masonic building and was one of the most elaborate spreads ever set before a hungry set of Decatur I people to which all done ample justice, the number of persons which i sat down to banquet were 200, during which time the band furnished music in the dining room. At 7:30 the line of march was again taken up and proceeded to the U. B. Church when* Rev. Mower deliver- [ ed the principal address for this ocJ casion, followed by Bev. Wells of the M. E. church spoke in praise of I the G. A. R., NV. R. C. andS. of V. i orders. At 9 o’clock the crowd re- | assembled to the hall where the time was spent in music and drill(i ing by the young and old soldiers, and an old fashicn camp fire was ' i kindled by the old boys but the start seemed slow as was noticed “they had wet kindling and would have to wait for it to dry." Comrade Joshua Parrish was the first to be called on but said he had nothing to say as he was ‘too full for utterance,’’so he hummed a sing , of one verse. Speeches were then [ made by Comrades J. 8. Hale, Hul- ( loway, John W. Tyndall and others. r after which the assemblage was dismissed by Commander CampI bell and instructed all to meet at the dinning hall to clean up the ; “leavings" of the banquet which all I willingly did. Too much credit i cannot be given to Geneva G. A : R. Womans Relief Corps anil 8. of IV. lodges in the courteous and welcome manner in which they treated the Decatur representatives ;at the anniversary and Geneva can justly’ feel proud of the good and noble work done in their line I yesterday, for the appearance about the place of being a busy one as the many young ladies which'are members of the NV. R. C and the aged mothers were i serving the many guests Decatur . peole were certainly highly entertained and well taken care of by Geneva’s hospitable citizens for which thev will ever have a warm spot in their hearts and an event ' which will not soon be forgotten. , May- McPherason Camp N0.,11 live jto see another 20th anniversary is the wish of all present. PECULIAR ACCIDENT A Fish Hook Pierces Dick Peterson’s Eyelid. While fishing today Dick Peterson, youngest son of Attorney R. 8. Peterson, threw the line around in such a manner that the hoo k caught just above the right eye piercing the eye jlid. The services i of Dr. J. 8. Boyers were necessary < to extricate the hook, but the tusk 1 was performed and Dick will suffer [ no ill effects from the accident.