Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 119, Decatur, Adams County, 30 May 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME II

IN HONOR OF THE DEAD Memorial Dav is Being Fittingly Observed

SERVICES THIS AFTERNOON Judge Erwin to Deliver the Address Services at Nine O'clock This Morning.—Rain Interferes Slightly. Memorial day, most sacred of all American holidays is here and is being celebrated today with due ceremony not only in Decatur but all over thia great nation. The services here today are as usual in charge of the old veterans, assisted by the Sons of Veteran W. R. C. and other societies. The G. A. R. met this morning at nine o'clock and headed by the martial band, inarched to the old protestant and Catholic cemeteries where the graves of comrades were covered with beautiful flowers. A. J. Teepie is serving as Marshal and T. M. Moore and Michael Wertzberger as aids. At one o’clock this afternoon the veterans and their friends will march to the court house when they will listen to an address by Judge R K. Erwin. After the services attbecourt house the line will be formed by the Marshal and Aids and go to the Maple wood Cemetery and decorate the graves of ex-soldiers and a detail will decorate graves of ex-soldiers in the new Catholic Cemetery. After graves are decorated the cenotaph will be decorated in memory of our soldiers dead on the battle fields and unknown graves. The Gun Squad will fire a salute and bugle will sound taps. After this ceremony The Woman's Relief Corps assisted by Post and S. of V. will perform the ceremony of decorating the waters in memory of our Sailor Soldiers dead. Line of March. Form on Third street, right resting on Court, march east on Court to Second, north on Second to Monroe, west to Monroe to the Cemetery. Formation as Follows. Drum Corps School Children of the city Women’s Relief Corps Sons of Veterans Drum Corps G. A. R. and Ex-soldiers Benevolent Orders Carriages. Returning from cemetery the order will be reversed and Benevolent Orders in front. The Committee of arrangements is author, ized and hereby invite and earnestly request the public, all lodges, benevolent and social societies to participate in the march to the cemetery after the conclusion of the services at the court house. WAS WELL KNOWN Account of Ike Sad Death of Hon. A. D Marsh. Hoti A L» Marsh, one <4 the k own mon in N .’th western Ohio, die 1 suddenly Thursday afternoon while engaged in conversation with

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Hon. Thomas Godfrey at the latter's office in Celina. Mr. Marsh was telling a story when he suddenly gasped and expired presumably of apoplexy. He was for many years one of the best known Democratic politicians in Northwestern Ohio. A convention without him and without one of his ringing speeches would have been considered tame. While always a leader and a force in politics, he never attained the I height to which he aspired, Con- ! gress, although eminently qualified to fill the position. Four times he was a candidate but failed on account of the combinations of hostile counties. He was speaker of the Ohio house of representatives in 1892. He was about 65 years of age and had lived in Celina 30 years. Within the past month he laied to rest his helpmate of many years. Six children survive him. —Van Wert Bulletin. A CLOSE CALL Mr. Lynch Has Exciting Escape From Terrible Death 1 There was a narrow escape from death at the Penna, tracks on Main street this morning as passenger N 0.36 was pulling into the station. As A. T. Lynch, a traveling man from Arkansas, was walking along the tracks from the Ohio Wheel Co. office, a west bound freight was approaching and he stepped off the west bound track to the east bound. No. 36 was coming at rapid rate of speed and when the engineer saw what he thought would be a fatality,he turned his head and let out the whistle. Just as the iron monster was almost upon him. Mr. Lynch noticed the appreoahing danger and just escaped being struck.—Delphos Herald. A BRANCH STORE Frank Btll Will Conduct Business at Berne. Frank Bell of Decatur was in town this week on electrical business and also looking up a location to open a branch office here. Mr. Bell intends to open up an office by next Monday. He will have on hands all kinds of electrical supplies and will be prepared to meet all demands in wircing, etc While in town Mr. Bell contracted with a number of parties to wire their houses and has promises for a large number more. He is a licensed electrician and will be able to do work of a high standard.—Berne News. IT'S ALL OVER National M. E. Conference comes to a Close. LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 29—It was after midnight when the general conference of the Methodist Episoo]>al church finished the final roll call last night, which brought to a close the most memorable gathering in the history of the church. Today memorial services were held during the afternoon and ir. the evening a jubilee service at the pavilion closed the series of meetings. When the final roll call was taken last night 600 of the 750 accredited delegates were in their seats. The decision to adjourn was not arrived at until late Saturday evening, and in order to finish the business before the übsembly it wu. necessary to run o’er into Sunday m the work of calling the roll.

DECATUR, INDIANA, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1904.

THE STORY WENT An Inter-Urban Laborer Works a Fort Fori Wayne Judge. Among the prisoners in police court yesterday morning was Michael Boile, who was picked up in the last stage of intoxication by Officer Murphy Friday night. When told by the prosecutor that he was charged with drunkenness Boile admitted that he had been drunk. He then turned to the police judge and he said: “Your honor] my wife and six children just anived yesterday from the old country and I guess I was celebrating their arrival a little too much.” “If that was the reason for your spree,” said the judge,“you may go.” Boile at once left the room and no one has yet tfld the judge that Boile is bachelor who has been working for Mr. Alex ! Tubman, the contractor, for the! past twenty years.—Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. MARRIAGE BUREAU Government Offers Some Inducements Will Give Honeymoon Trip and Expenses to Teachers for Philipine Service. The government through the civil service commission, is now , engaged in running a matrimonial | bureau. There is urgent need of teachers for the Philippine service. Some time ago examinations were held at which the wives of teachers were allowed to apply for positions in this service, but a sufficient number was not obtained. Now the government is ottering special inducement to teachers who are betrothed. to enter this] service. Included in this inducement is a long wedding trip and a good chance to enjoy their honeymoon before they take up theit* work of instructing the Filipino in their far off islands. It is thus hoped to overcome the difficulty in securing teachers for i the Philippine service. Examinations will be given in Indianapolis on June 22, 23 fir those desiring a position of this kind. The salary for teachers ranges from <3OO to <2,000 a year and for a superintendent from <1,500 to <2,500 a year. The examinations are exclusively for men, but in cases where a man is betrothed his financejmay also be accepted if she passes the examination. Married men and their wives will also be appointed to the same school, but the government cannot use the "schoolma'm” in this work. GOOD SCHOOL Wild West Show a Teacher for the Children. The young should be taught history. strategy, valor and patriotism, and should be taught it in a manner to indelibly impress it on their minds. Primitive people from our world and people from every part of the old world, when brought together form an object lesson that is not soon forgotten. They all tell the tale of how they live; they tell it as nothing else could. To see the Red Mun at home, the Cowboy hurl with amazing accuracy his never failing lasso, the Mexican in his favorite sports and occupation, the Ganohos, sp.diers from different countries, and the hundreds of other interesting things that go to make upßucksk'n Bill's Bill's Wild West Shows, which will be in the city next Tuesday, leaves a vivid irn pression that never dies, and oauses one to wonder after he h witn: used this startling roa.istie exhibition, if ho hasn't just dropped from a chapter of Arabian Nights

SERIOUS CHARGE Young Man Arrested at Bryant Secret Service Men Claim Jefferson Glcutzer is in the Counterfeit Business. The Indianapolis Journal said. | “Arrested on the morning of his twentieth birthdaj’ while he was talking to his aged mother, was ■ his surprise of his day given , Jefferson Glentzer, living eight | miles east of Bryant, Ind., early yesterday morning, by Captain I Tom Halls of the Secret Service and Deputy Marshal Martin. Glentzer is a prominent young farmer in his county and bears a high reputation. Notified by telephone that the young man was passing counterfeit dollars, Captain Halls and Deputy Marshal Martin left at once for his home. The young man was taken before the United States commissioner at Muncie, where he is held to await trial at the next term of court. He is charged with making and passing counterfeit dollars. When he was captured he had several of the dollars on his person. Captain Halls says he thinks the money is made by some one else and is being passed off by young Glentzer. The imitation is good. RAILWAY NOTES Some Items of Items Concerning the Clouer Leaf. Samuel Hunt, formerly receiver of Clover Leaf was elected vice president of the New York,"Westchester and Boston Ry. Mr. Hunt will have special supervision of the ; construction work. The rumor is again revived that the Erie is ! really seeking control of the Clover , Leaf The fact is recalled that F. D. Underwood, president of the Erie made a trip ot inspection over the Clover Leaf just before he went to Europe. If the Erie could succeed in carrying out this program it would get an advantageous outlet to St. Louis and other western points. J. W. Meyers, formerly chief train dispatcher of the Clover Leaf, will quit his position June Ist and travel as coal salesman for his old time friend, H. J. Heywood. E. 8. Brooks, chief clerk to General Superintendent Williams, of the Clover Loaf, has resigned. Mr. Brooks held a similar position under James Frazier, former general superintendent of the Clover Leaf. It is understood that Mr. Williams, with the aid of a stenographer, will do bis own office work.—Delphos Herald. C. E. CONVENTION Seventeenth Annual Session to be Held at Fort Wayne. The seventeenth Annual State Christian Endeavor Convention of Indiana will lie hold at Fort Wayne, June 23rd to 26th inclusive, and preparations are being made for the largest and best convention ever held. The program will be of the highest order and everything which can be done for the entertainment and comfort of the delegates during their visit is leing done. A rate of one fare, plus 25c has been ' made on all th< railroads from any anil nil points in the state. Tickets I 1 mH be wild June 2‘i’nd to -25th inclusive and good for returning to and including July 6ih. When the fare for the round trip is less than <I.OO, the extra 25 cents is not charged.

A LIVE ONE Damagt Suit Against Rockefeller That Beats All Records. Mrs. Benjamin Greenbaugh.of Bcs- ( ton, has filed suit against the Stan- • (lard Oil company asking <50,000.00. The suit is for royalties on a product of her husband’s inventive genius. To him is attributed the present commercial utility of kerosene. Mrs.Greenbough claims that her husband invented the process 1 that rendered it non-explosive. It is further claimed that Greenbough tranferred his knowledge to H. H. Rogers and Pratt, his partner, at stated figure of royalties which were payed for only a short time. Rodgers and Pratt turned Greenbough’s invention over to the Stndard Oil company, as so much capital, when they entered the corporation and at that time it is claimed the royalties ceased. A HOT ONE Rosenthals Won From Delphos If ever Decatur was base ball crazy, it was yesterday, during the eighth and ninth innings, in the game between Delphos and the Rosenthals. From a real base ball standpoint however, the game was very rotten, as every inning revealed numerous errors, the Rosenthals being the greatest offenders. Delphos however, up until the sixth inning, practically had the game won, and by the way, had the Rosenthals completely shut out, but the unexpected happened in the sixth, and the Rosenthals managed to force France across the plate with the first run. The Delphos team, however, before that time, had accumulated four runs and it was at this stage of the game that the fans became busy and made Steeles Park resound with their encouragement to the Rosenthals, much to the discomfirture of the visiting team. When the fatal eighth was over and the Rosenthals had scored five runs, the good feeling of the fans knew no bounds,and hats would be seen flying in the air and every man nudging his neighbor] and saying,“ told you so you can’t beat them. At this point the excitement was not yet over, as Delphos came back in the ninth I and hit the ball in such a manner that made every faithful fans heart come up in his mouth. Before the inning was over Delphos forced, three men way cross the plate and tied the score. “Pat” Peterson, the first man up, got to first on an error by the second baseman and promptly stole second. France was hit by a pitched ball and stole second, and Myers then hit one too hard for the second baseman to handle, and the game was over, * 'the score being seven to eight in favor of the Rosenthals. Farrell pitched a magnificent game with the ragged support ho bud, and deserves groat credit for pulling the game out of the flro. The Delphos team ore a tine bunch of ball players, and know all of the finer I points of the game to perfection. ' The sc< to by innings was us follows. 1234&6 7 89 R H E Delphos 100 11 1 0 037 7 8 Rosihls 00 0 0 0 11 518 6 10 Batteries Stophir and Fettig. Farr>l and P< nnington. Struck out by Fund, 7. by Stopher, 3 two base hlh, Jamun and U Peterson; stolen bases, Delphos I; Rosenthals 9; bit by pitched ball, Franco. Double plays, France,* Umpire <. jin ■' ! 800 r, Woodward time 135.

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ZION CLASSIS Sessions Closed Saturday Evening Yesterday Devoted to Worship, and Each Meeting Was Well Attended. The Zion Classis which has been in session here for several days closed Saturday evening and yesterdy was devoted to worship the meetings being well attended. After the usual opening roll call and reading of minutes Saturday afternoon, the classis proceeded to the election of delegates to biennial synod which will meet in Allentown, Pa. May 16th, 1905. Zion Classis is entitled to two minitserial andtwo lay delegates. Ministerial delegates are:—Pumani, Rev. Phil Rulel, and Rev A. C Pretzer; Secund, Julius Vornholt, Rev. E. H. Snyder; Elders Pumani, M. Kirsch, Mr. Hensel ; Secundi, Mr. Steffen, F. C. Alterkruse; Election of classical trustees for a term of five years— Rev B. Ruf, Rev E. H. Snyder. Elder, C. C. Alterkuse Committee on finance rc]>orted,it recommended the adoption of treasurer's report, and advised an assessment of 10 cent per member for contingent expenses. The report was adopted. Classis will meet next year in the Reformed church Huntington Ind, on the first Wednesday after Pentecost. SAW CADETS “ West Pointers Were in Fort Wayne Last Night. D. E. Studabaker while at Fort Wayne last evening saw the West point cadets who stopped there for supper, enroute to the St,Louis fair. There were 671 in the party as fine looking young men as can be found on the face of the earth. They were faultlessly dressed in gray uniforms and every movement was precise. They traveled on a special train over the Wabash. AN OLD SETTLER Death of One of Oldest Citizens of Preble Township. Frederick Slickman aged eighty five years died Saturday night at ten o’clock at his home in Preble township after four days illness, from old age and other complications. Mr. Slick man was an old and esteemed citizen of this county having come here from the Old country when but a mere boy, and resided hero ever since . He was a member of the German Reformed church near Magley and was an earnest and conscientious worker in its behalf. The funeral will lie held tomorrow morning at the Re form church at ten o'clock and interment will be made in the Reform cemetery. IS BETTER Daniel Weldy Suddenly Stalcken, But Will Recover. Uncle Daniel Weldy of First street was taken suddenly ill early this morning and his condition was serious for several hours. Dr. J S. i Bayers was called and at nine i o'clock this morning his patient was resting much easier und it was believed he would get along al- ) right Mr Weldy is one of the > | lest known citizens of the count.i I having resided here many years.