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the institute I Good Sessions Continue —Well Attended. , I ———— I The Report ol Th«rs4oy’s Session---Week’s Work Closed This Afternoon. THURSDAY MORNING. Regardless of tie fair excitement ,he teachers were on lime at 8:20. Prof Holland spoke on “Geo. Ju nior Republic." something as follows: "In England baa tfcere been any improvement in the relation between the rich and poorer Well, Some years ago some one drew the conclusion that there is a common lie or unity and we are not careful there will be •G ithic and Vandals who will eweep us off the face of Jthe earth Passing from England io America he said in part that in years ago the people thought it was not best to have reformatories, that is. a place where criminal men might Dome out better than they went in. Today it is different. The prison is a reformatory. As to the slums of the cities some men and women are doing much to relieve the suffering. William R. George became interested in Sunday school work and went to the slums of New York and took a number of them to his farm in New York. This was refreshing and encouraging to tnem. He then decides to establish a permanent home for many of them. He then took us on an imaginary trip to the Republic, and gave us a very vivid mental picture of the place. In this he said that the boys there rr ad good books. The fixtures were not expensive, but plain and gooa. On second floor was the place where the better citizens lived, while on third floor was where the poorer classes lived. Here [ found a twelve or fourteen year old boy with a chain and ball to his leg. The boy was a runaway and this was the method to keep him in custody. Fur when he was in Buffalo he was in the habit of tiring houses, his delight being to see the fire engines. Tae method of the Republic was for the boys and girls to govern themselves. Hence it was necessary to have courts, police, judges, etc., as a good government has. Visiting the court one day when a number of oases were being tried, among which Lewey L°ghhorn was found guilty of theft. This charge -completely broke him down, even if he had not been ‘spanked’ by a teacher, but sentenced by his peers. Let as discuss the workings of the Republic outside of the government. They have schools and the boys and girls are paid for going to school. They have a money of their own—a 25 cent piece being equal to 5 cents in our money. They are paid for their work, but they in turn must pay for their board and clothes. Hence they may work or play as much as they please, but if they are out of money starvation stares them in the face. This tends to make them self supporting. Now if these boys and girls of the slums can become self-governing, can’t our achoo pupils be more so? This method is undoubtedly solving many of our problems of crime and government. Rest. Prof. Stalker in complimenting the "Junior Republic" said of self-government, that a teacher who can not teach and govern her school can not hope

to have eels-government. In speaking of school he said that the school of Booker.T. Washington is a perfect school. Every man, woman or child shouldjhave a chance to develop all tfieir capabilities. Booker T Washington was a slave, but oarly desired an education and made a resolution that whatever he Continued on Second Page

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ELKS COMING Notices Sent Out to Brothers of Blufftort Lodge. Thomas Haefling, who is a member of the Bluffton order of Elk s, received the following notice ves terday: "Dear Brother: Th<a lodge willl institute the Decatur B P. O. E Sept. 0, 1905. Will leave Clover Leaf depot 11:25 am,, having an afternoon and even ng session. Every brother expected to tie there The following uniform has been adopted, any part of which oan be secured here. Black trousers. white shirt, Hack string tie, lay down collar, white over gaiters, white cap, pnrple band, cane, purple and white ribbon. By order of committee ’ Thus showing that the Elks will take Decatur oy storm on the above date.

NEXT TUESDAY Japan-Russia Treaty to Be Signed. Envoys Will Say Goop-Bye to President Thursday—Then Go to Washington. By United Press News Association. Portsmouth. N. H., Sept. I—The armistice proclamation was signed at high noon and the fact immediately cabled to Tokio and St. Petersburg from where it was • .rwardjed to Linevitc h and Oyama. This i ends all the bloodshed. The procI lamation goes into effect immedi- : ately. It was decided that the ceremony of signing the treaty be simple. With the president’s declination an invitiiaion was extended to the governor of New Hamp- | shire to attend the banquet. The I governor accepted, but- left the entire matter of arrangements to the ? peace envoys, and it was their re. I quest that the ceremony be a simpie one If the treaty is signed i Tuesday as now expected, the envoys will leave Wednesday tc say ■farewell to the president at Oyster Bay on Thursday. After that their movements will be independent, although both Japanese and Rus sians will visit Washington. Witte w ill visit Niagara Falls and pos sibly Chicago. The Japanese will go over the Canadian Paictio to Seattle and sail on the steamer Dakota, September 20 so r Yokohama.

THEIR ANNUAL The Citizens' Telephone Company will Hold Their Annual Election Monday Evening. The annual meeting and election of directors for the Citizens' Telephone company will take place at the office of its secretary, Frank MSohirmeyer, on Monday evening This meeting will reveal a very healthy condition of affairs, and show the last year to have bee a one of importance td those interested in the affairs of this company. It has likewise been a busy year, a large force of men being engaged during the past summer in perfecting and extending their network of lines. Tais addition has been especially thritty so far as country lines has been concerned, and when their present plans are complete, the country ssrvioa will embrace several hundred telephones. Re cent improvements has found a telephone that will admit of several on one line, and a call in on any one will not disturb the others. This feature has retarded the country service more than any other one thing, and when that is overcome the country telephones will rapidly grow in number. One year ago the Citizens’ company increased their capital stock and began the real extension of their business. For this reason the reports to be heard Monday evening will be interesting, and should be heard by every member of the company. The present officers, and especially Secretary Sohirmeyer, has proven his ability and worth in the direction of the company’s business, but we will reserve further commendation until after Monday evening. (

DECATVR, INDIANA, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, ISO*.

CLOSING DAY <4 1 Crowds at the Derby this Afternoon —I I I Yesterday the Big One.—Over Sixteen , Thousand Tickets Actually Sold at Gates. I • The Great Northern Indiana fair closed t.day, a fair sized crowd witnessing the derby races, not- i withstanding the rain Yesterday broke all previous record* by sev-, eral thousands, the actual paid admissions being over sixteen thousand, while it is estimated that fully twenty thousand jieople were on the grounds. The judging of stock was concluded at noon to day. and was followed by a big i stock parade. Yesterday’s races were very successful, and were witnessed by thousands who crowded the grand stand and along the track, cheering the victors. The fl’s, race called was the 2:20 pace. Virgil C., owned bv Elmer Johnson of this city, won the race in four heats In the first heat he won by two lengths, Allen Wilkes coming second and May Anderson third. The same result occurred in the second heat, but in the third ’ Virgil C. broke badly and finished third. May Anderson winning the ’ 1 heat with Allen Wilkes third. ' Virgli C. won the fourth heat and the race with May Anderson second money. The best time made was in the second heat, 2:17 1-4. Biradian won the 2:18 trot in straight I beats, best time, 2:20 mada in the last heat. Maxnzo won second ,! monev and High Star, third. In ! the 2:15 pace Dr. Tanner won ■ easly in straight heats, best time 11 2:15 1-4. Rose Bud got second ' i place in the first heat, but was outwitted in the next two, R«x R. tak- ' ing second money. Santamont, a Decatur horse, went in this race, , and while he finished fourth, made a creditable showing, and proved himself a race horse. The 1 entries for this afternoon's races were as follows: One mile da<h— Trio L, Lee; Francis M , Dinali; Dr. Clause; Dan Ross, Young; Irene Moore, Baker. One-half mile—two in three heats—Coyotte. Alisitt; The Jack, Hardesty; Belle of R ickford, Case; Gatling Gun, Henderson; Lady Rothmore, Sidener; Martha Stout, Haviland.

i Tbree-fourih mile dash—Two B, - E. Lee; Coyctte. Adsit; Dr. Irwin, t Clause; Irene Moore, Baker; Dan Uss, Young; Minnie, A, King; . Martha Stout, Haviland. ' One and one-sixteenth mile dash I —Derby—Two 8. Lee; Francis M, i Donald; Bird Slayer, Holley; Dr. Irvin, Clause; Irene Moore, Baker. SUMMARY OF YESTERDAY'S RACES: ‘ 2:20 pace—Virgil C-, bg, John ; son, 113 1 May Anderson, bm, Bush, 3 3 12 Allen Wilkes, bg., Williams 22 2 3 Time 2:1«%; 2:20% 2:IK trot—Maxazo bg, 32 2 High Star C, log, Tasig, 2 33 Baradian* b. s, Brown 11 1 Time, 2:24%; 3:21%; 2 :20. 2:15 pace—Rose Bud, Newman, 2 3 3 Rex R., bg, Slater 3 2 2 Dr. Tanner, sg, Rvan, 111 Santamont, Morgan, 4 4 4 Time, 2:16%; 2:15%; 2:17. Wreck in England By United Press News Association. Withan, Eng., Sept. I—A terrible railroad wreck occurred here today. Ten people wore killed. The train was derailed and ran into a railroad station.

WEIMER ARRESTED Young Man from Monrot Picked up at Portland. Sheriff Bar of Jay county, oatnrf tn this morning with Johnny Weimer, a young man from Monroe, who plead guilty several months ago to a riot charge.be being one of the men who assaulted Adam Wise Ha was fined five dollars and costs, amounting to sixtyfive dollars in all. He failed to settle and was picked up at Portland last night. When arrested he said, "Heie goes for sixtyfive days in jail.”

KNOWN HERE Mrs. Lyons Mysteriously Killed at Ft. Wayne Formerly Lived at Geneva.—Was Threatened for Taking Part in Eli Merryman's Divorce Suit. Siegfried Gieseler and Mrs Mollie i Lyons fell from the Clinton street bridge at Fort Wayne. Wednesday night, and were so badly injured that Mrs. Lyons died and Gieseler He at the hospital so badly injured . that he can't tell just how it bappende and what little he 9 -ye rather indicates foul play. Mrs. Lyons j formerly lived at Geneva. This morning's Journal Gazette said of the affair: “George Husher, of Geneva, Ind., a brother of Mrs. ’ Mollie Lyons, who met death in a ' piunge over the Clinton street bridge, is said to l»e of the opinion , that his sister is the victim of foul ■ play Tae fact that her skull was fractured at the top of the head and that she received so many other bruises in falling, leads him to believe she may have been struck on the head by a club or other instrument and thrown over the bridge afterward Another reason for this belief, according to Mr. Eli Merryman, proprietor of the Star hotel and Mrs. .Lyons’ employer, was that Mrs. Lyons stated on the evening she met her death, that she had been threatened because of evidence she gave in the Merryman divorce case. To further strengthen the theory of fonl play Siegfried Gieseler. Mrs. Lyons’ companion on the fatal walk to the bridge, made some statements when lead away from the scene of his fall that would indicate that others than himself and Mrs. Lyons were present at the tragedy. These statements, which were made to a reporter for the JournalGazette, in the presence of the police, were attributed at the time to Gieseler s delirium. ”

MISSION FESTIVAL Announced to Occur at Lutheran Church Next Sunday. On next Snnday the Evangelical Lutheran church will hold a mission festival at their church on the corner of Eleventh and Monroe streets, the exercises commencing at ten o'clock am., standard time, and Rev. Domseif will conduct the services in German. In the afternoon the school dedication will take place at which time Henry Lankenau will be installed as teacher of the school, this service being conducted by Rev. Klausing. If Sunday proves to be a nice day, a large crowd will be present.

AWFUL ACCIDENT ___ Jack Baldwin, Balloonist, Blown to Atoms Stick’of Dynamite Explodes While He is High In the Air Scattering His Remains Over Greenville. Jack Baldwin, an aeronaut whose 'home is at Losantville, Indiana, and who bad made baloon ascensions in this county several times, was blown to atoms yesterday afternoon, while making an ascension at the Greenville fair. He was illustrating the use of dynamite in waitare. and had three sticks of dynamite in his hand. When 2000 I feet high one of these went oft in Baldwin’s hand Tae story is told in a dispatch as follows: "It was time for the boom. Prof. Baldwin, with a fuse, set off a dvnamite boom at a certain time. He had let out little parachutes with rabbits $ and they all alighted with safety ‘and were received with cheers as they stat ted to fl>at through the air. Then then was a boom, a shock that penetrated the very hearts of every soul on that vast ground. Within that 30,000 throng just four people at an instant bee came heart sick. Three little girls, t a wife and a mother, realized the

’ awful tragedy before it dawned on I the multitude. The baloon floated 'away uninjured, but the aeronaut ■had disappeared. Within a few ■ I minutes, probably seconds, and to ‘some it seemed hours, there started * a rain of blood, flesh and fragments lof human remains. With the downpour the people realized that : an awful tragedy bad b<-en enacted. That a human life had been given up for their pleasure and enjoy ment. A widow with three fatheri less children, started to walk from | the grounds as the boys liegan to iclimb the trees and pick up the remains of the wellknown balloon man. Out in the cornfields they found small pieces and little bovs tetoheu in pieces. holding the evidence of the tragedy in tteir hands. One foot was the largest piece of the tody that was found. Hundreds of small pieces were picked up tenderly cared for. The three little girls, Mozell, Rozell and Mavier, with their mother, were taken from the grounds, bestrewn with the blood of their most loved one. and the races went on. Warren’s Big 'Uns. Warren, Ind., was certainly well represented at the fair yesterday. A lively delegation of fast horsemen and oil operators was laigely in evidence all along the line. I Among those seen were Mat McCormick and] W. W. Grossman, successful oil,operators; Phil] Davis, a retired oil man; Mack MoKimmy who”buys diamonds by the quart: JiitTSproul, - owner of Rex.; Roy Braden, H E. W ilcox and others, whose pictures hang k in Warren's halfofjfame. Among’the contingent were Frank Lesh and William Bow len.' who pronounced the dog show and score card two great successes.

Depends on Terms Special Telegram To The Democrat J Tokio, Sept. I—The kind of recep7ion*that awaits definite news of peace dependTupon the nature of l the feared that extensive have] beenVu rde by Jap in. Jiji says today: “ A Disagreement arrived at without jrupturejfccin only mean greaT^nmoessions have been made bv~3J)ur “plenipjtentiaries. Peace conohided "will never saftisfyTthe na t ton.” J iTtie Nioh i says : "We are "disappointed, the fruits of,'our been lost | by weak dplomaoy."

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ON BANKS Statistics on Indiana Financial Institution The First Report Ever Issued on Bank Statistics of Indiana, Giving Them Complete.

By United Prsaa News Aeeocl at lonIndianapolis, Ind., Sept. I—The first report ever made on the financial institutions of the state—the banks and trust companies— has just been completed and was given to the public today by State Statis tician Joseph Stubbs. Many inquiries have been constantly pouring into Mr. Stubbs’ office for these facts, more than any others, show the true money wealth of the state In tabulating, the bureau has made the following classifications: National lianks, 184; State banks. 175; private banks, 260; 64 trust companies and savings banks, making a total of 683 financial institutions in Indiana. Everyone made a report on blanks furnished by the department. Two hundred an 1 niney-one of these institutions are located in the cities of the state, 232 in incorporated towns and 100 unincorporated towns. The total resonroes of all financial institutions in Indiana are (268,278,172.07. Total amount of taxes paid 137,099,452 15; total • deposits <201,624,504.3?; total number of depositors 54", 112; total employes 3,013. The total resources lof all national banks is (146,554, 652.25; deposits (105,175,727.55; depositors, 213 537. The total resources of all state banks is (40,• 140,406.72; deposits (31,167,360.80; deposits, 105,402. The total resources of all private banks is (37, 275,220.01; total deposits, (3300,131, 078.70; depositors, 112,214. Total resources of trust companies and savings banks, (44,307,b93.09; deposits. (35,150,067.27; depositors. 10b.959. The oldest National bank is the First National «f Madison,’ incorporated September 18, 1862. The oldest state bank is the Peo1 pies’ bank of Portland, organized March 1, 1873. The oldest private bank is the Salem bank of Goshen, Ind., established January 1, 1854. The first savings bank, the Lafayette savings and trust company, I>egan business July 1, 1869. The first trust company, the Indiana Trust company of Indianapolis, orgarized April 1869.

Card of Thanks ’ Decatur Business Men: In behalf of the Great Northern Fair association, I want to thank you most heartily for the interest you have shown in this year's fair. The spirit manifested is one that insures future good fairs for Adams county. The closing of your places of business, your splendid exhibits, your help and i courteous treatment have caused every roemlier of the association to feel most friendly towards you. It i requires the united efforts of the members and the business men to give such a successful fair as this year’s, and we want you to know that we fully appreciate your efforts. Personally thanking you for the interest shown and help ex tended, I remain, Sour servant, JOHN D. NIDLINGER. Taken to lowa A telegram received last even ina from Corning, lowa, changes all the plans concerning the funeral services of S. B. Dillon, who died yesterday from the injuries he received by being kicked by a horse, and instead of the interment being made at Marion, Ind., the remains were shipper* this morn ing over the Chicago & Erie rallros d to Prescott, lowa, where he will be buried.