La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 5, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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Opposite Masonic Building. Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Postoffice as Second-Class Matter.
By B. F. Harigel.
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Democratic in Principle, And a Worker For LaGrange and Fayette County.
1.50 Per Year.
Volume 28.
LaGrange, Fayette County, Texas, Thursday, September 5, 1907.
Number 36.
With the Ladies.
The Handel Celebration. 1 Tuesday Night’s Fire.
Washington Letter.
navy, where there is ample room
The series of delightful enter-
tainments taking place at the La-
dies’ Club room during tbe sum-
mer months at which the Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy and the
members of the Etaerio Club serv-
ed as hostesses, terminated last
Saturday afternoon. On that date
the presiding officers of these or-
ganizations, respectively Mrs. Geo.
Willrich and MissE ssie Alexander,
took occasion to compliment the
members, visitors and ladies of the
town. The high appreciation ut
the courtesy was attested by the
large number of guests and their
hearty enjoyment of the pleasures
of the hour.
Dainty little booklets containing
the date, program, names of the
hostesses, the pertinent lines from
Shakespeare:
“Frame your minds to mirth and mer-
riment,
Which bars a thousand harms and
lengthens life,”
and bearing the united colors of
the two societies, were distributed
as souvenirs.
Misses Viola Sass and Teannette
Alexander rendered a duett, after
which Miss Gertie Alexander gave
a reading which reviewed the story
of Zenobia the high spirited queen
of Palmyra. The ladies were then
called upon to test their powers of
observation by passing around a
table upon which had been placed
the greatest imaginable variety of
small articles. Each person was
then required to make from memory
a list of same. Mrs. J. B. Garrard
noted thirty-six out of a possible
forty-eight and was crowned with
a wreath of white jasmine. The
assembly was next called upon to
participate in a "scent test,” twen-
ty-one vials being filled with as
many odors. Misses Lucile Shaw
and Lizzie Moore having correctly
guessed sixteen, they were allowed
to draw straws, whereupon Miss
Lizzie Moore won the prize, like-
wise a jasmine wreath. Mrs. Zing-
elman with only six (s) cents to
her credit was awarded an ivy
wreath. Refreshments in the way
of ice cream in cones were served.
The Etaerio Club will resume its
regular semi-monthly sessions on
Saturday, Sept. 14, at 3 p. m. On
Tuesday, Sept., 10th at 4 p. m. the
Daughters of the Confederacy will
observe the birthday anniversary of
the foundress of the organization,
Mrs. M. C. Goodlet.
The scramble for good butter
and fresh eggs, by our citizens for
the past several weeks has been
something out of the ordinary. Yet
with all this scramble the dairies
have gone out of business and over-
ripe hen fruit is marketed. It oc-
curs to The Journal that it would
pay the farmers to look after the
gradiug of their cows, and bring
better butter to town, and better
eggs. Prices for both products
are on the increase, and the de-
mand more so.
Labor Day, while appropriately
observed in the larger cities in Tex-
as,passed very quietly in LaGrange.
Uncle Sam’s carriers enjoyed the
holiday, but in the business houses
and print shops, the wheels of
trade were in motion. No public
demonstrations of any nature were
>0 order.
The clubs who will participate in
the Handel Club anniversary festi-
val on Septemder 25, 1907, are re-
hearsing for the event with a great
deal of enthusiasm. All of tbe
solo numbers have not been sent in,
nor the names of all the various
club members, but it is safe to say
that over a hundred voices will par-
ticipate in the mass chorus. The
mixed chorus of O’Quinn who will
participate are as follows, viz:
Misses Julia Denker, Annie Mel-
cher, Minette Carbi, Louise Schroe-
der, Alma Melcher, Fannie Alma
Melcher, Lilly Melcher, Mesdames
T. A. Dieckert, Fritz Otell, Messrs.
Walter Carbi, Ernst Melcher, Tom
Melcher, Alfred Dieckert, T. A.
Dieckert Fritz Otell and Louis
Carbi.
The "Liederkranz” club of
Schulenburg will bring the follow-
ing members, viz: W. D. Keuper,
Henry Bohlmann, E. Peter, Cbas.
Voss, John Mahler, Ed Russek,
Henry Grube, A. W. Beneker, D.
Bunjes, H. Eck, H. P. Schaefer,
A. Vornsand, Gus. Brauner, Chas.
Sengelmann, O. B. Schwenke, H.
Seydler and A. Herzig.
The "Edelweis” club has the
following members, viz:. Misses
Henriette Bohlmann, Dora Bunjes,
Annie Bunjes, Emmie Schulz,
Lillie Beneker, Hattie Schaefer,
Mesdames Wm. Voelkel and R. A.
Wolters, Messrs. Gus Brauner, E.
Peter, John Romberg, Anton Bene-
ker and Henry Bohlmann,
Correspondence has lately been
taken up with the Flatonia people
who are reputed to have a very
fine mixed chorus. Nothing has
been heard from them so tar but it
is hoped that they will participate
in the celebration. The male chor-
us of Fayetteville has not positive-
ly decided to come for business
reasons, but they are being urged
particularly and may yet come.
The committee in charge of the
event are as follows, viz: George
Krengel, F. Presun, H. W. Speck-
els, B. F. Harigel, Mrs. G. B.
Hopper, J. H. Killough and O. E.
Stolz. _
School Notice.
The LaGrange school will open
on Monday, September 9th, at 9
a. m.
It is earnestly requested, and
confidently expected, that all par-
ents, guardians, and patrons of the
school, as well as the Mothers’
club will be on hand at the school
opening.
The trustees wish to submit to
the citizens of LaGrange the propo-
sition to build a new school house,
and wish to enlist their attention,
as well as their co-operation in the
matter.
Let all their citizens attend, and
start the school ls it should be
started. _ _
The Houston Post’s annual trade
edition of Monday, as is the case
with everything the Post does, was
a hummer, and in a glowing yet
truthful manner, this excellent
paper pictures the increasing pros-
perity of that great railroad center.
Copies of the Post of September
and should be in every home in the
State, and, in fact, out of the State
os well.
A very destructive fire occurred
in this city at 11:30 Tuesday
night, which brought the populace
in a hurry. The alarm was sent
in by the engineer of the ice
plant, and in spite of the united ef-
forts of the citizens and the mem-
bers of tbe fire department the
flames spread so rapidly that it
was feared the entire immediate
neighborhood would be consumed.
A frame building erected about
fourteen years ago, which was used
by the Northern Produce company
last winter as their market honse
for turkeys was discovered to be
burning and although the firemen
responded promptly, and the engi-
neer at the power house gave direct
pressure of no pounds, tbe cold
storage, the office and ware-room
of the Alamo Lumber Company,
and the beer saloon and grocery of
Otto Moellenberndt soon ignited.
For fully three hours two streams
of water were turned on the burn-
ing buildings and not until the
frame building burned to the ground
were the firemen enabled to save
the large vaults at the cold storage
building.
The saloon and grocery belong-
ing to Otto Moellenberndt was en-
tirely ^stroyed, but through the
efforts of the citizens about one-
half of the stock was saved. The
building was insured.
The office and ware-room of the
Alamo Lumber company, with
headquarters at San Antonio was
also burned to the ground, only a
few doors, valuable papers and sash
being rescued from the flames. The
loss on the stock will amount to
about $1800, and on the building
about $700, fully covered with in-
surance. *
The large cold storage building,
the annex to the ice plant was
built about eight years ago and last
year remodeled. This building cost
$3,500, and at tbe time of the fire
contained a car and a half of bottle
and keg beer. In the east vaults
the Schuhmacher Grocer company
bad 400 boxes of fresh California
prunes, and about 25 boxes of rais-
ins, and the Alexander Grocer
company a smaller amount of the
same goods. The building, al-
though partly saved will be of no
benefit and will necessitate the en-
tire rebuilding. The contents of
the vaults were saved. The loss
sustained on this building was
covered with insurance.
The two story residence to the
south of the buildings and known
as tbe Judge Lindsay home became
ignited from the flying burning
shingles, and a strenuous fight fol-
lowed, which finally resulted in the
flames being extinguished. Tbe
feed storehouse of C. W. Amberg,
across the street from the scene of
the fire also became ignited but was
extinguished without much dam-
age. _^_
Sunday’s excursion to New
Braunfels was, as is customary with
LaGrange people, largely patron-
ized. Tbe gathering from over tbe
entire state of Hermann Sons was
one of the largest that ever assem-
bled at one place, and everybody.
Editor Journal:
"Our friend, the enemy” have
contributed most largely to the
gayety of notions during the last
week by a public exposition of their
differences, differences which, if
properly handled, should make for
democratic success at the polls in
November, 1908. Speaker Cannon,
who insists that he is "seventy-
one years young’’ has announced
his candidacy for -the presidency,
and at the same time has hid de-
fiance to the president by empha-
sizing the great prosperity and de-
claring that it would be a "crime”
for congress to do anything which
would upset the business of the
country, business as Mr. Cannon
uses it always meaning the tariff
and the protected industries. Poli-
ticians in Washington understand
tbe speaker’s words morever, to be
a warning to the president that he
will have none of the proposed ex-
tensions of the railway regulation
laws, tariff reserves or other legis-
lation which would prove obnoxious
to the interests which support the
wing of the party which Mr. Can-
non represents.
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The president has once more es-
sayed the role of peacemaker, this
time attempting to bring order out
of the chaos which for some time
has existed in the Central Ameri-
can countries. In conjunction with
president Diaz of Mexico, president
Roosevelt has addressed a tele-
graphic note to tbe president of
Honduras, Nicaragua, Salvador,
Costa Rica and Guatemala, beg-
ging them to meet in a peace con-
ference and adopt a joint treaty
binding all five to submit to arbi-
tration any difference which can-
not be settled by diplomatic nego-
tiations. The two executives pro-
mise the good officers of their res-
pective countries to assist in this
praiseworthy move, and will doubt-
less act as arbitration, if so desired.
The president and secretary Root
have long contemplated some such
move as that now taken, but they
waited until they had diplomatic
assurances that the suggestions
would not prove unwelcome to any
of the powers addressed. Recent
information, coming from unofficial
sources, to the effect that Nicaragua
was again preparing an expedition
against Salvador, led to the dis-
patching of tbe note by telegraphy.
t t t
The navy dapartment has decid-
ed to bring “Old Ironside,” in
other words, "the good ship Con-
stitution,” down to Annapolis
where, it is believed, it will be an
object lesson in patriotism to tbe
"middies” who are preparing to
serve their country as officers in tbe
navy. Tbe old ship was fast going
to ruin in tbe Boston navy yard
when senator Lodge secured the
passage of a bill appropriating
funds for the recaulking of her
seams and thfe restoration of her
upper works. Of course, the sena-
tor expected that the ship would
remain in the Boston navy yard,
and his work in congress was loud-
ly applauded in hit home city, but
old .»d young .like, onjoyed tlx ,t“ •* *• gj *,e
outing. Tho M. K A T. oho run "o-dod , tbt dep.,intent h-
in tbe comparatively peaceful wa-
ters of the Chesapeake, and as soon
as the work of rejuvenation is com-
pleted the old vessel will be towed
south.
t + t
The Hon. James Campbell of
Ohio is authority for the statement
that Alton B. Parker will again be
a candidate for the democratic nom-
ination, next year. Mr. Campbell
says he was sceptical regarding the
accuracy of the report at first, but
that he harsatisfied himself that it
is correct. Mr. Parker is reported
to be receiving an income of $50,-
000 a year from the law firm with
which he is associated, but doubt-
less $50,000 a year and occupancy
of the white house, rent free, for
four years, would prove a good deal
more attractive.
Handsome Church Burned.
The Catholic church at Moravan,
built about fifteen years ago at a
cost of about $4000, was destroyed
by fire 1 hursday afternoon. The
smoke could be plainly seen here,
and great interest was manifested.
A ’phone message, received later
announced the total destruction of
the church.
The fire is believed to have been
caused by the small lamp suspend-
ed near the altar, falling to the
floor and exploding. When the
flames were first discovered by
Rev. Father Horacek, he hastened
to the burning building to give tbe
alarm, by ringing the bell. He
was forced to quit the building and
extinguish bis robes, as the ex-
tremely dry lumber burned rapidly.
The building is a total loss, to-
gether with all the furnishings
which cost about $1500. No insur-
ance. Many of our citizens drove
out to the scene Sunday a riel viewed
tbe small bill of ashes, over which,
only a week before stood a band-
some church.
John Holman, met with a pain-
ful accident Saturday night that
will incapacitate him for several
weeks. He was returning home at
midnight from a social gathering,
and in passing the home of Editor
Hcilig, suffered himself to be kick-
ed by a stray horse that had stood
in the shadow of s large oak. The
kick broke the knee cap in three
differenNplacea, and although him-
self astride s good animal, John
reached home with difficulty. The
services of a physician were prompt-
ly enlisted, and the young man is
resting easily.
The sheriff, on making the
ronnds in tbe county jail Monday
morning was very much chagrined
to find that some of the prisoners
had made an attempt to break one
of the iron bars near the outer
windows. Tbe liberty allowed tbe
prisoners during the day, gave
them tbe opportunity to work at
intervals and risk the chance of
discover^, and it is possible the at-
tempt waa made several days before
tbe discovery.
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sn excursion to San Antonio, which
carried a number of our people.
decided that the ship will serve
better purpose at tbe cradle of
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La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 5, 1907, newspaper, September 5, 1907; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1004218/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.