Evening journal., 1904-09-12
DOINGS OF THE
GERMAN AMERICANS

The ladies OF the Delaware Saenger-
bund will hold a meeting on Tuesday
evening at p. m. The husbands are
cordially invited, as Mrs Zimmerman
will celebrate her birthday.
Professor Ernest Agoston Schrefer-
decker, formerly OF Wilmington, has
opened the Spring Garden Theatrical
Bureau in Philadelphia. Mr.. Schrefer-
decker was formerly teacher Of the
German school OF the Wilmington
Turngemeinde.
IL is reported that many new hands
will be taken on at Edge Moor today.
A large numbers of orders for bridge
and iron structural work have to be
completed and many new contracts will
have to be filled in a specified time.
This is good news for some OF the un-
employed iron workers, among whom
are many Germans.
Many members Of the Wilmington
Turngemeinde expected TO see Profess
sor Otto Goepel, the physical instruc-
tor home from his trip West yester-
day. but they were disappointed. Mr.
Gospel will probably arrive home to-
day.
At a meeting of the delegates OF the
consolidated singing societies Of Bal
timore held recently at German Hall
Of that city, very encouraging reports
of the singing societies who will visit
Wilmington's great Saengerfest on
September 10 and 20. were received.
II S expected that at least $50 singers,
with their families. will come here.
on Wednesday another meeting will
be held at Harmonic Hall, and the
matter will be again taken up. The
Baltmoreans VIII leave at a. m, via
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and
arrive at the park about II o'clock
where they will be received by the re-
cention committee The formal re-
coption and opening Of the great fes-
tival will take place onSMondpy Sep
iember 10. az 2.30 o'clock and Mayor
Bird win. In speech Of welcome, re-
celve the visiting societies.
Mrs. Gotthold Yeager and Mrs. Henry
Schneider. who have been several
months in Europe. will start on the
steamer Chemnitz from Bremen TO
Baltimore. on October 6. on the same
steamer IL is possible that the parents
OF John Feh Of Fourth and Tatnall
streets. will also make the trip across
Mr and Mrs. Fehl viii permanently
locate here.
tAlbert Orth and wife,=the editor and
owner Of the Atlanta Staatsze.tung, a
German weekly who have been on a
visit here. returned this morning to
their home In Atlanta.
IL Is now nearly two years since
Jacob Volunteer. who was at that time
an Inmate OF the county hospital was
seen last In this city. He has since
disappeared and although his friends
have hunted for him continuously no
trace Of his whereabouts could be
found Vollmeier IS well-known IN
this city and worked formerly in Johr
Green's market house on Eighth neal
Tatnall street. where he delivered or.
ders. Nearly everybody knew him II
wilmington, when he pushed his car
loaded with market orders -Yollmeier
who suffered with some sort OF splna
disease was very much dishgured ant
he had to give up work and so to The
hospital His wife. an aged woman
lives here but has not heard or seer
him since that time. The writer OF
this column received a letter from the
German Imperial Consulate OF Phila.
delphla. In which he asked where Voll-
meier can be found. The old man is
about 75 or so years old. and any in
formation viii be gladly received