Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 125, Decatur, Adams County, 22 May 1907 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat. Published Every Evening, Except Sunday, by LEW G. ELLINGHAM. Subscription Rates. Per week, by carrier 10 cents Per year, by carrier .....$5.00 Per month, by mail 25 cents Per y-iar, by mail $2.50 Single copies 2 cents | Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofflce in Decatur Indiana, as second class mail matter. J. H. HELLER. Manager. HARD ON THE POSTMASTERS. The postmasters in Indiana are all Republicans of course, and all appointees of the Roosevelt adminstration. They held a convention at Indianapolis last week to consider matters relating to the service—so it was said. But Mr. Fairbanks’ agents were busy among them. Boss Kealing. United States district attorney, was especially in evidence and working all the ime. His activity, as was charged, was highly “pernicious.” And then there was Mayor Bookwaiter, of Indianapolis. He delivered a speech of welcome and said that the gathering looked like “a good part of a state Republican convention.” He also told the postmasters that he was “a great admirer of President Roosevelt,” but to this he appended the following mesterious prophecy:

“I am sure that the national convention of the Republican party will ' place the banner of the Republican party in the hands of our safe and sane representative from Indiana.” It was said that this was “a sort of political bombshell” and that many of the postmasters trembled in their shoes. They had visions of the ‘ fighting face” of the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, and the chairman of the meeting, with both eyes on his job, hastened to say that he hoped the postmasters, while they were at the convention, would “keep their lips entirely free from the matter of politics.” Indeed, if what the Fairbanks organs have been saying is true, it will be wise for the postmasters to remember B’rer Rabbit and “lay low.” The said organs declare that the president is removing from office postmasters who antagonize his plans. As it is no part of his scheme to allow Fairbanks to be nominated, any public indorsement of that gentleman might have fatal consequences. Surely the V. P.’s boom is having a hard time of it. Wheat sold for a dollar in Chicago without even consulting the sacred Dingley tariff, but in the next campaign Republican orators, if conditions are ripe, will be heard saying “see what we done!” A few of them may even say “see what we did!” Mr. Bryan says that the Democratic party is good enough for him. All Democrats feel the same way about it. And, by the way. the Democratic party just now is good enough for anybody who believes that the people should still control their government.

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THE BOYS ARE WORKING OUT Players Continue to Arrive —the Team Will Be Fast. Berger, the fast little infielder, owing to business relations, will not be able to report here before Saturday. He informs Manager Behringer that he is in excellent condition and will be ready for the fray as tsoon as he arrives. Catcher Winger and outfielder Pierce are expected to join the squad some time today. Geyer and Welden both worked the kinks out of their arms yesterday I afternoon and both showed remarkable speed and control. Geyer has a very deceptive delivery and will be able to fool many batsmen and base runners by his funny moves. Welden possesses a good arm and shows by his actions that he knows the national game, and will be able to give a good account of himself this season. Columbia City expects to have a semi-professional team this season and will soon be in line to take the scalps of other teams. Columbia City has a number of good ball players of their own and the expense of keeping up a team will not be very heavy. With Columbia City knocking at at the door it makes a nice circuit north of Ft. Wayne. The members of the team on hand, including Geyer, Welden, Daniels, Behringer, Linderbeck and Burns were at the park yesterday afternoon and worked out for two hours and a half. The boys all seem in fairly good condition and are in shape to jump into a game if necessary and fight for Decatur. Every member of the team showed up fairly well in his position and the hungry fans who sat on the bleachers in the sun were more than pleased with the showing made. All are fast and have a very consistent habit of hitting the ball on the nose.

The Frankfort ball team began taking daily practice Monday afternoon ; and Captain Wilson will work the men each day until they are hardened and gotten into condition to play the game. Batting and base running and signal work will occupy the time for the first few days. Catcher Hannah is in the city and will do the work behind the bat. The team will be strengthened in the weak places as they develop. —Frankfort Crescent. Bluffton will be here twice during June, with Decatur and Hunt’s Portland team for one game each. Only the top liners will be booked in at league park. —Ft. Wayne News. Charles Dailey, who officiated with the indicator last season, was on the ground today to take his old position Charles is absolutely fair and there have been few complaints in his work. —Bluffton Banner. Louis Boyd, the Laporter left hander, will be here for the season and ’ will be used as an all around utility i man. Boyd has been tried at almost - every place except behind the big mitt and his shown himself capable of filling any position.—Bluffton Banner. Lebanon will have a base ball team, i That has been definitely determined. The size of the subscription list is sufficient to insure a first-class team. The initial steps looking toward or- > ganization will be taken at a meeting j to be held in the council chamber of the city building. A board of directors to have charge of the baseball 3 management for the season is to be s selected. The question of a captain ~ and manager is to be considered later. It is hoped to have the team completed and in the field within the next ten days.—Frankfort Crescent. c o d “If President Roosevelt were mould- ■ ing a man to please himself he would y not mould him after the fashion of y Mr. Fairbanks," says the Washington d correspondent of the Indianapolis ' Star. Well, hardly.

MONUMENT FOR LEW WALLACE Has Been Erected at His Grave at Oak Hill Cemetery. Crawfordsville, Ind., May 22.—A magnificent monument has just been erected on the family lot at Oak Hill cemetery to mark the resting place of the late Gen. Lew Wallace. It is a beautiful shaft of Rhode Island granite, nearly forty feet high, and is somewhat similar in design to the monuments erected to Gen. W’allace’s brother-in-law, Senator Henry S. Lane, and to the late Governor James A, Mount, on adjoining lots. • The Wallace monument is beautiful in its simplicity, the design being accepted by Mrs. Wallace only after critical consideration on the part of herself and Lorado Taft, the noted sculptor and artist. The shaft proper is a simple obelisk, draped from the top with the American flag and resting on a base which is a duplicate of the monument erected by the famous American sculptor, Storey, to his wife in Rome, except for the omission of the bronze wreath and garland. Half way down the obelisk is the six-point star and figure eight, the barge of the Eighth Army Corps, of which General Wallace was the first and only commander during the civil war. On the front of the base is the name “Lewis Wallace,” and the dates of birth and death, 1827-1905. Above is the quotation from his book, “Ben-Hur:” “I would not give one hour of life as a soul for a thusand years of life as a man.” On the opposite side of the base is the name, “Susan E. Wallace,” his widow, and the date of her birth, 1830. MADE ANOTHER HIT (Continued from page 1.)

Mr. Johnson and a chorus of society ladies sang “I’m the Butler,” words and music by True R. Fristoe. One of the numbers which seemed to please most was “Why Can't a Girl be a Soldier” by Miss Kate Mylott and the rough riders. A fancy gun drill giving a pleasing climax. Miss Niblick and Mr. Carroll sang a catchy duet “A Yankee Doodle Dandy Boy is good Enough for Me.” Mr. Carroll also led the Red Cross Nurses in “The Red Cross Girls,” and the uniformed Black Hussars in “Fare Thee Well My Old Kentucky,” with fancy sword drill. “A Nautical Liar” by Mr. Shamp and sailors was a lively and pleasing event and the “Grand Old Flag” by Mr. Johnson and chorus was most inspiring. The finale by the entire company and ensemble was a fitting close to the most delightful home talent event ever given in Decatur. Messrs. Med Miller and John Memhoff furnished the between acts music.

' An Cfnfl«n»nf~Actdr. A well known American actor, who la old enough not to consider himself a matinee idol by any means, was somewhat surprised and pleased in a St. Louis hotel a short time ago when a pretty girl stopped him in the corridor and presented him with a rose, without saying a word. He was more surprised and less pleased to receive a note the following day reminding him of the incident and asking him to send the giver of the flower two Seats at the theater in which he was playing “as a memento of the occasion.” “My dear young lady,” the actor replied, waxing sarcastic as he realized what had been the object of the attention he had been paid, “I would be glad to send you the seats you ask for, but, on consultation with the manager of the theater, I have been informed that the seats are all fastened down and that he is opposed to having them sent away as souvenirs in any event, so that you will have to be contented with an autograph for a souvenir of your benevolence of yesterday instead.”—Harper’s Weekly.

Beats Radium Far Cost. If you object to paper money, but wish to carry big values In small compass. yon might do worse than lay In a stock of best lenses for microscopes. Weight for weight, gold Is not nearly bo valuable as glass in the form of powerful lenses, and an ordinary purse filled with such lenses might easily represent a fortune. The record Increase in the value of the manufactured article over the raw material Is probably made by this variety of glass, which multiplies itself 50.000,000 times. The front lens of a micro objective Instrument costing about £1 weighs no more than about .CO 17 of a gram; hence the value of such lenses to the I weight of about two and a quarter pounds would be about £600.000. The cost of making this weight of glass is liz, pence to 3 pence, and t?n* when worked up into the shape of a lens the glass has increased in value about 50,000,000 times.—London Express. BUSINESS MEN MEET TONIGHT. A meeting of the Retail Merchants’ Association will be held at the Decatur Commercial Club rooms at eight o’clock this evening. Every member is requested to be present as some very important matters are to come before the meeting. By order of the president.

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committee. A resolution authorizing the water works superintendent to extend the present water main over across and through the Meibers addition to the site to be occupied by the new foundry was passed and adopted. The finance committee reported favorably upon the mayor's, the treasurer’s and clerk’s report and upon motion the same was adopted and the reports were ordered spread of record. The contract for the purchase of five hundred feet of new hose was read and approved by the council and was ordered spread of record. The following bills were then read and allowed: Garlock Packing Co $ 32.08 Ft. Wayne Electric Works.... 450.72 Union Oil Works 26.09 Monarch Electric Wire C 0.... 20.41 L. G. Ellingham 57.00 Smith. Yager & Falk 50.05 Old Adams Co. Bank 22.50 D. P. Overhaulser *.... 10.50 Laman & Lee 4.45 G. R. & 1 69.55 W. D. Cross 43.50 J. D. Stults -. 45.83 F. Hankins 3.60 J. W. Coffee 19.95 Peter Kirsch 15.35 Sunday Creek Coal Co 135.23 D. F. Teeple 39.98 L. C. Helm 15.00 No other business coming before the council they adjourned to meet at their next regular meeting. o FOR SALE—A good second-hand buggy and set of single harness at bargain. Inquire at residence of W. J. Myers. 125-6 t FOR SALE! —A porch chair and a gasoline range. Inquire of Mrs. J. W. Place. 125-6 t FOR SALE —20 head of young cattle. B. J. Waggoner, R. R. No. 3, Decatur. ’Phone O No. 12. 125-6 t DIRT FOR THE HAULING—I am excavating a cellar at my residence, corner Fourth and Jackson streets, and will give the dirt to any person who will haul it away. H. F. Callow. 125-St FOR SALE —Gasoline range, porch and lawn chair. Mrs. Kate Place, ’Phone 124. 125-6 t Mrs. S. Joyce, 180 Sullivan St.. Claremont, N. H., writes: “About a year ago I bought two bottles of Foley’s Kidney Cure. It cured me of a severe case of Kidney trouble of several years’ standing. It certainly is a grand, good medicine, and I heartily recommend it.” THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO.

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NOTICE. The Preble Township Insurance company will hold their first annual meeting on the first Saturday in June at Friedheim, Preble township. Chris Hoemeyer, Secy. 123-3 t 0 DISTURBED THE CONGREGATION The person who disturbed the congregation last Sunday by continually coughing is requested to buy a bottle of Foley’s Honey and Tar. THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. THE PARK HOTEL for sale or rent, a very desirable location. House recently remodeled and has all conveniences. Inquire of Mrs. Dan Meyers, Winchester street. • ts o WANTED —At once. Dry poplar lumber. See Decatur Lumber Co. 124-6 t FOR SALE —Second-hand buggy and phaeton, good as new. Will sell cheap. See R. K. Erwin. lo9tf LOST —A pocketbook containing a small amount of money. Finder return to Frank Foor or this office and receive reward. ts LOST) —A small Panama hat for a baby, somewhere between the Burdg millinery store and the B'lrdg residence. Finder return to Mrs. M. P. Burdg and receive reward. ts LOST —A black purse containing a' ! small amount of loose change and a key. Finder return to this office and receive reward. ts LOST —A watch charm. Grand Army badge on one side, while plain on the other; lost between Second street and central school building. Return to this office and receive reward. 123-3 t LOST—A bunch of papers enclosed in an orange-colored case, with Adams Circuit Court printed on the face. Between Decatur and the Pleasant Valley church. Finder return to this office and receive reward. ts One good sized Durham cow with calf by hei side, calf three weeks old good milker, for sale reasonable; will take $35.00 for both, or will sell cow without the calf for less money. Come and see her. 122-4 t J. A. Henlricks, Monroe, Ind. —o • Kidney complaint kills more people than any other disease. This is due to the disease being so insidious that it gets a good hold on the system before it is recognized. Folev’s Kidney Cure will prevent the development of fatal disease if taken in time THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO

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