Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 133, Decatur, Adams County, 31 May 1907 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat. Published Every Evening, Except Sun day, 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 ytar, by mail $2.50 Single copies 2 cents Advertising rates made Known on application. Entered at the postofflce in Decatur Indiana, as second class mall matter. J. H. HELLER. Manager. THE BEEF TRUST AT HOME AND ABROAD. & ' The beef trust is still sore over the publication of the Reynolds-Neill report, about a year ago, showing conditions in the packing buses. The trust officials complain that as a result of the publication of that report the canned beef industry's foreign business was almost ruined. In proof of this they give out the following figures: “Exports of canned meats for the nine months preceding June, 1906, 60,809,174 pounds, valued at $7,188,040; exports for the nine months beginning June, 1906, when the Rey-nolds-Neill report was published, 16,966,828 pounds, valued at $2,302,546. Decrease in the business, $4,885,494.” It will be hard to convince the American consumer, however, that the beef trust has lost money. If it lost in its foreign trade it doubtless has

made up the shortage in this country. By squeezing down the price of cattle and by increasing the price of dressed meats in the home markets the trust no doubt has managed to show the usual dividends. STRIKING POINTS IN PRESIDENT’S INDIANAPOLIS SPEECH. Any railroad man who plunders others by loading railway properties with obligations and pocketing the money instead of spending it in improvements and ligitimate purposes, should be held to a criminal accountability. There can be no halt in the policy of asserting the right of the nation, so far as it has the power to supervise and control the business use of wealth, especially in its corporate form. The government must possess the power to exercise supervision over the future issuance of stocks and bonds, either through a national incorporation (which I should prefer) or in some similar fashion. The inventor and railway owner must be allowed full and ample return, tut there must be no exploitation of the many for the benefit of the few. The war record of Lawton, the hero, serving as he did when he fell on the field of battle with men who wore the gray, is an indisputable testimonial to a reunited country. It is plainly inadvisable for the government to undertake the direct physical operation of the railways, save in wholly exceptional cases. Physical valuation of the railroads by experts will be needed ultimately as an essential instrument in administrative supervision. Save Lincoln, no civilian rendered such great service to his country in the dark days of the civil war as Governor Morton. The rights of property are in less jeopardy from the socialist and anarchist than from the predatory man of wealth. The business of railroad organization and management should be kept entirely distinct from investment of brokerage business. Those who wish to take a step backward in the master of federal control Invite an outbreak of the very radicalism they fear. The railroad man should remember that to defeat blackmail by bribery is the worst and most shortsighted of policies.

The government should have as complete supervision over the railroads as It does over the national banks. Honesty, unflinching honesty, should be demanded in the public servant and business man alike. The man who is honest will war against his fellow who blackmails a railroad. There will be no relaxation in the effort to get at any great railroad wrecker. The railroad policy of the administration is in no sense punitive or vindlcive. The greatest need of the land is better transportation facilities. Nothing should be done to Impair the credit of the railroads.

THE SEASON OPENS (Continued from page 1.) ■ utes, the second game was called, the teams lining up the same as in the first game, with the exception of the pitchers, Welden being on the mound for the locals and Vanblaricom for the Owls, and before this game came to a close the fans were given a run for their money. The locals started oft with a rush, and in the first three innings accumulated two runs, which looked mighty good, but the Owls came right back in the fourth and tied the score, which looked bad. Nothing was doing for either side until the seventh, when by consistent hitting and some loose playing by the locals. permitted the Owls to score three runs, and things were now looking blue, as the score up to this time was five to two in favor of the visitrs. However, in the last half of the seventh Mr. Vanblaricom took a trip in an air ship and before he landed had walked three men. This put Linderbeck up, who popped an easy fly. Burns followed suit and there were two outs, the bases full and big Way at bat. After two balls and two strikes had been called on him he drove the next ball to deep left center clearing the bases and was himself perched on second; this brought Pierce up and he drove the first pitched ball to right field for two bases, scoring Way, and practically winning the game, as neither side scored thereafter. In this contest the Owls fielded without one error, while four misplays were chalked up against the locals. The Corner Rod and Gun club are playing today and will also play Saturday. The following is the box score of the second game: Second Game. Decatur. AB R H PO A E Ayette, 3b .... 3 2 1 2 4 1 ■ Behringer, ss . 3 1 0 3 4 1 ; Linderbeck, cf. 4 0 11 0 0 Burns, If 3 2 0 0 0 0 Way, rs 3 1 2 1 0 0 . Pierce, 2b .... 3 0 1 0 11 Daniel, lb 3 0 0 13 0 0 ‘ Winger, c .... 4 0 0 71 0 ; Welden, p 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 Totals 29 6 5 27 13 4 Marion Owls. AB R H PO A E Vanblaricom, rs 4 0 1 4 0 0 ■ Droof, rs 5 0 1 2 0 0 Pence, cf 5 11 3 0 0 Kyley, ss 4 11 1 3 0 Porter, 3b .4 0 1 2 3 0 . Cummings, lb. 4 0 1 8 0 0 Underwood, 2b 4 11 0 1 0 ’ Gunion, c 3 1 0 3 0 0 s T.Vanb’ricom, p 4 1 0 1 2 0 Totals 37 5 7 24 9 0 Score by innings: Decatur 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 x —6 f Marion 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 o—s0 —5 , Stolen bases—Kyley, Porter, Gunion. Two base hits —Linderbeck, M. Van- " blaricom, Way, Pierce. Three base • hits—Way. Base on balls —Off Vanblaricom, 7; off Welden, 1. Struck 3 out —By Vanblaricom 3; Welden 5. _ Left on bases —Decatur 8; Marion 6. r Wild pitch—Welden. Hit by pitcher—--1 Behringer, Way. Umpire—France. ) NOTES.

Our per cent is still a thousand,

The day was nice, the crowd nice and the two games were nice, from a Decatur standpoint. Oscar Way has established himself as the long distance hitter on the team. In eight times up he secured four hits, two of them being two baggers and two of them three base hits, and by the way he practically won the second game, when he cleared the bags with his mighty swat. Second baseman Pierce led the team in hitting, with a per cent of 625, he securing five hits in eight times ,14) and some of them proving to be pinch hits. Linderbeck has the, proud distinction of being the first man to hit the ball over the fence this season and his drive was a beauty, it clearing the fence by several feet. Lindy has started off right and will no doubt secure several more drives of this kind before the season ends. Ayette's stop and throw of a fierce line drive was one of the features of the game. Vanblaricom’s pitching was the limit in the second game, especially in the seventh, when he walked four men, and was stung for two two base hits, w hich broke up the game. Geyer seemed to have the goods, and made a fine impression with fans. Keep up the clip, Geyer. Bluffton won from Ft. Wayne yesterday by a score of 8 to 0. Portland defeated Dunkirk by a score of 3 to 0. Frankfort was defeated yesterday by Logansport by a score of 6 to 4. Hartford City and Kokomo split even yesterday .the former winning the first game 4 to 1, the later winning the second game 3 to 2. |

The Provisions of His Wilf, Ths widow of a little village grocw was Industriously placing the large, rosy cheeked apples on the top of the diminutive shriveled ones in the barrel when, with his well known martial tread, Farmer Giles entered the establishment. “I want that tub o’ butter,” he said, “an’ those hams, an’ that lot o' sugar, an’ The shopkeeper rubbed her hands together with delight. “Yes, sir,” she beamed; “delighted to serve you, I'm sure. And what else may I supply you with?” “Well,” went On Mr. Giles, “there's all them bottles of tomato sauce, an’ them boxes o’ biscuits, an’—an' all that other stuff,” he concluded vaguely, sweeping bis hand round the shop. “Good gracious!” exclaimed the widow, now rather alarmed. “Whatever do you want with all them goods?” "I dunno. I'm sure,'’ was the farmer's puzzled reply, "but I'm the executor of your late husband’s will, an’ the lawyer's just told me it’s my duty to carry out the provisions, so come on. I’ve got three hay carts waitin’ outside!” Told by the Cards. A woman told a tale of cruel desertion to the officers of an east side charitable institution in New York, and when her case had been disposed of she started to leave the room, wailing, “If I had only believed the cards!” She was asked to explain and said: “We were engaged in Bohemia and our parents were pleased with the match. It was all agreed what I should receive, and we were happy. Then my father, to find out more about the young man, invited him to play cards with him three times, and when the third card evening was over he said ‘No.’ ‘Only in cards a man shows bis true nature,’ he said, ‘and this man showed me enough to show me that he will not be a good husband.’ And then when the match was broken I came to this country to my brother. Then Max came, too, and we were married. But the cards were right, and my father knew.” And dwelling on that point and sobbing hysterically she left the office.—New York Tribune. Lack of Sea Room on the Lake*. The wind often reaches a very high velocity on the lakes, blowing at times sixty, seventy and on rare occasions eighty miles an hour, when the great fleet of lake craft is sure to be depleted by disaster and watery graves added to the great marine cemetery. On such occasions the sea raised would hardly inconvenience an ocean going tug, but by reason of the short distance from shore to shore —“lack of sea room,” the mariners term it—vessels are unable to hold a course in the open waters and are driven by the wind upon the treacherous beaches, there to be pounded into splinters. Danger lurks everywhere in the shallower lakes—particularly Erie—where vessels of any considerable draft are apt to pound bottom if caught In a storm and go to pieces like a shattered wineglass.—New York Post

Knew More Than the Judge. Justice Maule, one of the greatest judicial wits of England, had doubts as to the credibility of a witness on one occasion, and the man declared that he had been “wedded to truth” from infancy. “That may be,” said the justice, "but the question is how long have you been divorced?” A little girl was a witness before him, and he proceeded to ascertain whether she knew the nature of an oath. The child in answer to questions said she would go to heaven if she told the truth, but would go to the other place if she told lies. “Are you sure of that, my dear?” Justice Maule asked. “Yes, sir, quite sure.” “Let her be sworn,” said the court; “she knows more than I do.” Changed His Mind. A man went to a boxing instructor and asked him how much he would charge him for twenty-five lessons. The instructor told him his terms, and the lessons commenced. After two lessons the pupil, who was somewhat the worse for wear, remarked to the professor: “You see, I wanted to take enough lessons so that I could learn enough about the manly art to lick a man. I’ve changed my mind now. I guess I will send the fellow down to take the rest of the lessons.” How ■ Fox Escaped. In the West Somerset country a fox was hunted right down to the seashore, and to the surprise of every one he swam boldly out to sea. The hounds were taken away, and after some minutes the fox swam back, landed, shook himself and trotted quietly away. The master decided that his life was to be spared, and he was hunted no more that day.—Country Life. Competition Too Keen For Him. A farmer during a long continued drought invented a machine for watering his fields. The very first day while he was trying it there suddenly came a downpour of rain. He put away his machine. “It's no use.” he said: “ye can dae uaethlng nooadays without competition.”—Scottish Nights. Would Open Them. “You told me your husband had large, fine eyes. I didn't notice it.” "Wait a minute or two till the mil-; liner comes along with my new hat and the bill.” Unfortunate. She—So you told Lady Buncomb She looked as young as her daughter. That caught the old lady, I know. He—Yes, but it lost me the daughter. From Germany we get the custom ot •elebratlng gold and silver weddings. |

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$1.25 to Toledo and return via Clover Leaf Route every Sunday, ts o Mrs. S. Joyce, 180 Sullivan Si;.,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. o _ Jesse Smith, the well driller, has purchased a gasoline engine and can drill your wells without tracking up the yards as is done by the old style horse method. 131-6 t NOTICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS. We are pleased to anounce that Foley’s Honey and Tar for coughs, colds and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law as it contains no opiates or other harmful drugs, and we recommend it as a safe remedy for children and adults. WANTED —Blacksmith. Erie Stone Co., Huntington, Ind. 131-4 t FOR SALE—A No. 1 Jersey cow, and a No. 1 full blooded roan Durham bull. Arthur Fisher. 131-4 t LOST —Watch, gold case, Elgin movement, with crystal out. Finder please leave at this office. Onion sets at J. D. Hale’s. 130-6 t Have you seen the pictures at the Sautbine Studio for $1.50 a dozen? See Charles Phillips for a coupon. Money to loan on farms at low rate of interest No commission. Partial payments allowed and interest stopped. DORE B. ERWIN, Tues & Fri Attorney-at-Law. | AUCTIONEER HABBT DANIELS Decatur, Indiana. R. R. 8 LYE J’Otk AND FARM SALE AUCTION* EERING, A SPECIATY Yovr Em.na solicited. Call 'Plwne No. BE Uae Decatur 99**

flew Spring Carpets and Rugs I raw wwMwS I | COMPLETE NEW STOCKS ) LARGEST OPEN STOCK IN I THE CITY. STANDARD I MAKES AT correct PRICES. I VISIT THIS DEPARTMENT I BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR I SPRING PURCHASE. NOBBY | NEW LINE OF LACE CURI TAINS AND LINOLEUMS. I NIBLICK & CO.

LOST—Half of pair of gold eyeglasses, between G. A. R. hall and river bridge. Finder please return to this office or Mrs. Malotte. 132-3 t FOR SALE—Three to five head of shoats and four brood sows. First house south of the Pleasant Valley Church. J. W. Hakes, Monroe, rural route two. 129-3 t

The Best Photograph work for the lowest prices at the Sautbine Studio above the Nachtrieb Drug store. Special offer —15 half cabinets for $1.50. Secure a coupon from the agent. Roy Sautbine, Prop, ■———— Special Attraction at the PICTORIUM Monday, Tuesday June 4-5 The famous Thaw case; every feature as real as life. Don’t forget the dates. —TWO NIGHTS ONLY—COAL Feed and Seeds Peninsular Portland Cement Gypsum Bock Wall Plaster We make a specialty of furnishing HIGH GRADE CLEAN COAL that will burn. J. D. HALE Cor. Jefferson and 2nd Sts.

TO SELL—A good milch cow; will sell cheap. Inquire of Mrs. Al Burdg, 624 Mercer Ave. ts

P. J. HYLAND. SANITARY PLUMBING •-♦.A.** irrm.No stw *“ Het Waier tatinj GAS AAB CBHBIRATIOH FIXTURES 23 Mei.rav 3». Phoae 33 1 CALL ON Cih Trucking Co. vox* STObit. TRUGKIK6. U Heibvv Work a Specialty Phone 412 CHAS. MILLER BARGAINS IN Real Estate To Sell or Trade call and See my List. 120 acres, 1% miles of Decatur, at a bargain; good bank barn, fair house. Price, $75.00 per acre. 160 acres, bank barn, good house, good soil, in 5 mile, at $70.00 per acre. 60 acres with good buildings and good soil. Price, $55.00 per acre. And city property in all parts of De. catur, and some at a bargain. I. L BABCOCK • Decatur. Ind.

WANTED TO RENT—A good dwelling house, centrallv located, or a store room. Address L. F. Alexander, care of Decatur Democrat. ts —o 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.

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