Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 163, Decatur, Adams County, 6 July 1907 — Page 1

DECATUR DAIRY DEMOCRAT.

I Blume V. Number 163

SLIGHT WRECK Berurban Hit Wagon and Team Irses were damaged some ■ Will Recover—Accident Happened ■on North Second Street Last Evening. ■v' big team of horses owned by ■ Sprague, the man who has the Bract to sweep and clean the streets Bur city were badly hurt late yes■ty afternoon by coming in con- ■ with an interurban car. The ac■r happened near the residence of B F. Snow at which time Sprague ■hauling away some debris to the ■kirts of the city and was driving same direction as the car. The Bs undoubtedly heard the car and commenced to prance Bud and in so doing backed the B end °* the wa ß°n onto the car ■thus permitting the car to hit the which forced it forward onto and they immediately com■led to kick until they became The car was running ■ e usual rate of speed and after the wagon the brakes were and as the car neared the one of the horses kicked its leg striking the car causing a Mure of a big blood vessel and cuta gash in the leg. The ran forward into an electric ■ pole and the tongue was broken bawefore the horses could get away caught and were soon quiet. Connell was summoned and the injury on the horses leg that the animal would be all right again. The other was skinned up a little bit it fell on the brick pavement, (■otherwise escaped injury. The was demolished and it will to repair the same. |B> what onlokers say, no blame ■be attached to the interurban as they did all that was in M power to avoid an accident. The ktrtWii luckily escaped injury.

j MUSIC FOR SUMMER SEASON, I Features for Warm Weath I Her Period at Winona Lake. I Music is always a dominating feakn*if the summer season at Winona ■H, where discriminating music in large numbers and from Lan] states gather during the heated The musical portion of the IWilAa Assembly program is especially tractive for this sumer. The first beginning July 1, is marked by p* by the Gamble concert party, ■Mfijding Miss Verna L. Page, a gifted froiinF violinist of Indiana. During the week the Roberts Park Choral ISociity, of Indianapolis, a chorus of BWjoices, will give three concerts. Hansen, the blind organist of BhsjS cond Presbyterian church. Inwill give a recital on ■tflll. The Indianapolis Newsboys’ will spend he week of July 15 Lake, and the Salt Lake tfafw ■ Band, including an orchestra will be in the Winona Boys' for a week or more. S*Th' Theodore Thomas orchestra of fcfta j will spend the week of July Lake, giving twelve miincluding a sacred program. will be Bruno Steindel. Ludwig Becker, violinist, and Whallon. of Indianapolis at the Second Presbyterian I A lational choral contest that will on August 1 and continues two days. There will be M contestants for the $1,200 in IjriWs-. the competitors being men s choruses, quartets and On two evenings the contest be combined in one great I* which will sing Handels "The and Cowen's “Rose Maiden. the famous pianists who will during the Winona seaB*'ar e William Sherwood. Brahm Berg and Nicholas Eisen Mr. ■ Tke chief soloist of the season will Schumann-Heinck. the most contralto in the world, who will ■kt Winnona on August 13 and ISbell ringers, the Roney boys, the big circus in the boys win be some of the other mufß features of the summer at this

INTERESTING RAILROAD GUIDE Mr. Dull, of the Clover Leaf, Has One Published in 1852. G. W. Dull, local agent at the Cover Leaf railroad, has in his possession a railroad guide that was published in the year 1852. The book contains information concerning all the railroads of the United States that were in existence at that time, and judging from the size of the book, which is 4 by 5 inches, there were very few lines in operation at that early time. The guide not only gives information concerning railway trains, but also gives the schedules of “stage coaches” and steamboats, and a complete railway map which shows the route of every railroad. Os course some of the railroads that pass through our city are shown in this book for they were not built at the time of its publication, but nevertheless it will prove interesting for any one to read in order to see how many new lines have been built since that time and how rapidly the country has progressed in this particular line. —— -o John R. Bonnell, of Crawfordsville, collector of the Seventh revenue district, has compiled his annual report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1907. The report shows the remarkable increase for the year of $2,747,610.22. If this incomprehensible sum $2,702,305.35 represents the gain on spirits—high wine and alcohol. In 1906 the income tax on spirits was $14,692,173.81, while this year it was $17,394,479.16. prompFreports Must be Given the Press Says Harriman EFFECTS UNION AND PACIFIC Believed this Order Will Bring About Closer Observance of the Rules.

New York, July 4. —The following statement is authorized on behalf of the Union Pacific railroad company: "Mr. E. H. Harriman has issued orders that hereafter full reports shat be made promptly and given to the press concerning all accidents occurring on the railroads of which he is the head. The Southern Pacific and the Southern Pacific systems, as well as the Oregon lines. "It has been the practice of these roads for some time past to have detailed reports on all accidents made to the chairman of the executive committee. The management has regarded it as one of its primary duties to avert accidents, having, since assuming charge of the Union and Southern Pacific railroads, expended some $12,. 000,000 in safety appliances for roadway and equipment. To this end, by the close of the current year, the various lines of the Union and Southern Pacific will have 4,700 miles of track protected by automatic block signals. The management has arranged that its steel rails for delivery next year shall be made by the open-hearth process, which it is expected will make the number of breakages very decidedly less. "The plan to make public full details, regardless of consequences, concerning accidents on the company’s lines, follows a suggestion made in a public interview recently by Mr. J. Kruttschnitt, director of maintenance and opration of the Union Pacific system. who said: “ ‘Personal responsibility for accidents, whether officers or laborers, should be known to the public. We must bring about closer observance of the rules and greater respect for dan. ger signals than we now get from our employees. This can be done by the widest publicity of accidents. "It is believed that a policy consistently and regularly followed of publishing complete accounts of all accidents will result in giving the public a more exact idea of the actual causes, aaid so create a public opinion that will enable railroads to enforce better discipline. •Reports of the interstate commerce commission emphasize the necessity for this move. According to these reports, over 70 per cent (317 out of 448) of the serious collisions on Amer, ican railways in the past five years ' were due to negligence of trainmen and enginemen. On lines protected by block signals, 94 per cent of the col- : Salons are attributed to negligence ’ of trainmen and signal operators.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, July 6, 1907.

A NARROW ESCAPE A Traction Car Makes Quick Stop MOTORMAN HAS GOOD HEAD Stops His Car in Time to Avert a Serious Accident —No Blame to Car Offiqiials. A head-on collision was narrowly averted last evening on the interurban line between the passenger car that is due here at nine o'clock and the gravel train which for the past two weeks has been hauling out gravel along the line. The scene of the trouble was near the gravel pit. The car left Ft. Wayne on time and was heavily loaded with seventy-seven members of the Ft. Wayne lodge of Ben Hurs, who were coming to this city to take part in a banquet given by the local lodge. Upon leaving Ft. Wayne the conductor received orders to meet the freight car at the nine mile house, where they would pass. This connection was made all right, and everything was running smoothly until the gravel pit was reached, when the motorman beheld the gravel train on the main track not fifty feet ahead. He immediately reversed the power and then only succeeded in stopping the car when it was right on the gravel train engine and a head on collision was thus averted. In applying the emergency brake the stop was made so suddenly that the passengers were thrown from their seats and the trolley pole was thrown from the wire and for a moment a panic nearly prevailed. The escape was a narrow one and it was lucky for all concerned that the motorman had presence of mind enough to act as he did. All censure and blame for the same is attached to one of the Ft. Wayne officials, whom it is claimed ordered the car out without any authrity, and w r ho had failed to ascertain first if the line was clear. Had the car collided with the gravel train there is no question but that a number would have been badly injured if not killed outright.

IN MANNER MEEK Bluffton Admits Her Overwhelming Defeat ITEMS FROM BLUFFTON PAPERS Give Due Credit to Decaturs Champions—Take Off Th e ir Hats to Big Oscar Way. The defeats of half a century administered by Bluffton to Decatur ball teams were wiped out and aveng. ed yesterday, when on our own grounds in the forenoon by a humiliating score they ran over us and as their guests in the afternoon repeated and added to the bitter dose. And while joy reigns tn Decatur, Ossian is jubilant, for it was Oscar F. Way, of that village, that was really the whole works in the two games, pitching with rancor in his heart, because he was pronounced not fast enough by the Bluffton management to be taken on with our bunch and in each session allowed us only five hits. Both games were won by consistent Decatur batting, the three errors Bluffton made in the forenoon, while costly, only added to the victor’s score and not giving them the winning run. In the afernoon Smith had the only error and all but one of their nine runs were earned. In both games the boys had no trouble smashing out anything Way served up, but the Decatur outfield is wonderfully fast and ate up everything that came out to them. In the afternoon the three fielders had thirteen chances, some of which they pulled off the fence or caught after long runs. It was one of those cases where no matter or how hard the ball is hit there was always some one waiting in the right spot to receive it. Decatur celebrated the Fourth by administrating to Bluffton a m<ost thorough and polished cleaning at the national game, scoring two over, whelming victories by their fierce cannonading, and “rubbing” in one of their defeats by pulling it off right here before a big Bluffton crowd.

Despite their double victory Decatur made a very tame Fourth of July celebration last night, and a stranger in the town not knowing the result of the game would have imagined that Decatur had lost. The crowds at both the morning and the afternoon games were very orderly and visitors from both cities were accorded the best of treatment in the enemies territory. The games demonstrated that the two cities have got over the fighting pitch of last season and can now play ball as peacefully as when they are playing other cities. Oscar Way’s feat of winning two games in one day for Decatur, will make him a strong rival with Tom Railing in the affections of Decatur fans. He probably will now rank ahead of the redoubtable Thomas. We take off our hats to him. Although he was very wild at times as the sum. mary will show, he always managed to pull out of bad holes, and five scattered hits in each game was all he allowed. Bluffton hit the ball hard, and twelve long flies went to the outfield in the game at Decatur, but sensational fielding by Linderbeck and Burns killed drives that ordinarily would have been hits. Burns ran into the board fence to catch one fly.—Bluffton News. The forenoon game here was umpired by Gorman, and the Decatur crowd were fully satisfied with his decisions. In the afternoon “Bones” France officiated and we got everything coming to us. Let's all try and forget the Fourth of July.—Bluffton Banner. 4TFaF MONROE Program Carried Out as Advertised CROWD OF TWO THOUSAND Address, Drills, Ball Game, Industrial Parade and Fireworks Display Were Amusements. Monroe, Ind., July 5. —Thursday, July 4th was a day that through the generations to come in the future annals of the history of Monroe and community will be remembered as a day of real pleasure, made enjoyable by the patriotism shown and the general era of good feeling that prevailed throughout the day. Commencing at ten o’clock with the industrial parade over a mile long and composed of a solid mass of wagons, buggies and various other vehicles and in which every business man’s especial line was represented. The entire program was carried out to every visitor's complete satisfaction. At 1:30 o’clock Rev. H. H. Hocker, of Bluffton, delivered an address full of the patriotic spirit of the occasion Immediately after this address the ball game between Monroe and the Decatur High School was called,which ended in the utter defeat of the Decatur boys. Until the fifth inning pitcher C. L. Johnson by marvelous twirling, let the visitors down without a hit or run, Monroe having eleven hits, thirteen scores. In the first half of the sixth by some fast work they crowded in a run. At the finish Monroe had twenty scores to Decatur’s eleven. Among the features of the game was the strife between the opposing first basemen, Kessler and Smith, each trying to outdo the other and both did some fast playing. McKean and Jingles, the opposing catchers were both onto the business and played well until McKean received a hot one on his jugular causing Decatur to substitute a man in his place. Johnson and Oliver of the home team each secured a home run. The visitors acted like perfect gentlemen and would be welcome here again. At the close of the game an address was delivered by Rev. J. A. Srague, of Markle, Ind., and the crowd was dismissed until seven o'clock, when the exhibition military drill was given under the supervision of Rev. Jones. The vaudeville proved a winning feature of the evening program. The fireworks display closed the day’s program. Nothing disorderly occurred during the day in a crowd of over two thousand people. Everybody seemed out for a good time and every one left vowing the town of Monroe was certainly up to date. O. V. Graham. o_ S. S. Bartlett, of Huntington, was attending to insurance matters in our city today.

COURT HOUSE NEWS Mrs. Leo Wilhelm Asks for a Divorce VARIOUS CAUSES ARE ALLEGED Hunters' Licenses—Board of Review News—Studabaker-Faylor Case May Be Transferred to Supreme Court. Attorney A. P. Beatty filed a divorce case entitled Linnie Welhelm vs. Leo Wilhelm, the latter being a well known young painter and paper hang, er of this city. The couple were married May 30, 1903, and lived together until October 31st. The defendant is accused of committing adultery, that he failed to provide food for his family, also with being an habitual drunkard and that when on a spree he often remained away from home for days at a time. They have two children, Reba, aged three and Helen, aged two and Mrs. Wilhelm asks for their custody, also for SSOO alimony and for all further and proper relief. Hunters’ licenses were issued to Samuel D. Hill, Lewis Sprunger and William Schenbeck, all of Berne. The board of review today went over the mortgage notes held in Decatur, also concluded this branch of work in the county. The board next week will sum up their work and conclude their duties by Friday. The appelate court handed down two rulings Saturday of interest to Bluffton people. In the celebrated Studabaker-Faylor case a re-hearing in the appelate court was denied D. D. Studabaker, and his attorneys Eichhorn and Vaughn, said Monday that they will now petition for the transfer of the case from the appelate to the supreme court, which will be the last court of appeal in the state. The Faylor heirs have won out step by step in the case thus far in the suit. —Bluffton News. o MRS. HART DYING As Result of Attack of Heart Trouble WAS VISITING AT FT. WAYNE Relatives from Here Summoned by Message Which Stated She Could Live but a Few Hours. Mrs. Lyman Hart, of Monmouth, who has been visiting her son Henry Hart, at Ft. Wayne, for a few days, is in a dying condition subsequent to a sudden stroke of heart trouble. Mrs. Hart is quite an elderly woman and has been complaining of heart ailment for several years, but never before has she been the victim of such a dangerous stroke as at the present time. The attending physician stated today that the afflicted woman could not live many hours and telegrams have been sent to her relatives stating that their hasty arrival at Ft. Wayne will probably give them a chance to see Mrs. Hart alive. This good lady lived in Decatur for many years and has hundreds of friends and acquaintances who are hoping for her recovery. o NEW ORDINANCE IN EFFECT. The numerous merchants who for several years past have had small peanut and candy slot machines in their respective places of business are hiding the same and getting them out of the way to avoid the recent license ordinance recently passed. The council placed a license of ten dollars on ail machines of this kind and as the machines do not make this amount in a year they are being discarded. The marshal Informed us today that nearly every one that was being effected by the new license law were complying w’ith it in every respect and he does not anticipate any trouble in the line of violations. The license went into effect properly today. o Mayor Coffee who made the trip to Celina on the special car, is expected home this evening.

IT PAYS BIG DIVIDENDS. Lancing Motor Works Making Lots of Money. Lansing, Mich., June 30. —July dividends of several Lansing concerns are large, but the most notable instance of success is afforded by the Reo Motor works, which has declared a dividend of 40 per cent in addition to one of 20 per cent three months ago, making 60 per cent for the year. Another dividend of 40 per cent will probably be declared before the beginning of the new year. The success of this company probably does not have its equal in the state. The company was organized two years ago, with $150,000 paid-in capital, out of $500,000. The company borrowed SIOO,OOO on preferred stock. The first year the preferred stock was retired and dividends of 100 per cent paid. A stock dividend of 50 per cent was also declared. R. E. Olds received $260,000 of the original stock in returns for his experience in the automobile business, and his holdings are now worth more than $1,000,000. o "It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to give, barter, or sell either directly or indirectly, to any child or children under sixteen years tobacco or preparations of tobacco to be chewed or smoked by said child or children; or to give, barter or sell the same to any person whomsoever, with knowledge that the same is to be chewed or smoked by any child under the age of aforesaid, or to persuade, advise, council or compell any child under said age to chew or smoke tobacco. LOSTTOUGHONE Richmond Took Fourteen Inning Contest HUMPTY PIERCE TELLS ABOUT IT Locals Lose Six to Five in Most Exciting Game Seen at Richmond this Season. Richmond, Ind., July 5, 1907 —(Spec, ial) —After two awful victories on the Fourth of July and a few glides over the dancing floor in the evening, we went to bed and awoke to find the clouds heaving down their tears, but nevertheless we ducked them until we reached the G. R. & I. We rode the Cannon Ball Flyer and arrived in the Quaker City at 9:40. We went to our apartments and rested until 12 o'clock luncheon. Immediately after dinner the cloud began to cry again and kept it up until 3 o’clock. I think they were crying for the umpire, Mr. Cheatem. We started to play at 3:30 without any practice and the umps had a box of lemons and handed them to us from start to finish. The game lasted fourteen long innings under the fire of lemons. In the fourteenth he ran out of fruit and gave them the game. It would have only took three innings to beat those fellows with a square deal. He had the maneater from Ft. Wayne heaten a block. We called him everything from fudge to doughnuts and he never said a word. The game started with them scoring two in the second; we tied them in the fourth and they scored two more in the sixth. We tied them in the seventh. We made one in the twelfth and he gave them one in the same inning, and in the fourteenth inning there was a man forced to second and he called him safe, and then a sacrifice let him to third and a mush hit scored him. Os all the deals ever handed out this was the “liniment.” If it is the same thing tomorrow do not look for us home. For we are bound to start a bug. It was an awful battle and the silent battery lost their reputation today by arguing for their rights. P. S. —We are still the champs or else the fall guys. There were not enough people at the game to play a game of checkers. Score: R.H.E. Decatur 0002002000010 o—s 10 2 Richm’d 02020000000101—6 8 2 Batteries —Geyer and Winger; Moore and Jessup. o Mrs. Mary Christen went to Ft. Wayne this noon in compliance with a request by a telegram from Ft. Wayne stating that her sister, Mrs. Lyman Hart, is in a dying condition at the home of her son Henry in Ft Wayne.

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THEY ENTERTAINED The Ben Hurs Have a Social Evening THE EUCHRE CLUB MEETING The Menu-Ates Entertain Out of Town Guests —Mr. and Mrs. Hughes Give a Company. By Perle Burdg. Sevent(y>seven guests from Ft. Wayne was the number of Ben Hurs who arrived last evening in a chartered car at nine o’clock to attend the meeting of the Ben Hur order of this city. The business of the order was attended too, and then the deputy supreme chief, Mrs. Mary Clarke, gave a very interesting talk, it was short, but to the point, concerning the work of the Ben Hurs. Also, the ladies gave their drill which was exemplified in a fine manner which caused all the guests to compliment each one on their perfect work. There were several other short talks given by different visitors which were appreciated. After the close of the meeting delicious refreshments were served and a social hour was enjoyed. The Euchre Club presented a lively scene last evening at the home of Mrs. C. O. France, at their regular social meeting. Three small tables were arranged in the living room and euchre prevailed throughout the evening. The highest score was won by Miss Eva Acker. The substitute guest was Mrs. John Heller. At the close of the amusement light refreshments were served by the hostess. A small morning party of today, whichcaused a great deal of enjoyment was when Miss Hazel France invited her little cousins to her home. The morning was pleasantly spent by playing diffefUht games and having a merry time. During the time ice cream and cake were served the little guests, who were: Dickie and Fanny Heller, Dora Marie Magley, Helen Lower. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dugan and family will take dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Fritzinger near Monmouth on Sunday. The Misses Charlotte Dorwin, of Lafayette, Sally Vesey, of Ft. Wayne, Katherine Calvert, of Covington, Ky., were the honor guests at the afternoon and evening meeting of the Menu-Ates on Friday at the home of Miss Frances Merryman of north Second street. The young girls were invited to take their sewing and spend the afternoon in that delightful manner. At six o’clock the hostess served an elegant three-course dinner. During the evening the young men called and the merry party together had a royal time. A dinner party of today which was charming in its appointment was the one given by Mrs. W. S. Hughes in compliment to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hughes and Mr. Eberhart, of Chicago. The decorations were very simple but pretty. On Tuesday evening Mrs. Hubachek will be the complimentary guest at a porch party given by Mrs. C. E. Neptune to their old school mates of former years. Mr. and Mrs. Murdoch and family of Goldfield, Nevada, and Mr. and Mrs. Wilrant and daughter, of Warsaw, will be entertained at the home of M. F. Rice this evening for supper. A several course supper will be served to the guests and a merry time will no doubt be enjoyed by all. o MRS. BROWN WAS BADLY HURT Stepp e d on Stick Which Turned and She Received a Broken Leg. Mrs. L. D. Brown, a well known lady of Pleasant Mills, was badly injured yesterday, and as a consequence will be confined to her home for several weeks. She was walking about the yard back of her home, when she stepped upon a round stick. Her ankle was turned with such force that the bones were dislocated and she fell, breaking the bone in her right leg just above the ankle. She was carried into he house and Dr. J. W. Vizzard summoned, who dressed the injury and reset the broken bone. Mrs. Brown is about sixty-five years of age, and this fact will cause a tedious recovery, though it is believed she will entirely recover from her painful Injury.