Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 167, Decatur, Adams County, 11 July 1907 — Page 3

A Few Facts About Footwear F#J No difference what town or state you are in you will find ■HbI some one wearing the Walkover shoes. Isn’t this enough said? If not, come in our If store and we will explain and H show you the best shoe for the money that is made. F. B. Tague’s SHOE STORE

WEATHER. Clearing this afternoon or tonight. Friday fair; cooler tonight. *++*+++ + + + * + * + Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad. West. East 1 — 5:50 a. m. | 6 — 4:52 a. m. 3—10:32a.m. j 2—12:28 p. m. 5 — 9:51 p. m. | 4— 7:00 p. m. •22—10:32 a. m. | *22—1:15 p. m. •Local freight. oFORT WAYNE & SPRINGFIELD RY. In Effect February 1, 1907. Decatur —North Ft. Wayne—South 6:00 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 12 :0* noon 1:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 11:00 p.m. GET WEDDED TO THE MODEL WITHOUT A MATE W. H. LINDSLEY Findlay Nash made a business trip to Indianapolis last evening. William Burdg returned last night from a business trip to Ft. Wayne. Attorney Cottrel, of Berne, came to the city this morning to attend to legal affairs. The Portland ball team left this morning for their home after playing two games in the city. Miss Sarah Kuess, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, arrived in the city today to remain for some time with friends. Mrs. Alma Hess, of Marion, arrived in the city this morning to be the guest of friends and relatives for a few days. The electric lights in the river bridge are very dim, and new ones should be installed by those who have this under their supervision. Since the carnival has opened in the Teeple lot, many complaints have been heard as to the poor lights in the bridge. The heavy rain of last night and this morning caused the work on the Madison and Third street improvements to be delayed. For the amount of time consumed and with the bad weather to contend with Contractor Haugk has made marvelous headway.

Clean Up Sale MJ Os Ladies' Pumps, Lace and Button Canvas Oxfords. See them in the north window tomorrow. These are all $1.75 goods and are new and clean. Sizes run from 3 to 6. Our price tomorrow and Saturday .■ j is $1.29. ■ -'Vii ■ / |L ? md' Charlie Voelewede Shoe Seller

Chris Yoder, of Berne, was a business caller in our city today. David Smith and son, Baird, have returned from a short visit at Bluffton. Israel Stoneburner is now acting in the capacity of night operator at the G. R. & I. Lew Coffee will go to Bluffton this evening, where he has accepted a position in a barber shop. Miss Annoti Daily went to Middletown this morning to spend the day with Miss Callie Ruhl. A. Eutsiminger and family, of Warren, Ohio, are in our city visiting with relatives and friends. Isaac Barnes, of Geneva, was a business caller in our city today and returned to his home this afternoon. Mrs. H. G. Weaver returned to her home at Ft. Wayne this morning after visiting friends in the city for a short time. Miss Beatrice Bellman left this morning for Indianapolis, where she will remain for two weeks with friends and relatives. Miss Ethel Barkley has returned from Syracuse, New York, where she has been visiting here sister, Mrs. A. E. Rose for the past six months. The home of John Reiter on Mercer avenue is being beautified with a fresh coat of paint. The change is quite marked and the improvement commendable. Mr. Smithson, of Ridgeville, who has been bartering for AI Burdg for some time, resigned his position last night and the vacancy was filled by Frank Carroll, who formerly worked for Mr. Burdg. Word from Tecumseh states that Railing is doing magnificent work in the Michigan state league and is winning the majority of his games. Tom is without doubt a tower of strength to any team, and is a classy pitcher. Besides this, he can clout the ball at a terrific rate. While working under a car at the Erie this morning Andy Kauff met with an accident which will no doubt cause his to lose the use of his left arm. He was engaged with the pipes under one of the large furniture cars wh,en the switch engine kicked some cars down on the same track. Mr. Kauff was in the act of getting out from under the car and had his left hand on the rail when the wheel passed over his hand and a portion of his forearm. He was fortunate enough to remove his arm before the other wheels came in contact with it. —Huntington Democrat.

L. H. Purdy went to Bluffton this morning to visit friends for several days. Mrs. Spade went to Bluffton this morning to visit friends for a few days. David Gottschalk, of Bluffton. was looking after business affairs in the city today. Sam Acker, of Geneva, was a caller in our city today and visited friends and relatives. Mrs. Kortenbrer went to Ft. Wayne this morning, where she will visit her daughter, Mrs. Miller for a few days. J. W. Drummond returned to his home at Marion this morning after visiting relatives here for several days. Miss Vera Purdy returned to her home at Bluffton this morning after visiting L. H. Purdy and family here for several days. There are unclaimed letters at the postoffice for B. L. Bailey. Michael Archinger, Loy L. Lamin, Ruth Jennings, James Mason, C. F. Pierce, F. L. Wentzle and Buffalo Stove company. Last Monday Al Burdg made another large shipment of the B. B. preparation to Ft. Wayne, to supply houses. This ointment is in demand and Mr. Burdg is kept busy filling his orders. Attorney Dave Smith was over from Decatur this forenoon and from him it was learned that Linderbeck, had left the Decatur team and had gone to Quincy, 111., for the remainder of the season. —Bluffton Banner. The Rajahs Casket, the most magnificent scene of barbaric splendor ever shown at the Sing Sing show at the carnival tonight, also Jules Vemes latest mystical masterpiece. The Voyage to the Stars and the Thaw-White tragedy. Miss Lydia Drummond and her Sunday school class of the Evangelical church, went to Monmouth to have a picnic. The boys entertained were Floyd Avery, Freddie King, Billy Linn, Freddie Cookin, Harry Peterson, Chalmer Porter, Joe Linn and Claud Elzey. ( Art-. .Hamilton, 35 years old, was killed by a Clover Leaf freight train at Coffeen. The accident occurred at a very late hour and the remains were found at an early hour yesterday morning. Hamilton, who was a farmer, was walking home and chose the Clover Leaf tracks as short cut. He was well and widely known in that section of the country.—Frankfort Crescent. A new rule put into effect on the Union Traction lines last week, makes round trip tickets good for two persons traveling one way as well as one person traveling both ways. In many pases this means a reduction of fare. For instance the single trip is 75 cents and the round trip is $1.40, two people can now travel the one way for 70 cents each. This rule does not apply to interline tickets, but to Union Traction line fares only. Wesley Brumbaugh, freight conductor on the Erie railroad, escaped from serious injury at Sterling Sunday afternoon. One of the stakes holding some lumber fell down on the crew. Mr. Brumbaugh was pinned under a pile of lumber, while the other members of the crew escaped uninjured. Both legs were bruised, but no bones were broken. He will be laid up for a few weeks by the accident. —Huntington Herald. Monday Rev. Jas. A. Sprague received a message apprising him of the serious illness of his mother at their home in Osceola. He at once left for her bedside. The mother has had two operations for cancers, one last fall and one this spring; in spite of this, however, others have broken out and one on the neck is obstructing her breathing. That her death is imminent is apparent. Meantime, all hearts go out in sympathy to Rev. Sprague in his sorrw.—Markle Journal. Kosciusko county farmers who have been disappointed by reason of the lateness of their corn planting, have hit upon the idea of sowing buckwheat in its place and from indications the plan will work out admirably. The plan has been tried with gret success in the southern portions of Michigan. The buckwheat usually yields well and ther els god money in it. The season is not too late and those who follow the example of those who are trying it will yet have time. The wheat matures in October. _ Members of the Indiana State Board, of Registration and Examination of Nurses declare that the last legislature made a mistake in changing the law regarding the practice of professional nursing in the state. The board has re-organized by electing Mrs. Isabelle Gerhart, of Indianapolis, president and Miss Edna Humphreys, of Crawfordsville, secretary and treasurer. Said one of the nurses yesterday: “The legislature changed the law so that a girl need only have a grammar school education to be permitted to do trained nursing. Under -the other law she had to be a highschool graduate.

Scott Hughes went to Geneva this afternoon on business. Charles Colter made a business trip to Parker City this afternoon. Mrs. M. F. Rice went to Berne this afternoon to visit Edward Rice and wife. Miss Rose Hess returned to Portland this afternoon from a short visit in the city. Miss Clara Berther, of Marion, will arrive in the city tomorrow to visit friends for a few days. Misses Florence and Verna Johnson went to Union City this afternoon to be the guests of friends for two weeks. Mrs. B. F. Heckman, of Sharon, Pa., passed through the city today enroute to Geneva, where she will vlgjt; relatives for a few days. The men that are putting in the tile floor at the Murray hotel are getting along nicely and will soon have the office floor completed. Clarance Kintz has returned from Geneva, where he was looking up a location for a cigar factory, which he expects to locate in that town. H. S. Porter is making some improvements on his property on Madison street which when completed, will add materially to the appearance of the same. The funeral of Otto Schug, at Berne, will be held tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock from the Reformed church of that place. A number of people from this city w’ill attend. The rainy weather has kept many people away from the carnival shows, but if clement weather prevails during the remainder of the week, they expect a good turn out. Outfielder Burns received a swell offer from the Terre Haute central league team today, but flatly refused the offer, as he likes Decatur and will play here as long as the team is in existence. Burns is a star man and we are glad indeed that he will remain with us. Ben Mclntosh, of Monroeville, was a business caller to our city today. Ben is looking our city over with the view of going into business. We add right here that Mr. Mclntosh should look no further, as we have the best city on earth. He will return again next week and will then fully know what he expects to do. The ball players had a day off today and will probably not play again until next Sunday, when they go to Portland. After the disbandment of the old team all dates were cancelled and it is now up to the new management to arrange their own schedule which they are now working on. After Sunday the members of the team will not have many off days. This is the eleventh day of July and not a single acre of wheat cut in Jay county. The binders will not be started before the last of the week and the chances are that the bulk of the crop will not be cut and in shock before next week. Wheat harvest this year is from ten days to two weeks behind time. One farmer who has resided in Jay county all his life, said he did not remember a year when wheat harvest was so tardy. Usually July 4th finds much of the v/h?at In shock. —Portland Sun. In the event that the Logansport Presbytery dissolves the relations of the church and Rev. Bigler, who has asked to be released, it is said that the congregation of the church will have an official meeting and decide whether they will protest against such action of the Presbytery or concur therein. It is understood that the majority of the members of the church favor sending delegated to the Presbytery with the request that the body refuse to release the minister in which event Rev. Bigler will give up the management of his farms and devote all his time to the church work. Shortly after noon today the management received a telephone call from Gills, who was'hi jure Jin £he morning game with' Decatur on the Fourth and forced to return to his home at Hartford City Until he recovered. He said that he was not able to join the team again and was just then. starting for the caj that would get him into this city at one o’clock. When the car arrival here there was no Gillis aboard, nor jiid he come on the three o'clock the management haq decided that' tsi# big fielder had turned us down and will remain at Hartfbrd City.—Bluffton Banner. Because the Bluffton and Decatur teams objected -to being robbed -by the policeman-umpire, hired to steal games for the Ft. Wayne Shamrocks from visiting teams, the Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette has taken upon itself to champion the underhand methods of their home team and the crooked cop, and its entire staff of editors and reporters has been set at devising and writing dirty and malicious articles concerning the two independent clubs. However, the circulation of the Jour-nal-Gazette outside of Ft. Wayne, where it is known to be yellow, is limited to exchanges with other newspapers, and hence their misrepresentations amount to nothing,—Bluffton Banner. -

C. D. Kunkle, of Monmouth, was a business caller to our city today. Sam Acker returned to his home at Geneva this afternoon from a business trip to the city. The brick layers were working on Madison street again today and many people watched them do the work. Mrs. Lottie English, of Huntington, arrived in the city today to be the guest of relatives for a short time. Godfrey Bell arrived in the city last night and will remain here for four weeks on his vacation from duties.. Mrs. Anna Conrad returned to her home at Berne this afternoon from a several days’ visit with friends in the city. John Weity went to Berne this afternoon to attend the funeral of Otto Schug which will occur tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. A number of picnics are arranged for the near future. Most of them will be for Sunday school classes and good times are expected. The carnival band rendered several good selections on the street this 'afternoon before a large number of people. Their music is good. Albert Sellemeyer has resigned his position with the interurban to take effect Saturday evening and will on next Monday morning assume his new duties at the Furnace factory. The council will not meet next Tuesday evening, the regular meeting being carried over until Wednesday. This was done as an accommodation to the mayor, who will be busily engaged on Tuesday in assisting to entertain the visiting Eagles, who will be present and take part in the festivites. Those having business with the city dads will plase take notice and govern themselves accordingly. The chief justice ,tof the United States is incased in a legal armor which makes him almost invulnerable to political attacks, and when he takes his seat he is reasonably sure that it will be for life, as nothing short of misdemeanor or trason can make hitn lose it. Hence this office has long been called “The heaven of legal ambition” and has given rise to the phrase, “I would rather be chief justice of the United States supreme court than president of the United States.” Indianapolis will be the Mecca Tor the Catholic societies in the United States July 14 to 17. It is announced that everything is now complete for the sixth national convention of the American Federation of Catholic societies, which will open in the presence of high church dignitaries at St. Peter's and St. Paul's cathedral Sunday, July 14. Besides the regular representatives there will be in attendance two Indian chiefs from South Dakota, who will represent 10,000 Catholic Indians. The chiefs will be accompanied by a missionary. Bryant’s Fourth of July celebration was attended with a number of very serious accidents, the most serious of which are told in the Independent in the following summary: David Ferris, eye blown out, nose torn off and face mangled badly. Peter Bonifas, hand mangled and finger torn off. Samuel Ciase, hand lacerated and burned. Arthur Rogers, injuries similar to Mr. Clase’s. From the foregoing. we would judge that the Bryant celebration was a pronounced success. —Geneva Herald. « Ralph Behringer went to Celina today to make a short visit with his parents, who reside at that place. Caleb Townsend, a farmer of near Zulu, Ind., was instantly killed by the Pennsylvania limited at Convoy Monday noon. He intended to return to his home on a Ft. Wayne, Van Wert and Lima traction car, and fearing that he would miss it, he attempted to cross in front of the flyer after the gates had been lowered and was struck by the train. His body was thrown under the wheels and was horribly crushed and mangled. He was a prosperous and well known farmer of Allen county, Ind. “lio you know,” asked a regular patron of league park, "Why Decatur and Bluffton always put up a kick on the umpire when they come here? I’ll tell you. When a bunch of stockholders have got to dig down in their jeans for the long green to keep together a high-priced club and see them come to Ft. Wayne and have the Shamrocks composed of boys who work every day, put,up ball in every way equal to the professionals, it gets them sore. They cannot understand it. They think the professionals should find the defeat of the Shamrocks like taking candy from a child. , But they're not finding it that way, and that's what hurst. Umpire Connell gives his decisions as h.-> sees them; he makes mistakes occasionally. So do they in every league in the country. But when the Shamrocks get the worst, of a close one that's all right. Our neighbors never see that. If visiting teams always yot the square deal they receive here they'd be in clover.” —Ft. W T ayne Journal-Gazette. From personal observation we have yet to see the time when the Shamrocks got a rotten decision. *• Vr™

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AGAINST TOBACCO TRUST. Government Goes After One of the Big Corporations. New York, July 10.—-The government today filed in the United States circuit court in this city a petition against the American Tobacco company, the Imperial Tobacco company, the British-American Tobacco company, the American Snuff company, the American Cigar company, the United Cigar Stores company, the American Stogie company, the MacAndrews and Forbes company, the Corley Foil company and fifty-six other corporations and twenty-nine individuals connected with the named companies. These corporations and individuals constitute what is generally known as the “tobacco trust,” and the petition directed against them sets forth the purpose of the government to dissolve this trust by breaking up the agreements under which the consolidated concerns are working. In showing the growth of the “trust” since its organization in 1890, the conclusion is reached that at an early Jay, unless prevented, it would completely monopolize the entire tobacco industry. That all of the defendants are engaged in interstate and foreign trade an d-commerce in tobacco and products manufactured therefrom is alleged by the petition. It is stated that the act of July 2, 1890, “to protect trade and commerce,” and subsequent acts have been violated, and the government therefore seeks to prevent and restrain the unlawful existing agreements, combinations and conspiracies and attempts to monopolize and break up perfected monopolies. oMiss Elizabeth Foreman went to Richmond this afternoon for a several days’ visit with friends. o LOST —A small green purse filled with amount of money, between Seventh street and Madison street. Please return to this office and receive reward. FOR SALE —9 Passenger Waggonette. almost new, Studebaker make, steel tire. Just the thing for picnics, fairs or hotels. Cash or time. No use for it. Address H. A. Worden, Marion. Ind. 167-6 t WANTED —Baker at once. Address B- A. Mclntosh, Monroeville, Ind.

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