Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 198, Decatur, Adams County, 16 August 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, b ymail 25 cents Per year, by mall $2.50 Single copies 2 cents' Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice in Decatur Indiana, as second class mall matter. J. H. HELLER, Manager. EVENTS AND OTHER THINGS Next comes the only Great Northern Indiana Fair. This association has won great applause for past achievements, are right in the prime of their life and more capable than ever of winning new laurels. The fair this year gives every evidence of being a record breaker. The exhibits will be better, the displays more complete and the racing the fastest ever. Weather permitting, the popu-: lation of Adams, Wells, Allen and Van. Wert counties will do the rest. — Ground is broken and work began on Decatur's newest industry—the Coppock Motor Car plant. This industry gives promise of some day leading all others in its line, and when that time comes the whole universe will know that Decatur is a mighty important place, and is located on the map. Hasten the day and in the meantime success to the Coppock Motor Car company. Local Democrats and Republicans as well, are manifesting an interest in the gubernatorial aspirations of Judge Richard Kenney Erwin. They want to see him a candidate, and better still, they want to see him governor of the great commonwealth of Indiana. J. B. Stoneburner presents a new show at the Pictorium this evening which gives promise of royally entertaining the public. His new scheme of using slides concerning the base ball game are making a decided hit and are furnishing much enjoyment to his patrons.

Thomas Mylott received a letter yesterday from the authorities of the C. and E. railroad informing him to be in readiness to make a trip over the enltre Erie lines within the next two weeks. The road expects to show their old employees a fine time taking them to Jamestown, Niagara Falls, New York, Washington and other eastern cities. The trip will last two weeks and the employees go on full pay. This will no doubt be the trip of Mr. Mylott’s life.

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IN THIRD PLACE Quakers Made It Two Out of Three TOOK LAST GAME OF SERIES Fleming, Twice Knocked Out of the Box, Was Invincible Yesterday— Locals Put up Ragged Gam*. STANDING. Won. Lost. Pct. I Portland 11 6 I Richmond 10 6 .625 Decatur 9 1 -562 I Kokomo 8 9 .470 Van Wert 6 11 .342 Bluffton 5 10 .333 RESULTS YESTERDAY. Bluffton 0; Portland 2. Kokomo 6; Van Wert 3. Fleming, the Quaker pitcher, proved too strong a proposition yesterday, and as a result the locals were defeated !by a score of five to nothing, and are now anchored in third place in the Indiana-Ohio league race, one game i behind Richmond and two games behind Portland. Fleming was in rare form yesterday and although the lo- ' cals did drive him from the box on the day before, he came back strong and was practically unbeatable, letti ing us down with two measly little hits, and not allowing a man to get any farther than second base. Engle. ■ the new southpaw, was pitted against Fleming, and pitched a nice game, but ihe was not in the same class with the Quaker’s man on yesterday, and was touched up for nine bingles, 1 which were so nicely bunched that they resulted in five runs. It may be said however, that the support given Engle was not the best, but with perfect support, he could not i have defeated the Quakers, as the locals could not hit and consequently ' could not get the men on bases. A large crowd was present, and during : the later part of the game endeavored to get Fleming excited by rooting I but their efforts were useless and the locals died quickly in the eighth and ninth innings. The game as pitched by Fleming was the best exhibition that has been seen on the local grounds this season, and although he belongs to the enemy, we are bound, as clean sportsmen, to take off our hats and give him the credit deserved. The Quakers again put up an errorless game, which was the second of the series, and with such clean ball are a hard aggregation to beat. Portland and Richmond will fight it out during the next three days for first place, and the locals will have an opportunity of swelling their percentage at the expense of Van Wert. The folowing score tells the tale:

Decatur. Name. AB R H PO A E Behringer, 2b.. 4 0 1 0 4 1 Cullen, 3b ... 3 0 0 0 4 1 Pierce, cf .... 4 0 0 0 0 0 Burns, If .... 4 0 0 2 0 0 Weber, lb ... 4 0 1 14 0 0 Wallace, ss .. 3 0 0 1 2 1 Witham, rs .. 2 0 0 2 0 0 Winger, c .... 2 0 0 7 2 0 Engle, p 3 0 0 1 3 0 Totals 29 0 2 27 15 3 Richmond. Ritter, cf .... 5 11 4 0 0 Wildermood, If 3 0 0 1 0 0 Weaver, lb .. 4 1 2 11 0 0 Morris, ss .... 4 0 11 2 0 Jessup, c .... 4 0 1 5 0 0 Hicks, 2b .... 4 1 2 1 5 0 Fisher, 3b ... 3 11 4 1 0 Horn, rs 4 11 0 0 0 Fleming, p ... 4 0 0 0 3 0 Totals 35 5 9 27 11 0

Richmond 00003002 o—s0 —5 Decatur 00000000 o—o0 —0 Summary— Two base hits—Hicks, Ritter, Morris Base on balls —Off Fleming 3. Struck out—By Engle 6; Fleming 4. Left on bases —Decatur 6; Richmond 5. Wild pitch—Engle. Hit by pitcher —Winger. Left on bases —Horn, Fisher. Sacrifice hits—Wildermood. Fisher. Time of game—l:2s. Umpire —Turner. NOTES. We are again in third place. Poor old Bluffton, who claimed the pennant a few days ago are in last place, and stand a fair chance of finishing in that hole. Winger was hit by a pitched ball on his throwing hand, but Umpire Turner called it a foul ball and would pot permit Winger to take his base. Third baseman Cullen made a veryclever one handed stop of a hard hit ball off Horn’s hat and caught his man at first base. The play was a hair raiser and he was forced to doff his cap. Umpire Turner had several very close decisions at first base in yesterday’s contest which looked safe to (Continue don page 4.)

“JOSH PERKINS” Opening Attraction at the Opera House ONE WEEK FROM THIS EVENING Old Favorite Here—Mr. Bosse Has Secured a Number of Good Shows for the Seasori. Manager Bosse will open his opera house for the season of 1907-1908, one week fro mtonight, when that old favorite “Uncle Josh Perkins” will be the attraction. Mr. Bosse has secured a number of good shows and is expecting the best patronage in several years. Among the early bookings is “Monte Cristo,” one of the best shows on the road. There is a peculiar charm about a rural play, when presented with fidelity to nature, and such a one is “Uncle Josh Perkins.” It is said to contain just enough tragedy, with comedyelements cleverly interwoven to attract and retain human interest and funny enough to extract hearty laughter from the most bias theatergoers. It is said to possess an atmosphere as pure as the scent of new mown hay and tells a pretty love story, in a highly original manner; splendid stage settings depicting rural scenes of lifelike simplicity and well known landmarks of New York are used in the four acts of the play, which is given zest by the introduction of splendid specialties thoroughly in harmony with the theme of the story throughout the various acts. This attraction promises to be an unusually able one, the statement being based upon reports from the press of other cities and thatrical managers in whose theaters it has appeared the present season. o~ —■ ——— Some Death Bed Rlmeeters. There have been numerous instances of poetical and grammatical deaths. Emperor Adrian made a poetical address to his own soul as death was casting the seal of final silence over his lips, and Margret of Austria, while almost within the grasp of death, in a terrific storm at sea, calmly sat down and composed her epitaph in verse. The ship weathered the ' gale, however, and the epitaph was not needed.—The Sunday Magazine. Woman at Her Best A woman’s character and powers ' are finest about 40. A woman has gained everything at 40 and lost nothing; she is at the full vigor of her intellectual powers, she has acquired experience and judgment, and is not far enough away from youth to have become unsympathetic even to its wildest vagaries.—Bystander. He Seldom. Little Walter was told to write a composition containing the word “seldom.” He puzzled hard over the problem for some time, but at last he found a solution, and this is what he handed up to the teacher: "My father owned some horses, but last week he seldom.” Flight or Clouds. A member of the staff of the Blue Hill Observato>v, near Boston, has reported that observations made there show that the average speed with which clouds, between 8.000 and 3,000 feet high, move is 60 miles an hour in midsummer and 110 miles an hour ia midwinter. The swiftest flight of a elaud yet measured wee 330 miles an hour.

THE GREAT NORTHERN INDIANA FAIR AT DECATUR AUGUST 27,28,29,30 these will be the four biggest days ever WITNESSED IN DECATUR. DON’T MISS THEM SEE THE MANY FREE ATTRACTIONS. SEE THE BIG SHOW OF LIVE STOCK. SEE THE ART AND FLORAL DISPLAYS. SEE THE AGRICULTURAL SHOW. REE, THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING $5,000.00 in Purses and Premiums The Great Northern pays every premium, whether it rains or shines, and consequently the exhibits are the largest. THE RACES this year, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday will be interesting and pvcitine the best ever witnessed here, from present indications. DON’T FAIL TO COME. WRITE YOU FRIENDS. IT’S GOING TO BE A GREAT WEEK. , DON’T FORGET IT!

A GENERAL ORDER Was IssuedTodaytoCommercial Telegraphers FIVE THOUSAND MEN TO QUIT President Small Issued the Order After a Conference of the Union Leaders. Chicago, Aug. 16.—S. J. Small, president of the Commercial Telegrahpers’ union, early this morning at 1:30 issued a general order to all commercial telegraphers to stop work immediately where contract with the union has not been signed. Chicago, Aug. 15.—President Small will call out every commercial telegrapher not working under contract tomorrow. The decision was reached at a conference between Small and Secretary Russell, and President D. H. Derham and Secretary L. W. Quick, of the order of railroad telegraphers tonight. President Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor presided. After it had been agreed to call a general strike, the following four men were elected to manage the strike: Small, Russell, Quick and Derham. These four men will constitute what is generally designated a board of stategy. The general strike order will include the operators and wire chiefs employed by the American Telephone and Telegraph company. There are about 300 of them in the larger cities, and, according to the report received by Secretary Russell, they are only awaiting the order to quit. About five thousand operators are expecting to answer the call. There are now more than one hundred cities affected by the strike, and the number of operators and other employes out is estimated at twelve thousand. o Dr. H. E. Keller received a message yesterday that his brother’s wife died that forenoon at Monterey, Ind. Dr. H. E. Keller, wife and son Raymond left for there this forenoon to attend the funeral, which will be held Saturday morning. The doctor will not return home till Monday.

THE WALTERS-BELL WEDDING — Willshire Paper Gives Detailed Account of the Affair. Last week the Herald contained an account of the honorable discharge of, a former Willshire boy, Sidney Wai- 1 ters, from the U. S. Navy. This week we have to chronicle an event concerning him that is of even greater moment to himself and other 0 . This is it: Saturday evening, six-thirty o'clock, August 10. 1907, in the M. E. church ut Inwood, Ind., occurred the marriage of Sidney Dorwin Walters, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Walters, of Blue Creek township, Adams county, Ind., and Ruth E. Bell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bell, of Inwood, Ind. The guests were conveyed to the church in carriages. The bridal party consisted of the bride and groom, Miss Bessie Bell, sister of the bride, and Mr. Casper A. Lang, of Racine, Wis., a chum of the groom during their service in the navy. The bride was escorted to the altar by her father to the strains of a wedding march played by Mrfc. Hjolderman. wife of the officiating clergyman. The Methodist Episcopal service was used in tying the nuptial knot, concluding with the ring ceremony. The reception at the home of the bride’s parents was attended by two hundred persons. The wedding supper was served on the lawn, six young of servers. It was a briliant affair, of srvers. It was a brilliant affair, perhaps, the most brilliant even seen in Inwood. The bride’s father is postmaster at Inwood, a merchant prince, and a man of affairs generally. The marriage of this young couple was a distinct surprise to the groom's parents and family, and to their acquaintances in Willshire and vicinity. Mrs. J. H. Walters and Mrs. Dorwin, the latter a grandmother of the groom, were present at the wedding and the festivities which followed.— Willshire Herald. o Mrs. E. J. Beardsley, of Muncie,who has been making a short visit with her son, Carl, went to Ft. Wayne this morning to visit friends. CHURCH NOTICE Rev. D. B. Uhl will preach at Concord church at 10:30 on Sunday, and at 3 o’clock Rev. Poot. A cordial invitation Is extended tihe public tp [attend these services.

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