Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 224, Decatur, Adams County, 16 September 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 mail *2.50 Single copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice in Decatur ladiana, as second class mall matter. J. H. HELLER, Manager. BUILD MORE HOUSES The building of more houses in Decatur is no visionary anticipation, but a stern reality. Numerous strangers practically covered every foot of walking space in the city last week in a vain search for a house to live in. Daily inquiries at this office for houses are becoming so numerous and insistent, that we now believe one hundred houses would much nearer supply the immediate demand than would any less number. Tonight at the Commercial Club this subject will be discussed, and every single, solitary booster should be on hand, in order that aid and encouragement be given to an important feature of Decatur’s growth. Attend the meeting. The people of boss ridden and corporation controlled state of Wyoming and other northwestern states are in favor of the Dingley tariff “for the present” according to Senator Warren. But if the Dingley tariff is protecting the trusts and making the people pay high prices for trust products, it would seem that every one not especially protected would be anxious for immediate tariff revision. If there is anything wrong, or predatory, about the tariff, why should it not be at once devised to eliminate the evils, and if the tariff is as efficacious as Senator Warren and the other stand patters declare it is, why promise to revise it “after election?” When people have a good thing they hang on to it. Why don't the Republican politicians tell the truth like the former Congressman McCleary, of Minnesota did, that “if the tariff is to be revised it must be revised higher.” Still McCleary’s openheartedness was his undoing for his Republican constituency repudiated him and like other Republican “lame ducks” he was rewarded

WHITE WAISTS A BARGAIN To make room for new goods we are offering these goods at greatly reduced prices. You will find them right, all right, in fit and quality. A few prices: 75c Waists at 65C. SI.OO Waists at 87c $1.50 and $1.25 Waists at 1.00 $2.00, $2.25 and $2.50 Waists at 1.50 $3.00 Waists at 1.98 $3.75 Waists at 2.98 SILK WAISTS $4.00 and $4.25 values at 2.99 $5.00 and $4.50 values at ’ 3.37 WASH GOODS |s~~' Down they go to make room for the new fall goods which are arriving daily. Special prices that will interest you. To find out just what we are doing come in and 100 k the lines over. TRUE RUNYON

by Presient Roosevelt with a federal office, so his example hardly commends itself to other standpat statesmen. Taft has sailed for the Philippines, leaving his presidential boom in the care of friends. Senator Foraker will try to puncture it while his royal fatness is away, but the trouble is the Ohio senator will not be able to get within stabbing distance of it. The Fairbanks’ boom is being nursed on buttermilk with the result that it is afflicted with a badly distended stomach and is getting pot-bellied. ARE HUMAN FIENDS (Continued from page 1.) to get some beefsteak to cook for her breakfast. About 1 o’clock Mrs. Feldheiser, preparatory to getting dinner, also went to the refrigerator to take out a chicken which she had placed there on Saturday. She noticed that the chicken was covered with a white powder, which was also scattered about the refrigerator. Not understanding the presence of the powder. Mrs. Feldheiser went to Miss Steele's door to ask her neighbor about it. She obtained no response when she knocked at the door and peering into the window saw Miss Steele lying upon the floor. Hastily running in. Mrs. Feldheiser saw that the woman was only partially conscious and was breathing heavily. Thoroughly alarmed, Mrs. Feldheiser hastily called Dr. Morse Harrod. When the physician arrived he at once saw the gravity of the case and administered antidotes. A few- minutes later Dr. A. H. Macbeth, who had been summoned. arrived and the two physicians spent about two hours in reviving the patient. When the police were notified of the affair they began an investigation but found little upon which to work. The poisoners left nothing behind jwhlch would tend to point to their identity and the only visible evidence of their presence was the strychnine. Both Miss Steele and Mrs. Feldheiser have had domestic trouble but neither of their former sposes is suspected of any knowledge of or complicity in the affair. Miss Steele’s former husband, Eli Merryman, resides in the city but he is a hard-working, steady-going man who is above suspicion of a matter of this kind. Mrs. Feldheiser’s former husband, Andrew Feldheiser, lives elsewhere and is also not thought of by the police in connection with the case. The trial in which the Merrymans were divorced was one of the most sensational in the history of the courts of Allen county and the evidence was of such a racy nature that most of it was heard behind closed doors. Mrs. Feldheiser was granted her separation after she had caused the arrest of her husband on a charge of mistreating her by dragging her about the yard by her hair and similar stunts though the couple had experienced trouble before. O — DEMOCRAT WANT ADS. PAY.

GAME WAS ROTTEN Champ’s Hand Bluffton Two Presents THE FANS WERE DISGUSTED Way Pitched in Great Form Sunday, But Was Not Supported—Portland Gets Second Place. GAMES SATURDAY. Kokomo 9; Van Wert 3. Richmond 6; Portland 4. Bluffton 5; Decatur 2. GAMES SUNDAY. Kokomo 3; Van Wert 0. Portland 6: Richmond 4. Bluffton 4; Decatur 3. STANDING. Won. Lost. Pct. Decatur 27 19 .587 Portland 24 19 .556 Kokomo 24 22 .522 Richmond 24 22 .522 Bluffton 21 25 .457 Van Wert 15 28 .349 Bluffton won the final game of the season here Sunday before a large and enthusiastic crowd by a score of four to three. The work of the locals being loose at all stages, and the game practically being a present to the visitors. much to the disgust of the crowd. However, two or three members of the home team thought that they had performed their duty in winning the pennant and that there was no material use in playing hard in this contest, and they accordingly laid down. Boyd was on the firing line for the visitors and was not much of a puzzle and was hit at any time the members of the team took a notion to hit him. Way, on the other hand, was very effective and had the members of the team fielded behind him. would have shut the visitors out and registered an easy victory to his credit. He struck out eleven men, Maggart twice being a victim and nearly every other member of the visitors was forced to fan once at least. In the third inning after two men were out Pfefferle hit a slow ground ball to Cullen, who deliberately picked up the horsehide and threw it over the right field fence. For this little piece of foolishness he was set on the bench by the umpire and will no doubt be heavily fined by the management. The loss of the game did not materially affect our percentage, but it did affect the crowd to a very great extent. The season of 1907 closed with yesterday’s game and the various members of the team will leave in a few days for their respective homes. Decatur. Name. AB R H PO A E Cullen. 3b .... 0 0 0 0 0 1 Weber, lb .... 2 0 1 5 0 1 Pierce, rs .... 4 0 0 0 0 0 Witham. lb-3b. 4 1 2 7 2 1 Burns, If .... 4 1 2 1 0 0 Johnson, cf .. 4 O' 0 1 0 0

Wallace, ss .. 3 11 1 4 1 • Behringer, 2b.. 4 0 0 0 2 11 Quinn, c .... 3 0 1 11 2 0 Way, p 3 0 0 11 A Totals ;31 3 7 27 11 5; Bluffton. Name. AB R H PO A E Partlow, rs ... 5 1 2 2 0 0 Ryan. If 4 2 0 0 0 0 Wills, lb 5 11 12 0 0 Maggart. cf .. 5 0 2 3 0 0 Fogel, c 5 0 2 *> 0 0 Larue, 3b .... 5 0 0 0 6 1 Donovan, 2b .. 4 0 0 5 4 0 Pfefferle, ss .. 4 0 0 2 5 1 Boyd, p 4 0 2 0 1 0 Totals 41 4 9 27 15 2 Bluffton 1 0100020 o—4 Decatur 0 0020010 o—30 —3 Summary: Three base hits—Burns, Maggart. Base on balls —O. Way 1; off Boyd 3. Struck out—Way 10; Boyd 2. Left on bases —Decatur 6; Bluffton 11. Double plays —Pfefferle to Donovan to Wills 2. Passed ball —Quinn. Stolen bases—Weber, Ryan, Fogel. Time of game—l:4s. Umpire —France. The locals lost Saturday's game to Bluffton by a lot of horse playing that thoroughly disgusted the audience and in fact had a tendency to keep many away from Sunday's contest. Richardson started in to pitch for Decatur, but after the third inning was relieved by Engle, he retiring on account of a sore arm. Engle pitched great ball, and had he gone in earlier would no doubt have registered a vic j tory for the locals. Hull, the opposing pitcher, was in rare form and held , the locals safe at exciting stages and , when hits meant runs they were not! forthcoming. The locals had six errors which goes to show how rotten they played behind their pitcher, while the Bluffton team played a clean contest in comparison. The hitting of both teams was equaled up for nine safeties. The score: Decatur. Name. AB R H PO A E Cullen. 3b ... 3 1 1.1 2 1 Pierce, rs .... 3 0 11 0 0 Witham, lb .. 4 0 3 9 2 2 Burns. If 3 11 4 1 0 Johnson, cf ... 4 0 1 3 0 0 Wallace, ss .. 4 0 0 0 2 1 Behringer, 2b.. 4 0 1 3 3 1 Quinn, c 4 0 0 6 0 0 Richardson, p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Engle, p 3 0 2 0 3 0 Totals 32 2 10 27 13 5 Bluffton. Name. AB R H PO A E Partlow, rs .. 5 0 2 1 0 0 Rvan, If 5 1 3 1 0 0 Wills, lb .... 4 1 0 12 0 0 Maggart, cf .. 4 1 0 1 0 0 Fogel, c 5 1 2 3 2 1 Larue, 3b .... 4 1 2 1 5 0 Donovan. 2b . 3 0 0 5 4 0 Pfefferle, ss .. 4 0 1 2 5 0 Hull, p 3 0 0 11 0 Totals 37 5 10 27 16 1 Bluffton 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 o—s Decatur 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 o—20 —2 Summary: Two base hits —Pfefferle, Larue, Engle, Burns, Fogel. Pierce. Base on balls—Engle 3; Hull 2. Struck out — Engle 4; Hull 4. Left on bases — Decatur 4; Buffton 9. Double plays —Pfefferle to Wills; Pfefferle to Donovan to Wills; Burns to Quinn. Passed balls —Quinn, Fogel. Stolen bases — Partlow, Ryan. Sacrifice uits—Pierce, Wills. Time of game—l:4o. Umpire—McCormick.

DOPE. Behringer's indifferent playing lost him a beautiful gold watch, which a number of the fans were planning to give him, properly inscribed. After his actions on the field and his improper language to the grandstand, it would have been impossible to have raised enough funds to have purchased him a safety pin. Cullen's acts were so insignificantly silly that —but the use to criticise further, rhe boys are all right, good ball players, but for once lost their heads. Jim Pierce, the Humpback King.has the proud distinction of playing in every game played by the Decatur team this season. This is a fine record and should be appreciated by the local management. Pierce certainly earned his money from Decatur. The socend team was winner at Monroeville yesterday by a score of 4 to 3. Scrappy Frank Gardner, the fast local right fielder and ex. 1-0 league umpire, who recently became a candidate for pugilistic honors by attempting to whip the entire Bluffton base ball team, is free to umpire exhibition games in any town.in this section of the country after Sunday. Gardner Is an excellent umpire and would make a good attraction. —Richmond Palladium. A local fan has submitted the following as his choice of an all 1-0 league team: Sporting Editor, Palladium: Now that the 1-0 league season is about closed. I would suggest that the best team that could be picked from the members of the various 1-0 league clubs would lineup as follows: First base, Witham, Decatur; sec-

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ond base. Behringer. Decatur, third base, Wise, Kokomo; shortstop, Stewart, Portland; left field. Burns. Decatur; center field, Weaver, Richmond; right field, Gillis, Kokomo; catcher, Jessup. Richmond; catcher, Wolfe, Van Wert; pitchers, Prough. Bluffton; Hull. Bluffton; Hunt, Portland; Fleming. Richmond; Moore, Van Wert; utility, Fisher, Richmond. Respectfully, A Fan. —Richmond Palladium. There will be some local fans take exception to this all star 1-0 league team picked by A. Fan. Parker, of Portland would look better at second [base. Some think that Cullen of Deicatur would fit in better at third base and Tommy Carlin is a hot local favorite for shortstop. “A Fan" has undoubtedly picked a good hard hitting outfield which would be difficult to improve on. Local fans also think that Lacey, of Kokomo, is a better pitcher than Hull of Bluffton. —Richmond Palladium. MUSICAL INSTRUCTION. - Lessons on the piano and all string instruments will be given by the Sisters of St. Agnes and they kindly solicit pupils, non-Catholic as well as Catholics. They are also prepared to give thorough instructions in drawing and painting. For further inforresidence on 113 Fifth street. 218-€ t o Mrs. Charles Niblick, secretary of the board of guardians of Adams county, hereby notifies the public that they have children between the ages of five months to twelve years of age that they would like to place in good respectable families. These children are all bright and would be a good acquisition to any family. Inquire of any of the members of the board. 222-2 J »' ■. Rings Dyspepsia Tablets do the work. Stomach trouble, dyspepsia, indigestion. bloating, etc., yielding quickly. Two days’ treatment free. Ask your druggist for a free trial. HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. DEMOCRAT WANT ADS. PAY.

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